What makes Haven different
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The town remembers what you do
Help a neighbour and they won't forget it. Let someone down and they'll remember that too. Haven carries what you do from one day into the next.
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Sunday Dinners
Sunday Dinner is where neighbours become friends. Pull up a chair, share a table, and the faces you pass in the square become people you look out for.
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Better, not bigger
Success here isn't more buildings or a bigger number. It's a better town: help your neighbours open the bakery on Saturday, and see what that changes.
Lakeside Haven is a small-town life sim about the people around you. There's a garden by your cottage, but the game isn't built around a farm. Here's what you spend your days doing.
A town that remembers
The people of Haven notice what you do, and they keep it. Bring a pie to the Harvest Weekend contest and the folks who watched the judging will bring it up later. Help two old friends patch up a quarrel and others hear about it.
Your choices don't vanish at the end of the day. They become part of the town's story, and part of how people talk to you.
Helping your neighbours
Most of what you do in Haven is lend a hand. Help your neighbours open the bakery on Saturday. Rent a stall at the Saturday market in Haven Square. Get a pie ready for Harvest Weekend, then float a lantern on the lake with everyone else that evening.
Some neighbours need more than a hand. Maggie and Sam aren't speaking, and you might be the one who brings them back together at the fountain. And on Sundays, you can invite neighbours round for dinner.
Better, not bigger
In a lot of life sims, success means a bigger farm and a bigger pile of things. Here it means a better town: friends who look out for each other, and neighbours who are doing a bit better than when you arrived.
Haven stays small. There are no timers nagging you and no walls to grind through. The hope is simple: play for an evening, and close the game feeling a little better than when you opened it.
A look around town
Real screenshots from the game as it is today.
Questions people ask
What is Lakeside Haven?
It's a cozy life sim set in a small town by a lake. Success here means making the town better, not bigger. And the town remembers what you do, from one day into the next.
Can I play on a phone or tablet?
We're making Lakeside Haven for phones, tablets and web browsers, with touch-friendly controls designed from the start for phone and tablet screens. No consoles have been announced.
Will I need a powerful phone or tablet?
The planned browser demo is being designed for everyday phones and tablets, without requiring high-spec hardware. Testing will help us confirm device compatibility.
Will there be ads or forced timers?
Lakeside Haven is being made without ads, forced timers or aggressive microtransactions. You can spend time with the town at your own pace.
Is it multiplayer?
No. Lakeside Haven is a single-player game: just you and the town.
When does it come out?
There's no release date yet. When there's news, including any playtests, the waitlist hears it first.
Is there a demo?
Not yet. A free demo is planned to play directly in standard web browsers on mobile phones and tablets, right here on this site. You won't need an app store download for the demo. We'll email the waitlist when it's ready.
Save yourself a seat at the table
Join the waitlist to get notified the day testing begins on your device.