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Melatonin

Half Asleep · 2022-12-15

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 22, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 12, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music.

20
playing now
94%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Melatonin is a 2022 rhythm video game released by indie developer Half Asleep for Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 631 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~79/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 164k–368k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,176 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77877820222026Week of 2022-12-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

37102026-08-07 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492022-12-152026-07-092022-12-15 — best price $13.492023-01-04 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $13.492023-05-05 — best price $12.742023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-07-31 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-04-26 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-08-19 — best price $11.242024-11-27 — best price $11.242024-12-19 — best price $11.242025-01-23 — best price $11.242025-03-13 — best price $10.492025-03-29 — best price $10.492025-06-26 — best price $10.492025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-13 — best price $7.492025-12-15 — best price $7.492026-03-08 — best price $7.492026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-05-02 — best price $7.492026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2642026-05-31 — 26 pageviews2026-06-03 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-12 — 9 pageviews2026-06-15 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 17 pageviews2026-06-24 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-09 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 21 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-14 — 16 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
59%
earned "Indulgence"
13.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,0275%14
PS5 (PlayStation)54519%15
Switch (Nintendo)3120%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCozyCuteIndieMusicActionArcadePuzzleRhythmSurreal

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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