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Luna: The Shadow Dust

Luna The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack. Inspired by the adventure…

76 13 February 2020

Luna: The Shadow Dust is an adventure developed by Lantern Studio, released 13 February 2020 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Luna: The Shadow Dust is

Luna: The Shadow Dust is an adventure game developed by Lantern Studio and released in 2020. It was published by Coconut Island Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Luna The Shadow Dust is a 2020 adventure video game developed by Lantern Studio and published by Coconut Island Games and Application Systems Heidelberg. The game tells the story of Üri and Layh.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 24 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Luna: The Shadow Dust holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel core i5 2557M, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GT440 or HD5570. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Luna: The Shadow Dust launched on 13 February 2020, within three weeks of Dreams, Besiege, Persona 5 Strikers and Journey to the Savage Planet. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dreams, Besiege, Persona 5 Strikers, Journey to the Savage Planet.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Luna: The Shadow Dust yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Luna: The Shadow Dust — frequently asked questions

When did Luna: The Shadow Dust come out?
Luna: The Shadow Dust was released on 13 February 2020 for Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Luna: The Shadow Dust?
At minimum, Luna: The Shadow Dust needs Intel core i5 2557M, 4 GB RAM, GeForce GT440 or HD5570 graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Luna: The Shadow Dust?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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