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LUNA The Shadow Dust

Lantern Studio · Coconut Island Games · 2020-02-13

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 22, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 13, 2020 (Mac), Feb 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2020 (Linux)

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.

LUNA The Shadow Dust is a 2020 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $13.99, with 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1673 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (307 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 33k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,673 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$13.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.79 at GOG (2020-01-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 70 of 101 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28128120202026Week of 2020-02-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
542Feb 2020Jan 2026Feb 2020 — avg 54 · peak 196Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 66Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 24Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 23Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$12.792020-01-302026-10-142020-01-30 — best price $12.792020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-06-19 — best price $19.992020-08-30 — best price $19.992020-11-27 — best price $15.992021-03-01 — best price $19.992021-05-17 — best price $19.992021-08-20 — best price $15.992021-11-19 — best price $13.992022-01-27 — best price $13.992022-05-06 — best price $13.992022-07-18 — best price $13.992022-10-15 — best price $13.992022-12-01 — best price $19.992023-02-13 — best price $13.992023-04-28 — best price $13.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-10-05 — best price $19.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-01-25 — best price $13.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-04 — best price $13.992024-08-08 — best price $13.992024-10-17 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-02-13 — best price $13.992025-04-10 — best price $13.992025-06-05 — best price $13.992025-08-01 — best price $13.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-03-05 — best price $13.992026-05-14 — best price $19.992026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-09-02 — best price $13.992026-09-14 — best price $13.992026-09-26 — best price $13.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1302026-05-29 — 5 pageviews2026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2 pageviews2026-07-04 — 13 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-11 — 5 pageviews2026-09-15 — 6 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 0 pageviews2026-09-27 — 2 pageviews2026-10-01 — 5 pageviews2026-10-05 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
95%
earned "Entering the Tower "
29.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

29 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Korean, Polish, Italian, Czech, Japanese…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-02-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)79816%24
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieCasualPuzzleCartoonFantasyStylizedAdventureBeautifulHand-drawn

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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