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Games like LUNA The Shadow Dust

If LUNA The Shadow Dust is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hope, Shapik: The Moon Quest and Gorogoa — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful art style, emotionally resonant story and unique visual storytelling approach. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About 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.

2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 75Windows · macOS · Linuxby Lantern Studio
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Players who liked LUNA The Shadow Dust also play

Steam players who put hours into LUNA The Shadow Dust also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Hope

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for LUNA The Shadow Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Alone you wake up amnesiac, trying to uncover your past by exploring the world.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Shapik: The Moon Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Second-strongest match for LUNA The Shadow Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    SHAPIK: The Moon Quest is a touching and atmospheric quest, the story of which unfolds in a mysterious world after a nuclear war.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Gorogoa

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Third-strongest match for LUNA The Shadow Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. She and the Light Bearer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Ranked #4 for LUNA The Shadow Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Little Briar Rose

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for LUNA The Shadow Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Little Briar Rose is a very special, stained glass-styled adventure game inspired by the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Unforeseen Incidents

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Ranked #6 for LUNA The Shadow Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Papetura

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Ranked #7 for LUNA The Shadow Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. I commissioned some bees 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for LUNA The Shadow Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    I paid 10 more artists to hide bees in their artwork. Can you find them all? Warning: Relaxing.

    2022IndieCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below LUNA The Shadow Dust at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under LUNA The Shadow Dust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under LUNA The Shadow Dust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under LUNA The Shadow Dust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under LUNA The Shadow Dust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under LUNA The Shadow Dust on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under LUNA The Shadow Dust on Steam right now. Shares Indie with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under LUNA The Shadow Dust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under LUNA The Shadow Dust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Gorogoa

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. She and the Light Bearer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Unforeseen Incidents

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Papetura

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with LUNA The Shadow Dust.

    Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about LUNA The Shadow Dust

Is LUNA The Shadow Dust verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — LUNA The Shadow Dust is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does LUNA The Shadow Dust cost?
LUNA The Shadow Dust is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to LUNA The Shadow Dust?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside LUNA The Shadow Dust are Hope, Shapik: The Moon Quest, Gorogoa.
Who developed LUNA The Shadow Dust?
LUNA The Shadow Dust was developed by Lantern Studio and published by Coconut Island Games, Application Systems Heidelberg.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on LUNA The Shadow Dust.

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