ONE EXPLORER
How to play solo
Complete the chart, gear and lens investigations in your own order. The room keeps their verified records, and readiness checks stay in place while you move between stations.
Start on your own →ONE LIGHT CAN BRING THEM HOME
The Last Lighthouse
A lighthouse escape room built around one shared rescue.
A ship has lost its bearings in a storm. Read the reports, restore the lighthouse mechanisms and send a signal through the darkness.
Free beta · Play in your browser · No download
- Play format
- Solo or with friends
- Design difficulty
- Medium
- Suggested age
- 12+ with adult support
- The journey
- 8 stages
FROM THE GAME · NO COMPLETED ANSWERS
Work the mechanisms behind the rescue.
What you actually do
The current eight-stage beta connects a coastal chart, a gear drive and a set of optical plates. The gear controls below let you choose a driver and a driven gear. The chart and lens stations supply the other records for your rescue report.
Captured from the playable interface in a local test. Room conditions may differ. The screenshot is not a walkthrough.
Try a short practice puzzleTWO EXPLORERS
How to play with a partner
Split the chart and mechanical work, then check the optical plates together. Before the rescue report, explain how each result follows from its record. Neither player needs to hold a control while the other works.
Open a room for two →A SEPARATE PRACTICE PUZZLE · NO ROOM NEEDED
Slow a practice gear drive
A separate training rig turns at 18 rpm. Its driver has 10 teeth and its driven gear has 30 teeth. Using output = input × driver teeth ÷ driven teeth, how fast does the output turn?
Reveal the worked example
- Find the gear ratio: 10 ÷ 30 = 1/3.
- Apply it to the input speed: 18 × 1/3 = 6 rpm.
The larger driven gear makes the output slower. The training rig uses different numbers from the lighthouse apparatus; it does not give the game’s gear selection.
YOUR BRIEF
The story you will uncover
The storm has reduced the world outside to darkness and scattered reports. Your team takes over a lighthouse whose chart, drive and lens must agree before a useful signal can be sent. The ship needs a position it can trust, and you need evidence that the equipment is ready.
In the current beta, three workstations feed into a combined rescue report. Solve the chart, mechanical and optical problems, compare their results, then configure the signal and complete the coordinated release. The final sequence depends on the work your team has already done.
OBSERVE · COMPARE · EXPLAIN
What you will do
Rebuild the chart
Use the position reports to locate the ship on the grid and explain why the reports agree.
Restore the mechanisms
Compare driving and driven gears, then combine optical plates to make the required lens pattern.
Coordinate the signal
Bring the verified workstation results into one report and set the final signal sequence together.
Play with your team
Share the chart, gear and lens investigations across the group, then reconvene before the final signal. Teammates can inspect unlocked stations separately, while answers and progress remain in one shared room.
Create one room, share its invitation code and let each friend join from a browser. The room supports up to ten members. On a small screen, use the image inspection controls to examine clues more closely.
Who will enjoy it?
A practical problem-solving adventure for families with older children and adult groups. It includes grid reasoning, gear ratios and pattern matching. Younger players may need help with English instructions and the calculations. There are storm and rescue themes, with no jump scares.
Age and difficulty are design guidance, not formal ratings. Optional hints help when your team gets stuck.
42 SECONDS · NO PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
Preview The Last Watch
Preview of the next story edition · The Last Watch
This film introduces the forthcoming 1953 story. It is not the storyline of the current playable beta above. The setting is the real North Sea flood; the harbour, characters, equipment, timings and rescue are fictional.
English synthetic narration and on-screen text. Chinese subtitles available. No autoplay. Download MP4
Read the film transcript
January, nineteen fifty-three. A North Sea storm closes around the coast. At a fictional harbour, the phones fail. Eight people wait offshore. You take the relief watch. The main light must stay on. Restore the harbour signal. Read the bearings. Find a usable approach. Every repair brings the launch one step closer to shore. The Last Lighthouse. Keep the light. Bring them home.
Questions before you play
Which lighthouse version can I play now?
The Start button opens the original eight-stage lighthouse beta described on this page. The Last Watch is a new story edition being prepared for release; its film below is clearly marked as a preview.
Is the lighthouse game suitable for children?
Our design suggestion is 12+ with adult support. This is not a formal age rating. Consider English reading ability, comfort with storm and rescue themes, and confidence with the calculations.
Can the team inspect different stations?
Yes. Once the investigation stations are unlocked, players can explore different clues and compare their findings before completing the shared rescue report.
THE NEXT CLUE IS WAITING
Bring your friends. Follow the evidence.
Start the current lighthouse betaAnother story for another night
12 STAGES · MEDIUM–HARD
Museum After Dark
An astronomical dial is missing from its display. Take the relief shift, restore the museum’s systems and piece together a night of conflicting records.
Solo or with friends · Suggested 13+
Explore Museum After Dark
7 STAGES · MEDIUM–HARD
Signal Across Time
Alex restores a wireless receiver in 2026. Evelyn answers from 1926. What survives in one era may be exactly what the other team needs.
Solo or with friends · Suggested 14+
Explore Signal Across Time