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Moonlighter cover art

Moonlighter

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

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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).

356
playing now
81%
positive of 25k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (151 ratings)
44
Nexus mods (83k downloads)
4.35★
PlayStation Store rating (4,457 ratings)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 78% recommend · from 111 critics
17h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 30h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

356 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 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.

Trailer

Moonlighter trailer thumbnail

Moonlighter | Official Launch Trailer

≈271,142 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 356 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 3% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 619k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,777 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%
GreenManGaming$2.46-88%
GOG$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 177 of 223 observed days · $1.07 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

8562262026-09-16 04:00 — 434 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 454 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 632 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 579 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 417 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 550 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 399 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 399 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 669 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 443 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 257 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 434 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 303 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 362 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 672 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 379 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 271 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 393 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 397 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 432 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 392 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 378 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 338 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 356 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k0Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2018 — avg 974 · peak 4,121Sep 2018 — avg 87 · peak 195Dec 2018 — avg 207 · peak 885Mar 2019 — avg 111 · peak 282Jun 2019 — avg 533 · peak 1,767Sep 2019 — avg 134 · peak 268Dec 2019 — avg 249 · peak 745Mar 2020 — avg 149 · peak 295Jun 2020 — avg 564 · peak 1,801Sep 2020 — avg 93 · peak 160Dec 2020 — avg 247 · peak 819Mar 2021 — avg 98 · peak 179Jun 2021 — avg 190 · peak 499Sep 2021 — avg 76 · peak 141Dec 2021 — avg 135 · peak 315Mar 2022 — avg 123 · peak 342Jun 2022 — avg 212 · peak 649Sep 2022 — avg 243 · peak 981Dec 2022 — avg 192 · peak 326Mar 2023 — avg 447 · peak 1,880Jun 2023 — avg 232 · peak 749Sep 2023 — avg 189 · peak 383Dec 2023 — avg 248 · peak 466Mar 2024 — avg 128 · peak 252Jun 2024 — avg 125 · peak 280Sep 2024 — avg 133 · peak 294Dec 2024 — avg 185 · peak 336Mar 2025 — avg 188 · peak 398Jun 2025 — avg 318 · peak 830Sep 2025 — avg 145 · peak 393Dec 2025 — avg 287 · peak 770Mar 2026 — avg 144 · peak 322Jun 2026 — avg 99 · peak 208Aug 2026 — avg 2,809 · peak 14,153
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
81812026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 81 new positive2026-09-21: 15 new negative2026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 13 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 12 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 12 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 10 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 8 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative2026-10-15: 4 new positive2026-10-15: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-05-152026-10-152018-05-15 — 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 $0.002026-09-16 — best price $2.292026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

524292026-05-29 — 54 pageviews2026-06-02 — 54 pageviews2026-06-06 — 44 pageviews2026-06-10 — 46 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-18 — 43 pageviews2026-06-22 — 37 pageviews2026-06-26 — 46 pageviews2026-06-30 — 51 pageviews2026-07-04 — 64 pageviews2026-07-08 — 56 pageviews2026-07-12 — 45 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-20 — 49 pageviews2026-07-24 — 47 pageviews2026-07-28 — 71 pageviews2026-08-01 — 61 pageviews2026-08-05 — 411 pageviews2026-08-09 — 292 pageviews2026-08-13 — 122 pageviews2026-08-17 — 89 pageviews2026-08-21 — 67 pageviews2026-08-25 — 70 pageviews2026-08-29 — 80 pageviews2026-09-02 — 282 pageviews2026-09-06 — 172 pageviews2026-09-10 — 94 pageviews2026-09-14 — 93 pageviews2026-09-18 — 68 pageviews2026-09-22 — 79 pageviews2026-09-26 — 66 pageviews2026-09-30 — 63 pageviews2026-10-04 — 69 pageviews2026-10-07 — 68 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5002026-10-01 21:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 2 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…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-10-31, latest 2019-11-06 (Steam store data)

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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