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LUNARK

ActionAdventureIndie

Developer Canari Games

Lunark is a 2023 platform game developed by Canari Games and published by WayForward. The game was originally released for Windows, macOS, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch on March 30, 2023, with ports for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 released on April 6, 2023. The game follows Leo who has unique abilities, the player attempts to uncover the origin about humanity. The game was mostly developed… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Jan 31, 2026

    I can’t show you the game I’m working on yet, so here are a few screenshots of my first solo game LUNARK. ☺️Show what you’re working on for #screenshotsaturday! #pixelart #indiedev #gaming #gamedev

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Jan 12, 2026

    You will like my indie game if you played these games: - Prince Of Persia 🤺 - Flashback 🔫 - Another World / Out Of This World ✋ 65% OFF on 🖤Steam: t.co/ZxUvaWSBxc ❤️Switch: t.co/3NvEmBQn7o #gamedev #indiedev #LUNARK

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Oct 4, 2024

    🥰Before 🏝️Castaway, I already paid tribute to Zelda: Link's Awakening in my first game 🌙LUNARK, where kids offer you advice! 👨‍👧‍👦

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Aug 31, 2024

    ☺️Hey, lots of new followers suddenly! Welcome! I'm Johan, creator of LUNARK and a brand mini-game CASTAWAY! 🏝️ www.castawaythegame.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGKc...

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  • Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.comBluesky · Apr 10, 2025

    Quick shout-out for Lunark! Disappointed in the disappointing Flashback remake and awful Flashback 2? This game is basically what should have gotten the time in the spotlight.

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  • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ @GamrokMastodon · Mar 31, 2023

    Lunark was released yesterday! ✨ I played it all evening long non stop. I loved it 🤩 The worthy heir of Flashback, Prince of Persia and Another World. Thanks to the developer @johanvinet 😀❤️ #Lunark #CinematicPlatformer #Flashback #PrinceOfPersia #AnotherWorld

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Mar 29, 2024

    🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUNARK! 🎂 👇To celebrate, the game is 50% OFF! Switch: bit.ly/LUNARK_Switch PS4/PS5: bit.ly/LUNARK_PS4PS5 Steam: bit.ly/LUNARK_Stm itchio: bit.ly/LUNARK_itchio

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Jul 1, 2023

    Hello there! My name is Johan, your average “multidisciplinary creative person”. I just ended a 4+ years journey by releasing my indie game LUNARK. I’m pretty close to figure out what is coming next. Stick with me if - like me - you’d like to know what that is! ☺️

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    And since we're at it, my first chil... game 🌙LUNARK is also a few bucks on #Steam! 🖤Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1050370/...

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  • Stefan Berendes @schreppybroepke.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    Game 5/26: LUNARK A delightful old skool cinematic platformer (by @johanvinet.com) that is both a heartfelt loveletter AND a proper spiritual sequel to "Flashback", rotoscoped cutscenes included. The game does A LOT with its mechanics, but still feels breezy and fun! It is also VERY colourful 😉

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  • Tiny Game Chronicles @tinygamechronicles.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2025

    If you have a fondness for the cinematic platformers of the past, you owe it to yourself to check out LUNARK! A great game that you can beat in a couple of sittings!

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  • Enrique Hervás 🇪🇺 ☮️🎲🪐 @ehervas.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 29, 2025

    These are some of my #Gamedev bucket list games: 🏎️Racing Game: I worked on Formula One 2016 Mobile but I'd love my own arcade racing game! 🏃‍♂️Platformer Adventure: Flashback inspired (like Lunark) or just a simple fun game. 🪐Sci-Fi city builder for mobile: The game I want to play but doesn't exist!

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  • Thierry Falcoz (Pixel Bento) @thierryfalcoz.frBluesky · Nov 22, 2023

    Un petit bonbon fourré à la nostalgie et créé avec passion par un vrai fan du Cinematic Platformer. Lunark m’a rappelé avec délice les heures passées sur les versions Amiga et Game Boy du Prince of Persia de Jordan Mechner ♥️

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  • Dustin Mierau @mierau.meBluesky · May 21, 2026

    My “games I should play and movies I should watch” list is so long I’m finally playing a game I enjoyed following the development of on… pre-X Twitter. 😅 Anyway, finally working through Lunark and it’s as fun and as beautiful as I had hoped. Very Prince of Persia/Another World inspired gameplay.

