Lunark
Lunark is a 2D cinematic platformer in the vein of '80s and '90s classics. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through mysterious alien ruins, a flying penitentiary, a high-tech megalopolis, and a…
Lunark is an adventure developed by Canari Games, released 30 March 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $4.99 at IndieGala.
What Lunark is
Lunark is an adventure game developed by Canari Games and released in 2023. It was published by WayForward. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker Studio 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
As Earth became inhospitable, Noah, an AI whose sole purpose was to preserve humanity, was created. It chose the Moon as it’s Ark - renamed Lunark - using it as a ship to evacuate a handful of chosen ones to the nearest superhabitable planet. Unfortunately, whether the planet was inhabited or not was not part of Noah’s criteria.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Lunark holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.99 at IndieGala, 75% below its usual price. Across the 5 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $7.00 — a spread of $2.01 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Lunark launched on 30 March 2023, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4, Dredge, Figment 2: Creed Valley and Wartales. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4, Dredge, Figment 2: Creed Valley, Wartales.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Lunark yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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