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The Lamplighters League

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Developer Harebrained Schemes

The Lamplighters League is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive. The game was released for Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2023. It received mixed reviews from critics and was not a commercial success. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Wario64 @wario64.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    Titles leaving Game Pass in 2 weeks: -Yakuza 0, Kiwami, Kiwami 2, Like a Dragon (Y7) -Monster Hunter Rise -Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 -Lil Gator Game -MLB The Show 24 -Open Roads -The Lamplighters League

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  • Jon Everist @joneverist.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

    I'm so happy to share that The Lamplighters League has been nominated for 4 Game Audio Network Guild Awards this year including... Music of The Year Best Main Theme Best Music for an Indie Game Best Original Soundtrack variety.com/2024/artisan...

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  • Jon Everist @joneverist.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2024

    Welcome to the shelf! Very proud to have won the Music and Sound award for best in-game music for The Lamplighters League 🥹 #gamemusic

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  • Megan Carnes 🎃👻 @magmacranes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2023

    The Lamplighters League is out today! I had such a blast working as a music implementer on this game. I’m obviously biased but I think it’s a fantastic game, and Jon Everist’s score is amazing. Go play it!

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  • Jon Everist @joneverist.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2025

    Excited to be headed to GDC to represent The Lamplighters League and Star Wars Outlaws at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards! Hard to believe we have 9 nominations total 😳 I’m there 19th to the 23rd, would love to setup meetings with old and new friends. DM me if you want to say hi! 👋

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  • inkle @inkle.coBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    New Kaleidoscope! @jillscharr.bsky.social (Destiny 2, The Lamplighters League) talks about getting aligned: with the game, the vision and the team. How do we get up to speed fast? And how do promote good on-boarding for the writers who come on after us? www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

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  • Walking Cardboard Heap @lejerque.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2023

    As a PR person I'm required to say nice things about games I work with, but The Lamplighters League is one of the best games I've been involved with in a very long time. This game grabbed me from the first meeting we had. Now it's out, and I hope you fall in love with its world the way I have.

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  • Mitch ❌👑 @mitchgit.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2024

    That brings us to THE LAMPLIGHTERS LEAGUE, my last video game. Best tactical combat of any HBS game. Chris directed, and I EP'd, worked with the writers, and did a lot of voice direction, too. Everyone drove hard to make this the best it could be even through a pandemic. 20/

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  • BudBear @budbearinhislair.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2023

    I guess I have Bluesky now lmao Uhhhh anyone else with Game Pass give The Lamplighters League a go yet? I'm kinda enjoying the whole real time stealth/turn based combat thing but the jank is bothersome

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  • Steven Cain @aradinsc.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    Mitch is awesome & The Lamplighters League is an amazing game! Doubly so given the conditions it was made under @webeharebrained.bsky.social games are always quality

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  • red // Better xCloud @redphx.comBluesky · Mar 31, 2025

    New game(s) for the "Stream your own game" feature on Xbox Cloud Gaming: - Lil Gator Game - Open Roads - Planet Coaster 2 - Planet Zoo - Shredders - The Lamplighters League - The Thing: Remastered

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  • Gord McLeod 🇨🇦 @gordmcleod.caBluesky · Mar 21, 2025

    I'm told that my XCOM: Enemy Unknown playthrough is getting close to the end of the game, so I guess I need to figure out what to play next. It's been such a blast! Enemy Within and XCOM 2 are possibilities. The Lamplighters League has also been floated as a suggestion. Got some pondering to do.

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  • Anthea but blue ☂🚲 @inamellowwood.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2023

    HAPPY LAUNCH DAY TO THE LAMPLIGHTERS LEAGUE. I love these scoundrels and I know you will too. www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/lampli...

