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Moonring cover art

Moonring

Fluttermind, LLC · 2023-09-28

Steam

RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Sep 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

96%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
67/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)
Moonring is a role-playing video game developed by Fluttermind. The studio is headed by Dene Carter, a veteran developer who had previously co-created the Fable series. Released on September 28, 2023 for Windows as freeware, Moonring is an open-world, turn-based fantasy role-playing game evocative of the Ultima series. Upon release, the game received praise from critics for the effective imitation of classic role-playing titles and the scope and detail of its open world, exploration gameplay and narrative, with several publications naming the game as one of the best indie titles of 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 158 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (516 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 13,757 RPG games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50350320232026Week of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-03-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)60%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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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