History VideoGame / LakeviewValley

* TheDarknessGazesBack: A pair of GlowingEyes seems to nest in almost every tree hollow and grate, offering advice... and temptation. Urging you not to trust anyone, and to turn against them.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabin'' [[VideoGame/LakeviewCabinCollection series]].
** StealthSequel: [[spoiler:Red from the previous 2 games is [[LukeIAmYourFather your father]], as well as the frog-human creature that calls itself your "Uncle". The Lake Gods also seem to be ultimately behind everything.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...Or maybe you'd rather dig up their deepest secrets. Screw up their lives. Or [[KillEmAll just end them]].

* HouseFire: This happened to Rebecca sometime before the player moved to the valley. [[spoiler:During her sidequest, its implied that she intentionally done so to kill Ra-Ra, her demon mother, but it isn't revealed what motivated her as to why.]]

** Rebecca sleeps with the protagonist during her sidequest.

Coming from the creator of ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabin'' and ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabinCollection'', ''Lakeview Valley'' dropped on October 22nd, 2019. Billing itself as a 'Murder RPG', it sets the player loose in a LifeSimulationGame where they can set out to earn the regard of their new neighbors and become the most popular person in town... investigate the strange goings-on... or follow their darkest impulses.

* HijackedByGanon: At first it seems as though [[spoiler:Morgo and the Witch are the [[BigBad Big Bads]], but that is before we learn that "Uncle" is actually Red from the previous two Lakeview games, who is far stronger than them both. This is especially evident when he brutally murders Morgo after the other Upper League members are killed.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Ruth (the sweet grandma) is a secret Satanic serial killer, and Lil Bobby (the only child in town) is a lot nastier than he initially appears. Instead of being tortured by demons after being killed, the two of them seem to be on the fast track to becoming high-ranking demons themselves.]]

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler:Morgo]] doesn't like it when you kill [[spoiler:flies.]] There's a reason for this.

* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: Helping the townsfolk out and becoming more popular benefits the protag in various ways. Such as getting better financial aid from Easy Bank; the more well-liked you are, the more money you're granted every day.

* UnexplainedRecovery: The game begins with Reggie the bus driver running over a naked and delusional Amy Cooper, leaving her dead in the street. Minutes later you run into her seemingly completely fine at the diner. The Sheriff even makes note of this odd discrepancy when examining Amy's body. [[spoiler:It's implied she made a deal with Morgo, possibly involving time travel.]]

* RetiredMonster: [[spoiler:Ruth, a satanic serial killer as well as Morgo's partner in crime is still alive. Due to her advanced age, she isn't able to be as dangerous and doesn't put up as much of a fight as other NPCs.]]

* EveryoneIsBi: Most of the NPCs will have sex with you, regardless of your gender.
* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:The NPC's are naked when they're being mutilated, raped and tortured in the underworld.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Morgo, a demonic fly monster who drags souls to the underworld, is the main threat to the valley. He appears fairly early on but his appearance changes the game significantly.]]
** [[spoiler:An ever bigger spoiler is the witch, the main antagonist of the game. She's the queen of the demons and the driving force behind Morgo.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Sure, the town's Dark Secret is that they lynched Morgo, but everything you learn about him indicates that, much like [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kruger]], the guy ''really'' had it coming. Morgo and the Witch would like you to believe this about the townsfolk to convince you they deserve their fate, but when you really dig into it, with a few exceptions most of them are somewhat flawed but still generally normal, and Morgo and the Witch are just vicious psychopaths trying to justify their own hatred and sadism.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Ruth (the sweet grandma) is a secret Satanic serial killer, and Lil Bobby (the only child in town) is a lot nastier than he initially appears. Instead of being tortured by demons after being killed, the two of them seem to be on the fast track to becoming high-ranking demons themselves.]]

* GracefulLoser: The Sheriff seems to be this: [[spoiler: if you manage to kill all of the townsfolk without supernatural assistance from Morgo, the game ends with the Sheriff admitting defeat and giving you the slowest of slow claps.]]
* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: Morgo does most of the work and is both the primary tempter of the protagonist as well as the main threat to the town, but the real BigBad is the Witch.]]
* ImplacableMan: Not even a shotgun blast to the face will stop the Sheriff from meting out justice to a obvious spree killer.

** DownerEnding: There's no GoldenEnding to this sad tale... [[spoiler: the endings in which Morgo or the Witch are disposed of don't resolve the time loop, and the endings which do solve the time loop involve every villager other than the Sheriff being dead.]]

** StealthSequel: [[spoiler: Red from the previous 2 games is [[LukeIAmYourFather your father]], as well as the frog-human creature that calls itself your "Uncle". The Lake Gods also seem to be ultimately behind everything.]]

* UnexplainedRecovery: The game begins with Reggie the bus driver running over a naked and delusional Amy Cooper, leaving her dead in the street. Minutes later you run into her seemingly completely fine at the diner. The Sheriff even makes note of this odd discrepancy when examining Amy's body. [[spoiler: It's implied she made a deal with Morgo, possibly involving time travel.]]

* WasOnceAMan[=/=]DemonOfHumanOrigin: [[spoiler: The animal-human hybrid demons like Morgo are apparently the "upper league" of the Witch's deceased followers who were allowed to return to the human world in that form. The Witch herself used to be the Preacher's wife, and somehow managed to become Queen of the Underworld after she and the Preacher disappeared from the town.]]

* UnexpectedRecovery: The game begins with Reggie the bus driver running over a naked and delusional Amy Cooper, leaving her dead in the street. Minutes later you run into her seemingly completely fine at the diner. The Sheriff even makes note of this odd discrepancy when examining Amy's body. [[spoiler: It's implied she made a deal with Morgo, possibly involving time travel.]]

* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: Helping the townsfolk out and becoming more popular benefits the protag in various ways. Such as getting better financial aid from [=EasyBank=]; the more well-liked you are, the more money you're granted every day.

* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: If you're not popular, you get treated accordingly. Don't expect any help from [=EasyBank=]'s Valley Aid program, for instance...

* CharacterCustomization: Mostly revolving around your hair and facial features, as well as your basic attire.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...Or KillEmAll.

Coming from the creator of ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabin'' and ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabinCollection'', ''Lakeview Valley'' bills itself as a ''Murder RPG''. Can be found on Steam [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/783840/Lakeview_Valley/ here]].