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LURK — How to play
LURK is a survival horror game with one objective: last as long as you can. Choose an orbital station, an abandoned campsite or a drifting cargo ship. Your flashlight helps you navigate, but it can also reveal your position. Your record measures survival time.
Play LURK ↗Computer and phone controls
Move with WASD or arrow keys and aim with the mouse. E interacts, F toggles the flashlight and Shift makes you run. On a phone, use the joystick, drag on the scene to aim and tap the hand to interact. The Run button toggles running.
Doors and hiding places
Doors slow creatures down but can be broken and cannot be repaired. A wardrobe hides you for 20 seconds only if no creature sees you enter. Leave before your breathing reveals your position and plan a route to the next shelter.
Explore and scavenge
Items and supplies are scarce, with different positions and combinations each run. Some rooms contain no resources: search corridors and trails too.
Vital supplies
Find oxygen tanks in the station, food in the forest and drinking water on the ship. A full reserve lasts 90 seconds, even in closed rooms and wardrobes. At zero you lose 10 health per second. Each pickup restores 25%; supplies return after at least 60 seconds only when you are far away and outside the room.
Search with light
Oxygen tanks, food, water, batteries, first aid and radios on the ground only appear in a working flashlight beam. In darkness they have no markers and cannot be collected. Walls and closed doors block the light. In the station, use the control panel beside the reactor; in the other scenarios, find a generator. They reveal nearby items for 9 seconds, even with the flashlight off, and restore 25% battery charge. The noise attracts creatures; recharging takes 45 seconds.
Manage your supplies
A battery restores 45% charge; first aid restores 40 health. A decoy radio attracts creatures for 12 seconds. The reactor or a generator lights the nearby area for 9 seconds, restores 25% battery charge and has a 45-second cooldown. Its noise also attracts enemies.
Your first strategy
Explore before running: remember nearby doors, supplies and wardrobes. Save your stamina for escaping immediate danger, and do not rely on a hiding place they saw you enter. You can read the instructions while paused.