REAL MOON

REAL MOON

Released Dec 2025

Explore a precisely recreated lunar surface built from real data and a JAXA-backed simulation.

69% positive · 115 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

REAL MOON launched on December 15, 2025 as a free-to-play lunar exploration experience developed in partnership with JAXA. The store description describes a self-contained experience with a single mission and a playtime of 15–30 minutes, consistent with a finished, compact product rather than an evolving live game. There are no announced DLC, season passes, or roadmaps for future content. Following launch, the developer released a handful of small quality-of-life patches in December 2025 — adding an object deletion feature, expanding the playable area, and fixing probe coordinates — but these are minor improvements to a shipped product rather than signals of a sustained content development program. No major content has been announced or hinted at beyond what has already shipped. The developer has been silent since December 26, 2025, and no further updates have been communicated. The game appears to have launched as a complete, standalone experience with no post-launch content cycle planned.
Evidence
REAL MOON launched on Steam as a free-to-play lunar exploration simulator developed with JAXA.
news post · Dec 16, 2025 source content shipped
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Store description presents a self-contained experience with a single mission and an estimated playtime of 15–30 minutes, with no mention of future content, seasons, or expansions.
description source development ending
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Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
historia Inc.
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

<A Realistic Lunar Surface Built from Observation Data>

Using a simulation environment developed through joint research between JAXA and historia Inc., this game recreates a scientifically grounded, realistic Moon.

- High-resolution DEM data (terrain elevation)

- Statistical crater distribution

- Natural rock dispersion patterns

- Sun, Earth, and Moon positions that change over time

The lunar terrain featured in this game is a result of joint research with JAXA.

<Explore the Lunar Surface>

Walk across the precisely recreated Moon, pilot a rover, and explore freely at your own pace.

Alone on the lunar surface, you receive a single mission.

In addition to observation data, slopes of craters and other features are synthesized based on scientific studies and added to the terrain data.

Playtime: 15–30 minutes

Last evaluated Jun 15, 2026
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