During the Xbox Showcase 2025, there were a lot of new games to see. An RPG has captured the heart of MeinMMO editor Sophia Weiss at first glance. However, not much is known about the walking lighthouse on Steam.
What kind of game is it? The game in question is the latest release from Double Fine Productions: Keeper. In the game, an old, decaying lighthouse is possessed and brought to life by magical vines. From then on, it explores the world on four spider legs. By its side is a mysterious bird with four claws, which apparently helps when needed.
In the story, you explore an island with the lighthouse and search for its heart, from where it is said to lead to other even more fantastical worlds. Keeper is tagged as a cinematic adventure in single-player mode. But it is also considered psychedelic, with puzzle aspects and exploration.
Best to make up your own impression with the trailer:
Call of Cthulhu or Wall-E – What is Keeper?
Keeper fascinates me and I don’t know exactly why. From the start of the trailer, when the lighthouse finds its four little legs, to the end of the trailer with the glowing mountain and the Marvel-esque light column, so much is happening.
At first, I wondered if this might be a game about Call of Cthulhu. Even if it is a very cute one: An Eldritch Horror lighthouse could wonderfully fit into said cosmos. But better still, it is something entirely of its own.
On its journey to the center of the island, the lighthouse traverses various areas: At the beginning, it is surrounded by sea and crooked sculptures. Later, it carefully climbs along a steep mountain slope. In a plain, fluffy cloud-like plants (?) stand, which the tower apparently can carry to jump further.
Generally, I find it very cute how the lighthouse wobbles slightly back and forth.
However, the most exciting part for me is the ruins of the village inhabited by small robots. They give the game a slightly post-apocalyptic vibe that would otherwise not come across within the more naturalistic areas. Only later in the trailer do you see more and more wondrous structures and clockwork-like ruins.
The green bird also has its tasks: In the trailer, it continuously accompanies the lighthouse and supports it. For example, it seems to turn on the tower light and clear obstacles out of the way.
Overall, Keeper reminds me of a mix of Journey and Wall-E, just with a touch of Cthulhu horror. Where else would the spider legs on the tower come from?
According to the showcase, the game is supposed to be completely wordless, which further enhances the post-apocalyptic feeling: Wandering through an almost mute world with only the soundtrack and the sounds of nature in the background is unusual and somehow exciting.
What Keeper is exactly, the developers are not revealing yet.
Presumably, there will soon be more information about Keeper. If not, that’s not a problem either: The game already has a release date. By October 27, 2025, we will be able to find out what the unusual duo of bird and walking tower is all about. In addition, there were a few more announcements. For example, the creators of the Pokémon games have proven that they can also develop completely different games: Pokémon fans are shocked after the developers present their new game: “Game Freak can make games that don’t look a decade old?”
