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Milkmaid of the Milky Way cover art

Milkmaid of the Milky Way

Mattis Folkestad · machineboy · 2017-01-04

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 04, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 04, 2017 (Mac), Aug 22, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 04, 2017 (Linux), Jan 05, 2017 (iOS), May 18, 2017 (Android)

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is a $5.99 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (95% of 555 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 555 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an independent adventure game for iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS. It was developed by Mattis "machineboy" Folkestad and released on January 5, 2017. The game's plot features a Scandinavian milkmaid, Ruth, who loses her cows to a spacecraft, and has to jump aboard to save them.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 555 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.19-80%
GOG$1.19-80%
Steam$1.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.77 at Steam (2026-07-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 64 of 93 observed days · $0.42 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620172026Week of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.24$0.952017-01-052026-10-152017-01-05 — best price $6.392017-11-22 — best price $2.992018-06-21 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $5.992019-04-16 — best price $2.832019-09-09 — best price $5.992020-01-27 — best price $5.992020-10-26 — best price $7.242021-04-01 — best price $1.192021-09-13 — best price $5.992021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-05-01 — best price $6.302022-10-03 — best price $5.992022-12-31 — best price $6.422023-04-04 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-10-25 — best price $3.172024-01-09 — best price $1.192024-03-14 — best price $0.952024-05-29 — best price $5.992024-08-26 — best price $1.792024-11-04 — best price $5.992025-01-24 — best price $1.492025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-06-18 — best price $0.952025-09-11 — best price $5.992025-10-28 — best price $1.492026-01-18 — best price $5.992026-04-03 — best price $1.292026-06-09 — best price $5.992026-08-25 — best price $1.192026-09-04 — best price $1.192026-09-14 — best price $5.992026-09-24 — best price $1.192026-10-04 — best price $1.192026-10-14 — best price $1.192026-10-15 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4602026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 8 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-30 — 11 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 7 pageviews2026-09-11 — 0 pageviews2026-09-15 — 6 pageviews2026-09-19 — 6 pageviews2026-09-23 — 5 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 0 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
75%
earned "Cheese Maker"
63%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, Norwegian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)61087%6
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DIndieShortAdventureNarrationStory RichPoint & ClickPixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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