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Moncage cover art

Moncage

Optillusion · XD · 2021-11-15

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 16, 2021 (iOS), Nov 16, 2021 (Android), Sep 22, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Moncage is a unique puzzle adventure game where you explore a fascinating world trapped inside a mysterious cube. With each face displaying a unique scene, you’ll have to leverage the illusions and discover the hidden links to solve the puzzle.

Moncage is an Adventure, Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 5551 reviews).

6
playing now
92%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
2.5h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Moncage trailer thumbnail

Moncage - Official Launch Trailer

≈7,428 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 107 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,826 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 111k–250k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,551 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.74 at Steam (2024-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20212026Week of 2021-11-01: 1,745 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-15 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5095Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 509 · peak 1,942Jan 2022 — avg 65 · peak 323Mar 2022 — avg 27 · peak 69May 2022 — avg 27 · peak 151Jul 2022 — avg 21 · peak 90Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 34Nov 2022 — avg 33 · peak 127Jan 2023 — avg 26 · peak 84Mar 2023 — avg 20 · peak 100May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 46Jul 2023 — avg 16 · peak 56Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 50Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 84Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 36May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 36Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 37Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 28Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 34Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 51Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 31Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 23Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002020-03-202026-08-262020-03-20 — best price $0.002022-01-26 — best price $11.992022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-08-11 — best price $11.242022-11-17 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $10.492023-01-28 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $10.492023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $10.492023-10-05 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $10.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $10.492024-04-23 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $10.492024-10-15 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $10.492025-02-09 — best price $14.992025-04-02 — best price $9.742025-06-05 — best price $14.992025-07-31 — best price $10.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $10.492026-02-24 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $10.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
68.8%
earned "Searchlight"
41%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-11-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,15121%15
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DDramaIndieCasualPuzzleCartoonSandboxSurrealAbstractAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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