The Midnight Lodge [v0.80] [TheMidnightLodge]

May 20, 2026F95

When songwriter and recently out of the closet, Ethan’s father dies, he doesn’t inherit money or property, just a dusty box containing a hand-drawn map, a tarnished ring, and old photographs of striking men from the 1950s. Curiosity leads him to a decaying mountain lodge deep in Northern California. The moment he puts on the ring, everything changes. The lodge transforms. The year is 1955. And three ghosts appear—trapped in the final week before his grandfather’s murder. Sasha, a brooding Russian gymnast managing the lodge. Gino, a Vegas headliner with dangerous mob connections. Ash, a volatile botanist with deadly secrets. One of them witnessed the murder. One of them committed it. And Ethan? He’s falling for all of them while his dating app MESHie keeps buzzing with matches from over a dozen men back in 2026 including his bar crushes. (Pablo especially, yummy.)
To escape the lodge—and uncover the truth about his grandfather, Johnny Palma—Ethan must solve a 70-year-old crime. As he’s transported back to 1955 he has to juggle romance across two worlds while hunting a killer. It’s a whole new level of complicated.

Thread Updated: 2026-05-20

Release Date: 2026-05-20

Developer: TheMidnightLodge itch.io – Patreon

Censored: No

Version: 0.80

OS: Windows, Linux, Mac

Language: English

Store: itch.io

Genre:

3D, Funny, Gay, Horror, LGBT, Mystery, NSFW, Ren’Py, Romance, Visual Novel

Installation:

1. Extract and run.

Changelog:

What’s new in v0.80:

Ash’s full storyline and content is now in the game — including his spicy scene
Complete UI overhaul — new fonts, redesigned menus, revamped MeSHie app
Music video sync corrected — the songs land the way they were always meant to
New mystery character added to MeSHie — check your matches
Gallery upgrades — character names and emoji reactions
Bug fixes and polish throughout
Blackjack mini game!

v0.14

initial zone release

Developer Notes:

Solo developer here. Hello!

My debut title, The Midnight Lodge, blends gay paranormal romance, murder mystery, and a working dating app into something you haven’t played before. I haven’t come across anyone doing an AVN in the way I am doing it. Try it out and let me know what you think.

My background is theater and TV writing, and I tried to make the story feel like the first episode of something you would stream on your favorite platform, except a hell of a lot more sex.

Also, I added some music videos with my lyrics and warped sense of humor. (One is called “I Just Rimmed A Ghost”) .

The end result is scary, funny, sexy, and twisted.

GAMEPLAY

There’s plenty of skin and spice and scenes, 4 hot ghosts you can romance, real-world hotties, and over a dozen other guys on a dating app called MESHie. There’s spice pretty quick in the story, so no waiting forever for the goons.

After a year and over 500 hours of building, I made something I, as a gay man, found sexy and hopefully compelling. Plus plenty of jump scares.

Close to 2 hours of gameplay. Lots of different outcomes based on decisions. Kick it around and let me know what you like!

Chapter 2 is in development. Click follow on Itch and also follow on Patreon (PeachCore Studios) for updates!