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  • Homecoming Hero @homecominghero.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    This week on the podcast reviewed the Sci-Fi adventure game LUNARK. It is a great time, Thank you @johanvinet.com and Canari games for a review code. They also made the game Castaway which I have reviewed (Thank you for that code) open.spotify.com/episode/6io6... open.spotify.com/episode/1xe5...

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Jul 27, 2023

    Hello there! LUNARK is a 2D cinematic-platformer game with vivid pixelart and rotoscoped cutscenes! 😘 thank you! https://wayforward.itch.io/lunark

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  • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ @GamrokMastodon · Apr 5, 2023

    It was while playing @johanvinet 's #Lunark that I thought about Mission Elevator. Because of this screen! 😀 🧵 2/

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  • Delilah (Grace) @holywingdiver.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2024

    spell your username with vidya games Holy Diver (yes it's an actual game for Famicom) Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus Lunark Ys Origin WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain inFamous New Super Mario Bros. Wii Gauntlet: Dark Legacy Double Dragon II Immortals: Fenyx Rising Vexx Earth Defense Force 5 Rad Racer

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  • WiegerTheFarmer @wiegerthefarmer.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    Love rotoscoping in games. Have you chatted with @johanvinet.com ? His game Lunark was great!

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  • Jason C. @setaimx.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2024

    @radicaldefect.bsky.social Hey! Not sure if you saw this yet since I don't believe the dev is on Bluesky but this game was announced yesterday by the same dev who created Lunark and it looks especially right up your alley. 😃

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  • Johan Vinet @[email protected]Mastodon · Dec 1, 2023

    🥳Hey folks! It's #BandcampFriday and for today only I've set #LUNARK's OST as "Pay what you want"! Please share and enjoy! #RT #OST #indiegame #VGM https://johanvinet.bandcamp.com/album/lunark

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  • Canari Games @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 18, 2022

    👋 Hi folks! Canari Games is a Canadian studio, currently working on #LUNARK, a colorful 2D cinematic platformer, published by @wayforward & COMING SOON™ on Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox systems, PC/Mac. 💾 Physical versions by @LimitedRunGames. 💜Demo/Follow/Wishlist: http://bit.ly/LunarkSteam #introduction #gamedev #LUNARKtheGame

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  • Ben Booth @benbooth.devBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    @dannyodwyer.bsky.social just listening to your love for OG Prince of Persia. It was the only game I had for years on my Dads janky janky old B&W work laptop. Have you ever heard of or tried Lunark? It’s a love letter to those old rotoscoped 2D platformers.

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  • Warcabbit @warcabbitmwm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    Man, Lunark reminds me of the original all right. And another game, I played on the Amiga with the force shield and laser. Outer Limits? 1990ish?

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  • Hopelessvirgin @hiopelessvirgin.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    Beside some mechanics I didn't like (like not being able to save my game) I enjoyed my time with Lunark. I'd buy the vinyl record if I'd the money to do so. Making my keyboard rumble when petting kitties was a nice touch (no I am a PC played, I don't play with a lowly gamepad 🤥)

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  • PypeBros @PypeBrosMastodon · Feb 20, 2025

    @Varyag I've got a number of #PlatformerGames collected in http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/search/label/SurSwitch ... I'd especially recommend #Marsupilami (DKC-like), #TinyThor (tough, but beautiful) and #EagleIsland and #Lunark by CanariGames, of course ;-)

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  • So Many Games @somanygames.co.ukBluesky · Dec 11, 2024

    Absolutely adore Flashback! Many happy memories of playing it on the Megadrive. Have you played Lunark? Another rotoscoped game which seems to be inspired by Flashback and Another World.

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  • Matthieu M @mareek.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2024

    Lunark is a great homage to Flashback, really loved the game👍 I had a question about Lunark : is the name of the planet a reference to the (much less colorful) Albarine valley in France ?

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  • Johan Vinet @johanvinet.comBluesky · Jun 6, 2024

    Lunark was around 40k on release but those ended up being « bad wishlists ». Too old, lots of backers in there… the game was nowhere to be found on the trending parts of Steam on release day.

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  • PypeBros @PypeBrosMastodon · Nov 21, 2023

    Learnt on twitter this morning: - #lunark on #nintendoswitch is on sale - SuperStars Saga, the Mario game I first played on my #NintendoDS is 20 years old today - there's an ad every 5th tweet. The soonest I can get out of that trap, the best.

