Lunar Lander Beyond touches down on PC and console

For many, the name Lunar Lander will usher up many memories. But what if you know nothing of the iconic video game? Well that’s where Lunar Lander Beyond comes in, as it releases on PC and console. 

The latest from a resurgent Atari team who are on a bit of a charge, Lunar Lander Beyond touches down on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC. This retro reimagining is already one of our most hotly tipped games to release in April – and our full review is coming very soon. 

But what is Lunar Lander Beyond?

From Atari and Dreams Uncorporated, Lunar Lander Beyond takes the arcade origins of the original game from decades gone by, and brings it right up to date. A new art style wows, a storyline brings the most rich of narrative and the world opens up, rich for exploration. 

Lunar Lander Beyond should be able to honour the legacy of the original, taking a similar formula and ensuring it fits with gaming in 2024. It has you taking on the role of a ship captain, attempting to navigate their way across maze-like worlds, embarking on perilous missions. 

If you played before, you should be up for this reimagining. If you didn’t, then there’s probably never been a better time to get onboard. 

Key features

• Cosmic Artistry: Immerse yourself in Dreams Uncorporated’s opulent sci-fi vistas, meticulously crafted in their signature hand-drawn style.
• Celestial Quests: Embark on an interstellar odyssey, conquering 30 daring missions spanning five celestial bodies: Nueva Luna, Mars, Venus, Ganymede, and the enigmatic realm of Etimus.
• Fully Personalized: Forge your own destiny with a myriad of pilot options, featuring procedurally generated characters and unique attributes. Choose from four one-of-a-kind ships, and customize them with a selection of a dozen enhancements.
• Perilous Trials Await: Choose your destiny with four distinct difficulty tiers, where the highest, ‘Insane,’ pushes the boundaries with the risk of permadeath – only the boldest dare tread this treacherous path.

Buy now!

Lunar Lander Beyond is available right now from the Xbox Store. Priced at £24.99, you’ll be able to play on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, fully optimised. 

Alternatively, consider grabbing Lunar Lander Beyond from the digital storefronts for PlayStation, Nintendo Switch or PC. 

Lunar Lander Beyond Description

As a newly appointed captain of the Pegasus corporation, you must guide a roster of colorful pilots, eclectic advisors and state-of-the-art landers through a taxing series of missions. Deliver cargo, retrieve resources, and rescue stranded pilots as you navigate a mysterious universe of moons and planets.

It’s a thankless job, replete with tension and danger, and it takes a psychological toll on your crew. But someone has to keep this unseen lifeblood of the interplanetary economy moving.

When a mysterious portal appears, leading to a strange, unexplored planet, you will find you are on a collision course with some sinister truths that lie unseen behind the universe. Poor flying and fatigue will stress your pilots, and can lead to sensory illusions … the bane of long-haul solo pilots. They may start to see things that may not be real – is that a mine or a fish? And what’s with those celestial pink elephants?!

With multiple pilots, four ships and a dozen upgrades to collect, you can get the job done if you can manage it all … if not, the stakes are high, and not just for your career.