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  • Sheela Ornthalas @comeandgotavern.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2025

    It's time to return to The Lamplighters League. There's fascists to smash, and if I can't do it IRL, I'm gonna' do it in-game! Join me at 12pm EDT over at: www.twitch.tv/comengotavern

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  • red // Better xCloud @redphx.comBluesky · May 31, 2025

    Life Is Strange Life is Strange 2 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Life is Strange: True Colors Lil Gator Game Mortal Kombat X Remnant II Skull and Bones Sleeping Dogs The Big Con The Casting of Frank Stone The Lamplighters League Tom Clancy's The Division 🧵 2/3

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  • Pigeon @pigeongogaming.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    🗞️ Gaming News 🗞️ LEAVING #Xbox & #PC #GamePass on March 31st! ❌ Monster Hunter Rise ❌ Yakuza 0 ❌ Yakuza Kiwami ❌ Yakuza Kiwami 2 ❌ Yakuza: Like a Dragon ❌ Lil Gater Game ❌ MLB The Show 24 ❌ The Lamplighters League ❌ Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 ❌ Open Roads - You can buy these for 20% off! #Gamedev

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  • Professor Alex @shiningcrobat.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 8, 2024

    That's not a lotta cash for my favorite Persona. Also my favorite full game released last year, The Lamplighters League. It's a strategy game with a pulp adventure veneer and a stealth exploration mode that can soften up the combat encounters. (Sticking with Citizen Sleeper final episode as GotY.)

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  • Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.ukBluesky · Oct 12, 2023

    Paradox says their strategy game The Lamplighters League has flopped - a week after its launch - and is unlikely to recoup its $22M development: www.eurogamer.net/paradox-decl...

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  • Anthea but blue ☂🚲 @inamellowwood.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2023

    I'm not a pro streamer or anything, but I do think I'm going to figure out some way to go live at 12PM Pacific on Saturday and stream The Lamplighters League if anyone wants to join me! N.B. I worked on the game but do not work for HBS/PDX; this will be purely personal fun.

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  • SmashPad @smashpad.comBluesky · Oct 5, 2023

    We're back to stream on Twitch as we check out the new indie game The Lamplighters League on Game Pass. Join us! www.twitch.tv/smashpad

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  • Mark Jones @justanothermark.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2023

    Oh no. It seems that The Lamplighters League is a very good game and I'm already having to fight the "just one more mission" nature of turn-based games.

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  • Ozzy @karohemd.eurosky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2023

    New game on Game Pass I'm definitely going to play in full: The Lamplighters League And The Tower At The End Of The World. It's a turn-based game from the devs of the Shadowrun games: A race across the world against the evil Banished Court for plot items. Theme and style are prime pulp material.

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  • Sheela Ornthalas @comeandgotavern.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    Stream is complete! As predicted, we completed The Lamplighters League today, then played a bit of 40k Mechanicus. That means I'll be adding a new game to the rotation soon, and that game will be Shadowrun: Dragonfall! We passed the love on to @thorngobo.bsky.social, who's playing Outer Wilds!

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  • Vaclav Urbanek @writingbubbles.comBluesky · Jul 16, 2025

    I sometimes think about what a shame it is that The Lamplighters League game never got the chance to really shine and grow. I also think that if they took the IP and turned it into a comic book series, it could really be something special.

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  • LiaFireheart @liafireheart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2025

    I finally beat the stream save of The Lamplighters League tonight. Unfortunately the game bugged after the final battle and wouldn't let me out of the end boss area to finish the game so I had reload and re-fight it. I loved the game, but gotta say I can't recommend it. Such a disappointment.

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  • Sheela Ornthalas @comeandgotavern.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2025

    It's time to return to the jazzy tactics game about stopping the '30s apocalypse, The Lamplighters League! We can't keep every faction in check, but let's see if we can improve on our difficulties and make some real progress. Join me at 12pm EDT over at: www.twitch.tv/comengotavern

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  • Digitale Anime EN @digitaleanimeen.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 19, 2025

    List of games leaving Game Pass on March 31: 🟩Monster Hunter Rise 🟩MLB The Show 24 🟩The Lamplighters League 🟩Lil Gator Game 🟩Open Roads 🟩Yakusa Like a Dragon 🟩Yakuza Kiwami Zero 🟩Yakuza Kiwami 🟩Yakuza Kiwami 2 🟩HotWheels Unleashed 2 Turbo Charged

