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Moonscars

Black Mermaid · Balor Games · 2022-09-27

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Moonscars is an Action Indie game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1513 reviews).

5
playing now
83%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (631 downloads)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (1,905 ratings)
15h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 138 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,513 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
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 71 of 116 observed days · $12.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12012020222026Week of 2022-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3222026-09-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 32 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 25 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
453Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 45 · peak 205Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 68Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 23Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 31Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 39Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$8.492022-09-272026-10-142022-09-27 — 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 $9.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3372026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 17 pageviews2026-06-30 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 20 pageviews2026-07-08 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 23 pageviews2026-08-17 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 18 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 15 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 14 pageviews2026-09-22 — 17 pageviews2026-09-26 — 33 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-08 — 16 pageviews2026-10-12 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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