About This Demo

Lunar Crypt is a Chinese New Year-themed, zero-gravity precision platformer with fluid movement, intuitive controls, and competitive speedrunning. Explore a curated slice of a spirit world inspired by Chinese mythology. Free the zodiac animals from the monster Nian to save Chinese New Year.

Zero-gravity movement: easy to learn, hard to master

Dash until you reach a wall, with one chance to change direction mid-air before you land. Intuitive controls make the basics easy to learn, while mastering when and where to turn takes practice. Enter a flow state as you chain dashes together, hit the perfect mid-air turn, and slip between obstacles in one fluid sequence. Tackle tens of levels and many different obstacles as you learn to turn challenging rooms into familiar routes.

Competitive speedrunning and leaderboards

Shave seconds off your time with precise mid-air turns, quicker routes, and strategic use of fast-travel moongates. Compete across multiple leaderboards, each dedicated to a different run category. Join Lunar Crypt’s speedrunning community to push your skills further.

A beautiful world to discover

Travel through a vast spirit world with myriad challenges to overcome. Discover hidden abilities, game-changing shops, secret passageways, and mythological characters throughout the spirit realm.

Exorcise the zodiac and save Chinese New Year

Nian has possessed the zodiac animals, threatening the turning of time itself. Follow the Daoist practice of talisman placement to exorcise them and save Chinese New Year.