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  • princeofmars.bsky.social @princeofmars.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2025

    Yo random shout-out but The Lamplighters League Is a freaking great game I am like 20 hours into it And I Love it. Once my game is complete I think I will do some fan art #TheLamplightersleague #LampLightersLeague

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  • LiaFireheart @liafireheart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2025

    Time for Femme Fatale Decopunk Adventures in The Lamplighters League. The HOLD this game has on me! Live now on Twitch: twitch.tv/liafireheart

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  • EDarkness @edarkness.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    I finally tried The Lamplighters League and I was sufficently whelmed. I think if I want a game with that similar structure I'll actually go back and properly play Harebrained Schemes' Battletech game. I'm still going to be there day one for their next game: GRAFT.

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  • Vaclav Urbanek @writingbubbles.comBluesky · Dec 13, 2024

    #TheGameAwards had some neat stuff but as a big fan of the Dishonored series and The Lamplighters League, all I was really hoping for was some new info about the SLEIGHT OF HAND game. And luckily, that's exactly what I got. ♠️

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  • Professor Alex @shiningcrobat.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2023

    Yes! I just played the Season Pass and it was a treat, but I could see where Take Two failed all over. I feel similarly about another strategy game, The Lamplighters League, and Paradox Interactive.

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  • JcDent (he/him) @jcdent.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2023

    I doggone went and reviewed The Lamplighters League: game good.

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  • ElderlyGoose aka SamK @elderlygoose.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2023

    This sucks as The Lamplighters League is great. Performance issues aside, if I told you it was a 3rd person stealth game with xcom combat set in a lovecraftian tale you'd be more for it! It's bonkers how under the radar this game was.

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  • Colleen Frakes @colleenfrakes.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2023

    "The Lamplighters League review: the best turn-based tactics game this year. Harebrained Schemes’ latest brings impeccable vibes and gameplay"

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  • preemchoom.bsky.social @preemchoom.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    Another really great alternative to XCOM is "The Lamplighters League". Too bad there was almost no buzz around that game, at least that's how I remember it. It's of really high quality though and should have been a hit. Maybe they had poor marketing or something. Don't know what went wrong.

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  • Steven Cain @aradinsc.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2025

    I mean personally I think The Lamplighters League should be up there as well! I loved that game

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  • Sheela Ornthalas @comeandgotavern.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    The time has come to enter The Tower and cut evil off from its source of power. Would that it was so easy in real life. Once that's taken care of, I'll play another tactics game for the remainder of the stream. Join me at 12pm EDT for The Lamplighters League over at: www.twitch.tv/comengotavern

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  • Fabri, Chocobo Sage @owlbearwriting.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2025

    Remember the other day when I talked about an Urban Fantasy CRPG? Well. Yesterday I found out about The Lamplighters League, which is NOT exactly what I meant, but an occult turn-based strategy game is quite close.

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  • 💛🤍 Cala 💜🖤 @calastorylord.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2025

    I've recently started playing The Lamplighters League. I enjoy tactical games. Band of misfits do a thing is also a nice genre. The lack of player facing information is making some parts of the game extremely frustrating, and I haven't even gotten that far into it. #LamplightersLeague

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  • Sheela Ornthalas @comeandgotavern.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2024

    Ooo, I messed up my sleep times last night, so it's going to be a head empty sort of day. The music in my brain is the soundtrack to the newest game in my rotation, The Lamplighters League. youtu.be/KraurQGWrrM?...

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  • Sheela Ornthalas @comeandgotavern.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    Stream complete! Other than needing to transfer the game to a different drive, The Lamplighters League is amazing. Exactly the mix of science fantasy I was looking for, so it's joining the rotation! We passes the love on to @rekujira.bsky.social, who is celebrating his Affiliate Anniversary!

