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There Was the Moon

An atmospheric exploration game. The player is tasked with completing a ritual prescribed by an interspecies pact formed eons ago. Complete puzzles and delve deeper into a bewildering monument.

24 July 2020

There Was the Moon is an adventure developed by Ben Lapid, released 24 July 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What There Was the Moon is

There Was the Moon is an adventure game developed by Ben Lapid and released in 2020. It was published by Bunso. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An atmospheric exploration game. The player is tasked with completing a ritual prescribed by an interspecies pact formed eons ago. Complete puzzles and delve deeper into a bewildering monument.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

There Was the Moon launched on 24 July 2020, within three weeks of Ghost of Tsushima, Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and Risk of Rain 2.

Released around the same time: Ghost of Tsushima, Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Risk of Rain 2.

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When did There Was the Moon come out?
There Was the Moon was released on 24 July 2020 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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