Lunacid

About Lunacid

Lunacid is made by KIRA, the developer of Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion and Lost in Vivo, and was released on Steam in October 2023. It is a deliberate return to the first-person action RPGs of the 1990s, King's Field and Shadow Tower above all.

Long ago a Great Beast rose from the sea and covered the world in poison fog. Those judged undesirable are thrown into the Great Well, and that is where you wake. You explore dense, interlocking dungeons, sunken halls, flooded caves and forests underground, finding over 75 weapons and 37 spells, and choose to start as a thief, knight, cleric or even a vampire.

Combat is slow and careful: swipe, back off, block, aim for body parts and use elemental weaknesses. The horror is in the place itself, its strange inhabitants and the sense of being far below anything safe, with grim creatures waiting in the dark and secrets hidden behind walls.

It suits players who like atmospheric, old-school dungeon crawling with a horror edge, and fans of KIRA's other games.

How to play Lunacid

1. Choose a starting class and wake at the bottom of the Great Well.
2. Explore the dungeons in first person, mapping them in your head.
3. Fight carefully: attack, step back, block and target weak points.
4. Collect weapons and spells, and find hidden rooms and areas.
5. Save often; the game is unforgiving.
6. Head ever deeper in search of the Old One and the endings.

Tips

• Save whenever you can, as the store itself warns.
• Check walls and corners for secret areas.
• Learn enemies' elemental weaknesses and switch weapons to match.
• Back off to recover stamina rather than swinging constantly.

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