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Moonlighter cover art

Moonlighter

Digital Sun · 11 bit studios · 2018-05-29

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 29, 2018 (Mac), May 29, 2018 (Xbox One), Nov 19, 2020 (iOS), Jul 01, 2021 (Google Stadia), May 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 29, 2018 (Linux)

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Moonlighter is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 22,364 reviews).

1,442
playing now
82%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
18
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (151 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 30h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,442 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Moonlighter is a 2018 action role-playing video game developed by Spanish indie studio Digital Sun and released for Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on May 29, 2018. A Nintendo Switch version was released on November 5, 2018. The game was made available for iOS and Android in November 2020 and September 2021, but were subsequently delisted. The mobile version was re-released for iOS and Android on May 24, 2022, via Netflix Games. A Stadia version developed by 11-bit studios in partnership with Crunching Koalas was released on July 1, 2021. A DLC expansion, subtitled Between Dimensions, was released on July 23, 2019.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,442 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 873 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~109/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 559k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,364 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.37-88%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.65-87%
GOG$2.99-85%
Humble Store$2.99-85%
IndieGala$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
GamersGate$3.00-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 152 of 206 observed days · $1.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62762720182026Week of 2018-05-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

14k8482026-08-06 21:00 — 6,449 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 6,508 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 11,112 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 7,728 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 8,997 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 12,442 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 9,156 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 10,086 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 13,515 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 8,456 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 6,598 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 9,207 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 5,757 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 5,267 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 7,522 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,676 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,751 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 3,693 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 3,045 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1,692 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,884 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1,726 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,519 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 1,714 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,468 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,028 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 868 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,177 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 996 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 1,442 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-05-152026-08-302018-05-15 — best price $19.992018-08-21 — best price $15.992018-11-06 — best price $14.992019-01-23 — best price $13.992019-04-26 — best price $11.992019-07-20 — best price $19.992019-10-21 — best price $19.992020-02-13 — best price $19.992020-05-11 — best price $6.792020-08-06 — best price $19.992020-10-18 — best price $19.992020-12-23 — best price $5.992021-03-16 — best price $5.992021-05-17 — best price $6.192021-08-11 — best price $15.992021-10-18 — best price $5.992021-12-25 — best price $5.992022-03-22 — best price $3.992022-06-17 — best price $19.992022-09-08 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.592023-02-13 — best price $4.792023-05-07 — best price $3.322023-07-21 — best price $2.402023-10-18 — best price $19.992024-01-06 — best price $19.992024-03-05 — best price $2.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-08-21 — best price $19.992024-11-18 — best price $14.992025-02-07 — best price $3.002025-05-07 — best price $19.992025-07-30 — best price $19.992025-10-02 — best price $2.002025-12-08 — best price $1.992026-03-06 — best price $2.992026-05-29 — best price $19.992026-08-05 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k292026-05-29 — 54 pageviews2026-06-01 — 71 pageviews2026-06-04 — 54 pageviews2026-06-07 — 56 pageviews2026-06-10 — 46 pageviews2026-06-13 — 49 pageviews2026-06-16 — 50 pageviews2026-06-19 — 55 pageviews2026-06-22 — 37 pageviews2026-06-25 — 54 pageviews2026-06-28 — 47 pageviews2026-07-01 — 56 pageviews2026-07-04 — 64 pageviews2026-07-07 — 49 pageviews2026-07-10 — 38 pageviews2026-07-13 — 50 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 62 pageviews2026-07-22 — 39 pageviews2026-07-25 — 48 pageviews2026-07-28 — 71 pageviews2026-07-31 — 51 pageviews2026-08-03 — 44 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,163 pageviews2026-08-09 — 292 pageviews2026-08-12 — 140 pageviews2026-08-15 — 109 pageviews2026-08-18 — 77 pageviews2026-08-21 — 67 pageviews2026-08-24 — 72 pageviews2026-08-26 — 84 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

12k02026-08-24 00:12 — 11,822 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 144 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 18 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
52.9%
earned "Good Merchant"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25,2542%67
PS4 (PlayStation)11,5863%67
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)11,1772%57
Switch (Nintendo)1,0860%0
PS4 (PlayStation)4317%67
Switch (Nintendo)310%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

RPGAdventureAction RPGControllerManagementRogue-likeRogue-liteExplorationSingleplayerHack and Slash

Census log

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

Recent updates

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