Loddlenaut
Loddlenaut is an ocean cleanup adventure set on a vibrant alien planet. Play as an interstellar custodian sent to clean up a polluted ocean planet. Repurpose marine debris and take care of axolotl-like alien…
Loddlenaut is an adventure developed by Moon Lagoon, released 16 November 2023 on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.99 at IndieGala.
What Loddlenaut is
Loddlenaut is an adventure game developed by Moon Lagoon and released in 2023. It was published by Secret Mode. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Loddlenaut is a creature-raising survival game that takes place on an ocean planet. Play as an interstellar custodian who is sent to clean up an abandoned planet polluted by a mega-corporation as you get it ready for the next company to move in. Your mission: to clean up GUP-14, a small ocean planet that was once the home of GUPPI, a mega-corporation that makes and sells everything from soda to rockets. When you first arrive on the planet, you’ll find yourself amid murky waters, oil spills, and scattered junk. Within the polluted environments, you’ll find remnants of GUPPI’s buildings, ships, and machinery all sunken to the ocean floor. As you clean up their mess, explore these areas to…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are open world, sandbox, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 23 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Loddlenaut holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel / AMD Dual Core @ 1+ GHz, 4 GB RAM and Radeon RX 550. 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 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at IndieGala, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Loddlenaut launched on 16 November 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, The Finals, The Talos Principle II and The Exit 8. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, The Finals, The Talos Principle II, The Exit 8.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Loddlenaut yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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