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  • João Ciocca @johnnyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2023

    If you played Flashback and liked it, you MUST grab LUNARK. And I'm not only saying this because I backed this incredible game on Kickstarter, but because I'm a proud backer of it, Johan did a superb fantastic fenomenal work here <3 YOU SHOULD PLAY THIS GAME!

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  • Ben Foote @benpocalypseMastodon · Aug 27, 2023

    I don't know how many other folks have played it, but I really have been enjoying Lunark on my Steam Deck lately. So many Outer of this World/Another World vibes. Highly recommended. #Lunark https://store.steampowered.com/app/1050370/LUNARK/

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  • GameSense.co @gamesenseMastodon · Apr 24, 2023

    Lunark has revealed a new version 1.1.0 update with numerous quality-of-life improvements, and the patch notes are available. #LUNARK https://gamesense.co/game/lunark/news/discuss/lunark-update-announced-version-1.1.0-patch-notes/

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  • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ @GamrokMastodon · Mar 31, 2023

    @johanvinet And I'm also very proud to have contributed to Lunark's crowdfunding! For a first solo game, Johan did a great job 🙂 🧵 2/ #Lunark #CinematicPlatformer #IndieGame #GameDev

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  • Marco Lizza :mastodon: @[email protected]Mastodon · Mar 30, 2023

    Today is the day! Finally! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1050370/LUNARK/ #lunark #gamedev #indiedev

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  • GameSense.co @gamesenseMastodon · Mar 6, 2023

    54 #games were added to Game Sense yesterday #Lunark #gaming #videogames https://gamesense.co/games/all/?sort=age&asc=0&d=2023-03-04

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  • ... (FKA Gergely Nagy 🐁) @[email protected]Mastodon · Feb 20, 2019

    I'm weak, and backed another game on Kickstarter: #LUNARK. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/canarigames/lunark Endorsement from Jordan Mechner, inspired by such games as Prince of Persia, Flashback and Another World, with beautiful retro-style pixel art, and a soundtrack that's promising to be similarly great.

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  • nshade666.bsky.social @nshade666.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Lunark is a beautiful flashback/out of this world like narrative platforming game All Shantae games are fun retro platforming goodness Switch force is great platform puzzling fun And River City Girls Zero is a re-titled fun SNES kunio-kun series co-op beat’em-up game.

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  • Sonneveld @sonneveld.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    @johanvinet.com I found an amusing bug in Lunark during the penitentiary level. (I tried to grab the ledge just before the elevator arrived) I won't let that stop me enjoying the game though! Look at him go!

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  • Matt J. Wilson @mattwilsoncss.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2026

    LUNARK ($4.99, 207 reviews) - Okay fair, it's slightly above 200 reviews, but I gotta elevate a modern day Flashback. Rotoscoped animations, deliberate motion commitment, shooting and puzzling, everything you'd expect and want from a modern take on a Delphine game.

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  • nshade666.bsky.social @nshade666.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2026

    Lunark (2023) sitting between Another World and Flashback in terms of gameplay and complexity,Lunark is a breezy entertaining cinematic platformer.Filled with frequent quick beautiful cutscenes,you play as a young man framed for a crime whilst solving an ancient mystery. Well worth its 4-5 hours.

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  • Gamatroid 🕹️ @gamatroid.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 25, 2026

    I recently rolled credits on Lunark, and man, it’s a great game. Very much designed in the style of Flashback but I think it’s way more playable. It’s on sale right now and I highly suggest you pick it up.

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  • SinInSanity @sininsanity.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2026

    That Steam link has a typo. Lunark is a great game, got it on Switch.

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  • 2 Bit Gamester @2bitgamester.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    Lunark The first game i ever Kickstarted

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  • Trashburgr @trashburgr.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2026

    It’s honestly the best game I’ve played in the “cinematic platformer” style. His other game Cast Away is good too, but Lunark shouldn’t be missed.

