Lunar Return
Fly down. Bring them home.
A retro arcade rescue-lander for iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets.
- Download on theApp StoreComing soon
- Get it onGoogle PlayJoin the Android test
Lunar Return comes soon to the App Store and Google Play.
Free to try: the whole Moon. Unlock the full game once for €3.99. No ads.
The mission
The mining posts of the Kestrel Line went silent in one night. The crews are alive, but the machines no longer obey them. You are the last pilot with a rescue licence.
You fly a small rescue module from the carrier ship down to each post. You land on a pad, take one miner on board and fly back up into the bay of the carrier. Each post has three miners.
See the game
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How to play
A training flight in the game teaches the controls.
Fly
Tap to leave the carrier. Hold the thrust button to slow the fall or to climb. The side buttons move the module. It never turns.
Land
Land on a pad, and only on a pad. Come down slowly: the speed gauge is green when the speed is safe. A hard landing costs energy. A fast one destroys the module.
Rescue
A miner walks to the landed module. It carries one person. Fly back up into the bay of the carrier, slowly, and come back for the next miner.
Fight
The gun works only with a miner on board. Shoot drones for fuel and energy. A bomb clears the sky.
Watch the bars
No fuel, no thrust. Energy is your shield: each hit drains it, and with none left the next hit destroys the module.
Pick-ups
FuelFills the fuel bar.
EnergyFills the energy bar.
Super fireThree shots at once for a short time.
BombClears the sky.
Extra moduleOne more module in reserve.
Beacon coreCollect three in each debris run.
Hazards
Drones
Old probes
Hunter robots
Rocks
Each hit drains the energy bar.
Five worlds, 50 levels
Each world has ten levels. The last level of a world is a debris run: you collect three beacon cores among the rocks. The last level of the game is a fight with the hive.
Moon
Levels 1 to 10
Start close to home. The mining posts went silent in one night.
Phobos
Levels 11 to 20
Phobos is small and its gravity is weak. Old survey drones are awake again and jam every post.
Europa
Levels 21 to 30
The drones fly in tighter lanes over the ice. The posts stand between frozen towers.
Titan
Levels 31 to 40
Titan pulls hard and its sky is thick with wreckage. Some drones now follow the module.
Triton
Levels 41 to 50
The signal that commands the swarm comes from Triton. Bring the last crews home. Then find the source.
A sixth world
More missions are planned.
What you get
Free to try
The training flight and the Moon are free. One purchase unlocks the rest. No ads, no subscription.
Works offline
The whole game is on your device.
Private
No account. The game collects no data.
50 levels
Five worlds of ten levels, and a fight with the hive at the end.
Stars
Each level gives up to three stars.
A training flight
It teaches the controls before the first mission.
18 languages
The game follows the language of your device. You can choose another one in the settings.
Phones and tablets
Landscape on phones. Both orientations on tablets.
Questions and answers
How much does Lunar Return cost?
The download is free. You get the training flight and the whole Moon: levels 1 to 10. To fly on to Phobos, Europa, Titan and Triton, unlock the full game once for €3.99 in the App Store or on Google Play. Prices can differ a little per country and store, because the stores convert and round them.
Are there ads or in-app purchases?
There are no ads and no subscription. There is one in-app purchase: the unlock of the full game. Nothing else in the game asks you for money.
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone and iPad with iOS 15.1 or later, and Android phones and tablets with Android 7.0 or later. Phones play in landscape. Tablets play in landscape and in portrait.
Does it need an internet connection?
No. The whole game is on your device and works offline. Only the purchase of the unlock needs a connection, because the store handles the payment.
How many levels are there?
There are 50 levels: five worlds of ten levels each. The last level is a fight with the hive. A sixth world shows a question mark: more missions are planned.
Which languages does it have?
It has 18 languages: English, Português (Portugal), Português (Brasil), Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Türkçe, Русский, Bahasa Indonesia, हिन्दी, العربية, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, and 繁體中文. The game follows the language of your device, and you can choose another one in the settings.
Where is my progress saved?
On your device only. There is no account and no cloud copy. If you delete the app, your progress, your stars and your settings go with it.
The controls are hard. Where do I learn them?
The training flight teaches the controls step by step. You can play it again from the settings. "How to play" on the start screen holds the rules.
How do I get a refund?
Apple and Google handle all payments and refunds. On iPhone and iPad, ask at reportaproblem.apple.com. On Android, ask in Google Play under your order history. If that does not work, write to support@lunarreturn.app and we will help.
I unlocked the game. How do I get it on a new device?
Open the settings in the game and choose "Restore purchase". Use the same store account as for the purchase. An unlock on iPhone also covers your iPad. The App Store and Google Play are separate shops, so an unlock on one does not carry over to the other.
I found a bug, or I have an idea. Where do I send it?
Write to support@lunarreturn.app. Tell us your device, what you did and what happened. A screenshot helps.
The crews are waiting
Fly down. Bring them home.
- Download on theApp StoreComing soon
- Get it onGoogle PlayJoin the Android test
Lunar Return comes soon to the App Store and Google Play.
Free to try: the whole Moon. Unlock the full game once for €3.99. No ads.