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  • Sheela Ornthalas @comeandgotavern.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    Normally, a fifth Saturday would be a day to try out a new game, and it happened to coincide with me needing a new game for the biweekly rotation, so let's give The Lamplighters League a try to see if it fits! Join me at 12pm EST at the link below to find out! www.twitch.tv/comengotavern

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  • Vaclav Urbanek @writingbubbles.comBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    THE LAMPLIGHTERS LEAGUE is one of my favorite games. A game that seems like it was tailor-made for me. Sadly the studio that created it was shut down shortly after the release, leaving it with huge optimization issues and making it difficult for me to actually play it sometimes. Really makes me sad.

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  • DevenWarlord @devenwarlord.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2024

    Game 42: The Lamplighters League I really enjoyed the setting and it was a solid turn based game at its core, but it was pretty unstable performance and RNG-wise. Had occasional difficulty spikes where enemy damage output would triple from mission to another.

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  • Major Spoilers @majorspoilers.bsky.socialBluesky · May 26, 2024

    Since 2023, I’ve been playing (poorly), and enjoying (immensely) The Lamplighters League by Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive. While the game is no longer being updated, I thought it was time to share my playthrough of the game. majorspoilers.com/2024/05/25/m...

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  • Kariyanine @kariyanine.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2024

    32nd Game Finished of 2024 - The Lamplighters League (2023) There’s a lot to like about this one, the characters are great, the setting interesting, and Xcom gameplay is a neat spin, but the stealth heavy focus with bad stealth just makes this an ambitious failure.

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  • Gamernews.it @GamerNewsitMastodon · Jan 9, 2024

    #thelamplightersleague Appassionati di avventure all'Indiana Jones? Si? Allora seguiteci nella recensione di The Lamplighters League per PC https://www.gamernews.it/articoli/recensioni/recensione-the-lamplighters-league-pc.php

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  • Mike Kelly @galenblade.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2023

    For all I love the devs, The Lamplighters League really feels like their first miss. Not a bad game, but the good individual component parts haven't cohered for me. Admire the swing, don't like the miss.

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  • Dave Bricker "CognitiveCaveat" @[email protected]Mastodon · Oct 8, 2023

    #TheLamplightersLeague #XboxShare #XboxGamePass #Gaming #CognitiveCaveat

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  • SmashPad @smashpad.comBluesky · Oct 7, 2023

    The Lamplighters League - SmashPad Plays youtu.be/yjvE2AEtTtE?...

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  • Gamernews.it @GamerNewsitMastodon · Oct 5, 2023

    #thelamplightersleague The Lamplighters League è disponibile su PC e XBOX Series X Preparatevi ad un 1930 alternativo https://www.gamernews.it/notizie/2023/10/05/the-lamplighters-league-e-disponibile-su-pc-e-xbox-series-x-13463.php

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  • Professor Alex @shiningcrobat.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2023

    The Lamplighters League demo is short, just the tutorial section at the beginning of the game. But it still has me very excited. The core of the Shadowrun system is there, but I love the gameplay touches and visuals over that making it a pulp adventure. A little stealth is a great change.

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  • Mr Frumble @[email protected]Mastodon · Aug 22, 2023

    Think I found the game I'll be playing whenever I'm finally done with Starfield or wanting a break from it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-pDUm-sDEs Love the 1930's pulp aesthetic. #gaming #TheLamplightersLeague #xbox

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  • Bathory Holmes @bathoryholmes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2023

    to be fair, there really hasn't been a game that has a release date that has caught my eye enough to claim "game i'm most looking forward to". Maybe The Lamplighters League, maybe Assassin's Creed: Mirage, but nothing my pulse is elevated for.

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  • Anthea is lighting the way @[email protected]Mastodon · Apr 25, 2023

    In today's #DevDiary for #TheLamplightersLeague, you get to meet one of my favorite scary people: Lady Zorana Nicastro. #ParadoxInteractive #HarebrainedSchemes #GameDev https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/dev-diary-6-banished-court-scions-monsters.1579751/

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