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Moncage cover art

Moncage

Optillusion · XD · 2021-11-15

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

4
playing now
92%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$14.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 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 12% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 111k–250k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,548 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 16 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

1112026-08-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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.

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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