Adventure · November 16, 2023

Loddlenaut (2023)

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Loddlenaut is an ocean cleanup adventure set on a vibrant alien planet. Play as an interstellar custodian who is tasked with cleaning up the pollution left behind by a spacefaring mega-corporation. Befriend local axolotl-like creatures and explore sunken corporate ruins as you revive the planet’s lush ecosystems. 🚀 Explore an open-world alien planet 🐠 Raise aquatic critters called “loddles” that grow based on what they eat 🔫 Clean up icky goop and floating debris with your bubble gun 🌟 Unlock special gadgets to clean different types of ocean pollution 🛠️ Recycle collected trash to craft useful items and upgrades BRING GUP-14 BACK TO LIFE Your mission: Clean up the ocean planet of GUP-14 after it was abandoned by GUPPI, a mega-corporation that makes and sells everything from soda to spaceships. When you first arrive on the planet, you’ll find yourself amid murky waters, oil spills, and scattered junk. Within the polluted environments, you’ll find remnants of GUPPI’s buildings, ships, and machinery all sunken to the ocean floor. Discover clues about the planet’s past inhabitants as you clean up the mess they left behind using an assortment of high-tech gadgets. BEFRIEND ALL THE LODDLES As you clean up the planet, you’ll run into axolotl-like aliens known as “loddles.” Protect them from the polluted waters and feed them aquatic fruits while you make their planet habitable again. Depending on their diet, loddles will grow in different ways and develop unique traits and abilities that will further enable them to survive on this polluted planet. When the loddles are strong enough and the waters are cleaner, release them back into the wild and watch them thrive! Goddles Update Explore an expanded planet with three new caves that each contain a lost loddle with a new rare cosmetic mutation! Delve even deeper to discover Goddle Grotto, a secret sixth biome that is home to three mythical Goddles. Make use of the new gardening system to collect seedlings, grow your own flora, and increase each biome's resistance to pollution. Plus, track the positions of all pollutants with the new Global Pollution Tracker, expand your backpack with the new Inventory Capacity Module, and acquire gold versions of your tools by completing different milestones that will ultimately unlock a modified ending cutscene. Loddlepedia Update Track your loddle evolutions and see which ones you’ve yet to discover. Plus enjoy a new loddle ability, new loddle personality traits, new biome diversity ratings, and a new way to boost around the ocean!

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Underwater · 204
  • Relaxing · 197
  • Open World · 187
  • Cute · 184
  • Colorful · 170
  • Adventure · 169
  • Cozy · 164
  • Creature Collector · 159
  • 3D · 155
  • Sci-fi · 147
  • Exploration · 142
  • Atmospheric · 123
  • Sandbox · 117
  • Casual · 114
  • Singleplayer · 103

Peer Adventure titles

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Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.4k Steam reviewsTop 52% in Adventure
Positive rating98% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 8%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 77 — top 59% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 71% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

98%Overwhelmingly Positive · 4.4k reviews

4.3k positive · 88 negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

3.0k

Press Quotes

“Cute, cosy and charming” Rock Paper Shotgun “I've only known my Loddles for a few days, but I'm already ready to defend them with my life.” GamesRadar+ “One of the best indie games of 2023” Matt Gardner, Forbes

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 16, 2023
DeveloperMoon Lagoon
PublisherSecret Mode
Base price$6.99
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

Achievements

23

Steam unlocks available

Editions & Packages

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