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Lunar Ascendant

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46%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
46% User Score Based on 69 reviews

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About Lunar Ascendant

Lunar Ascendant is a single player economy management game with a economy theme. It was developed by Darts Games and was released on February 13, 2026. It received neutral reviews from players.

Take on the role of David De Silva, a simple man who did the right thing in an impossible situation, only to find himself the first mayor of lunar city Artemis. It’s the year 2131. Earth’s nations are united under a singular federation, and the people of this new society are subdued into practicing their professions under a new and undeniably competent supervision: The AIA. Artificial In…

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46%Audience ScoreBased on 69 reviews
story9 positive mentions
music2 negative mentions
  • Interesting premise and setting of a lunar colony with political simulation elements.
  • Engaging narrative and factions that create tension and choices with some meaningful impact in early game.
  • Developers are responsive and actively working on bug fixes and updates.
  • Game is extremely buggy with numerous narrative continuity issues, abrupt scene endings, and inconsistent dialogue responses.
  • Late game feels unfinished, repetitive, and overly linear with minimal player agency or meaningful decisions.
  • Resources and project balancing are poorly handled, leading to frustration and lack of strategic depth.

  • story

    34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    26% positive mentions, 65% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The story is initially engaging with complex characters and layered political conflicts, but mid- to late-game sections become rushed, disjointed, and often ignore player choices, diminishing immersion and impact. While the narrative is rich and incorporates nuanced sci-fi elements, unresolved arcs and poor integration of key plot points like the terrorist subplot leave players confused and detached. Overall, the story shows great promise and depth but requires further refinement, bug fixes, and better choice consequences to fully realize its potential.

    • “In the end, this game is highly recommended for those who want to go through some interesting story with a cup of tea, making choices that matter and affect the final outcome.”
    • “The devs and writers did a quality job integrating many currently relevant sci-fi concepts into the plot and worldbuilding while providing a pretty nuanced conflict between opposing political factions that all have their upsides and downsides, which makes many of the decisions concerning resolving conflicts and allocating your two resource currencies genuinely challenging to puzzle through.”
    • “While this game still has some quirks, it's actually pretty good. It is practically solo developed, but the storyline is great; just gotta give them some time for some things, but it's worth it so far.”
    • “Your decisions do not matter, the story will go ahead pretending like you did.”
    • “The plot feels nonsensical and there's almost no feedback from your decisions.”
    • “The story, while its premise and the writing itself is quite good, feels somewhat incomplete with a lot of arcs that felt unresolved.”

  • gameplay

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay is largely centered on choice-making but often feels ineffective and frustrating, with unclear mechanics and immersion-breaking issues. Resource management has some merit, yet bugs and dwindling project options towards the end hinder overall enjoyment. The game's 3D visual approach seems unnecessary and does not enhance the primarily choice-driven experience.

    • “On release, the game is a hair under $10, which isn't bad for 6-8 hours of gameplay for a single playthrough.”
    • “As for the gameplay, the resource management was a good part of the game, but despite me being somewhat conservative with trade, I ended the game with more budget than I could spend due to projects becoming fewer towards the end.”
    • “Honestly, I did not get the point of the 3D map (some sort of hologram on the table?). It simply could be some cool-looking 2D sprites with actual buildings (painted, nice-looking stuff), and for flying cars, it also could be some flying sprites. Instead, it loads the computer with this strange 3D graphics while the whole gameplay is basically reading and doing choices.”
    • “It left me feeling a lack of confidence that the choices I was making (the main mechanic of the game) were not having the intended impact.”
    • “Honestly, I did not get the point of the 3D map (some sort of hologram on the table?). It could simply be some cool looking 2D sprites with actual buildings (painted, nice looking stuff) and for flying cars it could also be some flying sprites. Instead, it loads the computer with strange 3D graphics while the whole gameplay is basically reading and making choices.”
    • “Gameplay stops after a few turns, as if the entire government collapsed before the first vote in the assembly.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    Users find the music to be atmospheric and immersive, but several report persistent bugs affecting music playback and loading.

    • “I will say the soundtrack is very atmospheric and immersive even though the bugs hamper it.”
    • “Music reading is bugged and stuck.”
    • “Music reading is still bugged.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is often unintentional, stemming from awkward dialogue, bugs, and unrealistic character behavior, which some players find amusing despite narrative inconsistencies.

    • “Sure, the game has its flaws, sure the dialogue sometimes doesn't make sense thanks to bugs and sure AI has been apparently used for some of the textures (kind of funny given the game's pushing narrative lol).”
    • “I’ll go so far to say that even with a business background for your sole choice for opening, the character seems hilariously, unrealistically unaware of how the civil service operates.”

  • graphics

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users find the game's 3D map and graphics unnecessary and mismatched with the gameplay, suggesting that simpler 2D visuals would suffice. The art style, including interior and character depictions, feels disconnected from the near-future setting and lacks logical coherence.

    • “Honestly, I did not get the point of the 3D map (some sort of hologram on the table?). It could simply be some cool-looking 2D sprites with actual buildings (painted, nice-looking stuff), and for flying cars, it could also be some flying sprites. Instead, it loads the computer with this strange 3D graphics while the whole gameplay is basically reading and making choices.”
    • “Although it's my personal opinion, the art style is somewhat questionable, with the 3D map of Artemis not really making sense from a logical/planning perspective, and the depictions of interiors and people seem detached from a 'near-future' setting.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game offers decent replay value, motivating multiple playthroughs, though some bugs and spelling or grammar issues slightly detract from the experience.

    • “There's replay value-- I'll play several more times-- but I wish I'd waited until they ironed out indication/branching indication bugs and spelling/grammar.”
    • “There's replay value-- I'll play several more times-- but I wish they'd ironed out indication and branching bugs, as well as spelling and grammar errors.”

  • emotional

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The emotional aspect falls short as players struggle to form a meaningful connection with characters, particularly due to a lack of development showing how the main character supports key figures like Sam. This results in a less impactful and somewhat hollow emotional experience.

    • “Heartbreaking attempt at Suzerain on the moon.”
    • “For one, Sam remains in the story as a potential love interest, but the player does not have any emotional attachment to her because they did not see how the main character helped her.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game struggles with stability, featuring numerous bugs and broken gameplay that hinder the overall experience. It feels unfinished and in need of significant fixes.

    • “Great idea but way too buggy and unfinished.”
    • “Sooo buggy, broken gameplay.”

  • monetization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The monetization is widely viewed as a cheap cash grab, leaving users dissatisfied with its approach.

    • “Cheap cash grab.”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is notably immersive and enhanced by a strong soundtrack, though some bugs occasionally detract from the experience.

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Play Times

8h Median play time
8h Average play time
8-8h Spent by most gamers
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Lunar Ascendant is a economy management game with economy theme. Common tags for Lunar Ascendant include politics, indie, colony sim, artificial intelligence, space and others.

Lunar Ascendant is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 8 hours playing Lunar Ascendant.

Lunar Ascendant was released on February 13, 2026.

Lunar Ascendant was developed by Darts Games.

Lunar Ascendant has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Lunar Ascendant for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Lunar Ascendant is a single player game.

Similar games include Suzerain, For the People, 懊悔谷, Love Shore, The Pale Beyond and others.