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Moonscars

Black Mermaid · Balor Games · 2022-09-27

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 27, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 27, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 27, 2022 (Xbox One), Sep 27, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.

2
playing now
83%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
15h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Moonscars is a 2022 platform game developed by Black Mermaid and published by Humble Games. The game was released on September 27, 2022 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. In the game, players control a warrior named Grey Irma, who searches for her maker, the Sculptor. The game received generally positive reviews on release.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,510 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.89 at IndieGala Store (2024-12-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 50 of 77 observed days · $2.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

902026-08-12 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$8.492022-09-272026-08-302022-09-27 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $15.992022-12-23 — best price $12.642023-01-20 — best price $13.642023-03-03 — best price $13.272023-04-17 — best price $14.392023-05-14 — best price $13.992023-06-10 — best price $19.992023-07-21 — best price $13.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-10-31 — best price $13.992023-11-28 — best price $11.282023-12-22 — best price $11.322024-02-11 — best price $10.802024-03-02 — best price $19.992024-04-18 — best price $13.992024-05-10 — best price $13.992024-06-07 — best price $19.262024-07-04 — best price $19.992024-08-02 — best price $12.192024-09-04 — best price $13.992024-11-26 — best price $9.992025-01-01 — best price $19.992025-02-03 — best price $14.392025-03-20 — best price $10.002025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-06 — best price $19.992026-01-23 — best price $9.992026-03-04 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $19.992026-05-28 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "The First Mould"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)8,8732%33
PS5 (PlayStation)2,25623%34
PS5 (PlayStation)1,76122%34
PS4 (PlayStation)1,51322%34
Steam (Steam)1,08410%34
PS4 (PlayStation)71022%34
Switch (Nintendo)370%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionFightingStylizedPlatformerSouls-likeMetroidvaniaSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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