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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“What an absolute gem this game is. I wanted to play something cozy and this game gave so much more than I expected. The art is beautiful, the music is gorgeous and the story is intriguing. The puzzles are just hard enough so it is interesting. It is absolutely a great…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“I really enjoyed playing most of this game. A couple of puzzles were tricky, but the satisfaction from getting them solved was just over the top :D It's also unusual how there's zero explanations or instructions, yet it doesn't complicate things one bit. When the story came to…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“LUNA The Shadow Dust is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure developed by Lantern Studio and published by Coconut Island Games together with Application Systems Heidelberg. The game distinguishes itself immediately through its commitment to visual storytelling and traditional…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedLatest official news
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LUNA The Shadow Dust: Dev insights & gameplay - Curious Odyssey Sale 2026
Event Information We're part of the Curious Odyssey Sales Event from Mar. 11 - Mar. 18. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gam
LUNA The Shadow Dust: Dev insights & gameplay - AdventureX Sale 2025
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Sales Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gameplay
LUNA The Shadow Dust: Dev insights & gameplay - ASH GAMES 40 Years Anniversary
Event Information We're part of the ASH GAMES 40 Years Anniversary Sale Event from Aug. 19 - Sep. 2. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev i
LUNA The Shadow Dust: Dev insights & gameplay - AdventureX Sale 2023
Event Information LUNA The Shadow Dust is part of the AdventureX Sale from Nov. 2 - Nov. 8. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights &
Tales From the Far East Bundle - Meet the Devs!
Interviewees - Lantern Studio: LUNA The Shadow Dust George Eastmead - Community Manager Mojiken Studio: When The Past Was Around Brigitta Rena - Illustrator and Developer What is your game about, and
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Casual · Indie · Point & Click · Hand-drawn · Puzzle · Great Soundtrack · Atmospheric · Beautiful · Fantasy · Cartoon · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Korean, Polish, Italian, Czech, Japanese, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Vietnamese, Danish, Arab… |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.lantern-studio.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1, Windows 10 Processor: Intel core i5 2557M Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT440 or HD5570 Storage: 1 GB available space