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  • Thiago @[email protected]Mastodon · Dec 3, 2025

    #game #lunark #oldschool I just saw this 2023 game that is inspired on "Out of this World". This game, and "Flashback" were unbelievably magical to me in the 90s. https://youtu.be/mU1fn-uJULI?si=n26ZHJCrhgXIxzgq

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  • nGFX @ngfx.deBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    I got Lunark from the Kickstarter (on Xbox, and it's a damn great game). But I meant "Castaway" which sounds like a fun thing to play. 😊

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  • Johnny Game Over aka JGO @johnnygameoverMastodon · Jun 18, 2025

    Lunark (2023) (Action, Adventure) (Nintendo Switch) [FULL LONGPLAY] [FR] [HD] YT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJPr9Tv2ilw #Switch #gameplay #games #gaming #Lunark #WayForward

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  • Mobile Suit Grundle @mobilesuitgrundle.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2025

    Haven't gotten anywhere *near* caught up in Parasite Eve again so! New game! Lunark! It looks cool! Gonna stream it Monday night at 9pm cst/10pm est at twitch.tv/mobilesuitgr...! Very excited about this one! Hope to see y'all there!

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  • PypeBros @PypeBrosMastodon · Nov 13, 2024

    July 2023, #lunark final boss ... https://x.com/pypebros/status/1680889696644403200. One comment from my bro ("you got it on Switch, after all"). One comment from indie-twitch-streamer (https://pursuingpixels.carrd.co/) that he's got to try this one. It's one of the game I participated for the fundraising and enjoyed following the development with @johanvinet posting action videos and rotoscoping on regular basis ^_^

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  • Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2024

    guessing that one reason we don't see more of these is that the expense/effort increases linearly with game length. what negative steam reviews there are for LUNARK all mention having to restart from the beginning of a chapter so that's in the tradition

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  • Tennyson E. Stead @tennysonestead.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2024

    It's an indie sci-fi platform game from France called Lunark, that I got from Steam. I loved it. It's along the lines of Prince of Persia.

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  • Puke is already a Halloween Name @puke.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2023

    Oh, I beat Lunark, a throwback platform game that's bullshit, but I'll give it a pass. Mileage may vary: backloggd.com/u/Daav/revie...

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  • Justin Koh @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 4, 2023

    Pretty happy with the first few levels of #Lunark on the #SteamDeck. Definitely better controls than the Flashback remake I tried on Switch.

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  • SetSideB @[email protected]Mastodon · Jul 12, 2023

    Double Reviews of Lunark and Rusted Moss https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Ks2NE7agtE Reviews of Lunark and Rusted Moss, two very different platformers, played with press keys. 0:00 Intro 00:15 Lunark 4:30 Rusted Moss https://setsideb.com/double-reviews-of-lunark-and-rusted-moss/ #indies #indie #lunark #review #RustedMoss

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  • OBiW4NSHiNOBi @OBiW4NSHiNOBiMastodon · Jun 6, 2023

    @[email protected] I've not had much time to play for a good while & when I have I've mostly been playing familiar titles. I eventually managed to get on with #NoMansSky completing a permadeath run to get my final achievements earlier in the year. I still dip in to #GenerationZero although each update takes it further from the game I used to lose myself in. I launched #Lunark, #PlanetOfLana, #Somerville and #TheLastCaseOfBenedictFox but despite liking all of them, I haven't had time to go…

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  • Gamernews.it @GamerNewsitMastodon · Apr 25, 2023

    #LUNARK Siete alla ricerca di un nuovo Blade Runner? Scopriamo LUNARK nella nostra recensione della versione Steam Deck https://www.gamernews.it/articoli/recensioni/recensione-lunark-pc.php

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  • Ellie @[email protected]Mastodon · Apr 11, 2023

    Flashback's one of my all-time fave games, so it's no great surprise that I'm enjoying #Lunark, which is definitely an homage to Flashback, the main character has pretty much the same moves and even the same clothes. It doesn't feel like a rip-off though, the setting feels quite different. https://youtu.be/mU1fn-uJULI

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  • Mark Dorset (@[email protected]) @[email protected]Mastodon · Apr 6, 2023

    I did it! I finished #Lunark! I almost never finish games. Loved it, highly recommended. #SwitchCorps

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  • Mark Dorset (@[email protected]) @[email protected]Mastodon · Apr 4, 2023

    So enjoying @johanvinet's new game #Lunark on #NintendoSwitch. I can't recall being this hooked on a game since... maybe #Gris or #GolfStory or #Firewatch? Anyway, I don't finish many games, and I'm really close to completing this one. ★★★★★

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