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Moons of Madness cover art

Moons of Madness

Rock Pocket Games · Funcom · 2019-10-22

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 24, 2020 (Xbox One), Mar 24, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Mar 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

2
playing now
77%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
6.5h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 7h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The message confounded Orochi scientists. Their analysts broke it down and determined it was of intelligent origin. Orochi management immediately concluded that the discovery was too sensitive for public knowledge and moved to keep it hidden. In secret, the corporation began construction of Invictus, a state-of-the-art Mars research outpost designed to identify the true nature of the message. You are Shane Newehart, a technician stationed at the Invictus and your security clearance means you are completely unaware of the existence of the mysterious signal. Your job is simply to keep the light(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (329 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 73k–176k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,932 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.24-63%
GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.98 at GameBillet (2024-06-18) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 74 of 106 observed days · $20.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24724720192026Week of 2019-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-11 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.992019-10-222026-08-302019-10-22 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $15.372020-03-24 — best price $24.992020-05-28 — best price $24.992020-07-09 — best price $18.362020-09-03 — best price $24.992020-10-12 — best price $24.992020-11-23 — best price $10.252021-01-09 — best price $21.132021-02-17 — best price $21.132021-03-21 — best price $24.992021-04-26 — best price $21.132021-05-27 — best price $21.132021-07-29 — best price $12.502021-10-25 — best price $10.002022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-04-22 — best price $19.992022-07-30 — best price $24.992022-10-28 — best price $7.992022-12-26 — best price $9.992023-04-01 — best price $24.992023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-08-29 — best price $22.222023-11-08 — best price $24.992024-01-09 — best price $7.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-06 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-30 — best price $18.892024-12-03 — best price $18.892025-03-06 — best price $24.992025-06-20 — best price $5.742025-08-04 — best price $24.992025-10-08 — best price $24.992025-12-05 — best price $6.252026-02-20 — best price $24.992026-04-20 — best price $18.892026-07-13 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
84.1%
earned "Rude Awakening"
44.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,29725%23
PS4 (PlayStation)1,51558%24
Xbox One (Xbox)80932%23
PS4 (PlayStation)9876%24

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

Player tags

MarsSpaceHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysterySurvivalAdventureAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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