Live snapshot
Public Roblox numbers pulled on 2026-07-08. Drain the Lake sits among Roblox’s busier incremental simulators, launched only on 2026-06-03 by the group IWTM10GTMPLS (owner LotusArts) from the Lotus Arts studio.
- 45,433 Players in game at research time
- 13.6M Total visits since 2026-06-03
- 95.4% Rating 62,180 likes
- 70,930 Favorites Roblox favorites
- 12 Server size players per lake
- 7 Checkpoints depth layers to the phone
Start here
New to the lake? These four pages answer the questions players search for first: whether codes exist, how to actually play, what to buy, and how deep it goes. Every other page on the wiki links back through these.
Codes status
The honest answer on Drain the Lake codes — checked against the game and the developer’s channels, not copied from filler lists.
Complete walkthrough
Controls, the fill-drain loop, and a start-to-phone route with the upgrade order that gets you there fastest.
Best upgrades & tips
The Skill Tree order experienced players use, Shark avoidance, and the shoreline farming trick.
Checkpoints & depth
All six checkpoints in order, the gems each pays, and the real share of players who reach each depth.
The core loop
Every run repeats the same five steps. Read them once and the whole game clicks — the rest of the wiki is about doing each step faster, bigger, or deeper.
| Step | How | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fill | Hold Left Mouse Button on the water | The bucket fills on its own while the cursor sits on the lake. Stand near the edge; the collection range covers plenty of water without wading into shark territory. |
| 2. Return | Press F | Teleport the full bucket to the drain station. Walking it back by hand is the single biggest time sink new players miss. |
| 3. Drain | Press E to pour | Emptying the bucket pays out Tokens. Deeper water pays more per bucket, so the same action is worth more the further you have drained. |
| 4. Spend | Upgrade Computer (Tokens) | Put Tokens into the Skill Tree. A good purchase makes the next several trips faster, bigger, or more valuable in a way you can feel. |
| 5. Go deeper | Cross the next checkpoint | Draining lowers the water and opens the next area. Each checkpoint becomes a respawn point and shortens the trip between water and drain. |
How deep do players really get?
Roblox badge award counts reveal a real drop-off. Of everyone who drains their first bucket, about four in five reach the first checkpoint, and roughly half finish the game. Here is the actual funnel, checkpoint by checkpoint.
Every system, mapped
Drain the Lake keeps two currencies, a six-branch Skill Tree, a bucket collection, chests, badges, and one very toothy hazard. Each has its own page with the confirmed details and nothing invented.
Badge database
All 18 badges with requirements, Gem rewards, and how many players have actually earned each one.
Skill Tree
The six upgrade branches and the buy order that turns a slow start into a finished run.
Buckets, Gems & chests
How the persistent economy works: chests, Gem prices, the Ancient Bucket, and why you shop between runs.
Mechanics glossary
Every term in one place — Tokens vs Gems, checkpoints, the Shark, the Upgrade Computer, and more.
See it in motion
Lotus Arts has not published an official trailer, so the clip below is a community full-run walkthrough — useful for seeing the checkpoints, the Shark, and the phone ending before you play. The two images beside it are the official Roblox thumbnail and icon.
Official sources
Every fact on this page is checked against first-party Roblox data and the developer's own channels. Drain the Lake ships no in-game patch notes, so the X account and Discord below are where real update news appears.
Roblox experience
The game page itself: live player count, description, favorites, server size, and the six checkpoint badges.
Creator group — IWTM10GTMPLS
Owned by LotusArts. 465,098 members and the only public game under this group.
Lotus Arts Discord
The studio-wide community server (not a game-only server). Where Lotus Arts runs giveaways, playtests, and feedback for all of their games.
Lotus Arts on X
Primary announcement channel. Posted the Drain the Lake reveal on 2026-06-24. Watch it for update news, since the game ships no in-game patch notes.
Lotus Arts studio site
Studio portfolio from the developers behind Carry Me!, Trespasser, and Build a Bunker.