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Moss VR cover art

Moss VR

Polyarc · 2018-06-07

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Franchise: Moss · Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 27, 2018 (PlayStation VR), Jun 07, 2018 (Oculus Rift), Feb 27, 2018 (SteamVR), Feb 27, 2018 (Windows Mixed Reality), May 21, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Feb 22, 2023 (PlayStation VR2)

Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.

3
playing now
95%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Moss is a virtual reality adventure game developed and published by American video game development studio Polyarc. The game is presented from a blend of first-person and third-person perspectives, with a primary focus on solving puzzles. Moss was released for the PlayStation 4 in February 2018. In June, a PC version featuring high-resolution graphics was released. A PlayStation 5 version was released in February 2023 for the PlayStation VR2.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 121 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 86k–206k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,437 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15415420182026Week of 2018-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-08-06 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.992018-06-072026-08-132018-06-07 — best price $29.992018-11-21 — best price $19.792018-12-08 — best price $29.992019-03-14 — best price $19.792019-04-08 — best price $29.992019-09-11 — best price $19.792019-11-01 — best price $29.992019-12-19 — best price $19.792020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-05-11 — best price $19.792020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-11-25 — best price $17.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-02-25 — best price $11.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-02-01 — best price $16.492022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-09-19 — best price $22.492022-11-22 — best price $15.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $19.992024-04-15 — best price $13.992024-06-10 — best price $19.992024-08-16 — best price $13.992024-10-07 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $12.992025-03-03 — best price $19.992025-05-12 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992026-01-12 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-05-25 — best price $19.992026-07-16 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

492482026-06-01 — 56 pageviews2026-06-04 — 48 pageviews2026-06-07 — 164 pageviews2026-06-10 — 141 pageviews2026-06-13 — 155 pageviews2026-06-16 — 118 pageviews2026-06-19 — 111 pageviews2026-06-22 — 105 pageviews2026-06-25 — 99 pageviews2026-06-28 — 99 pageviews2026-07-01 — 105 pageviews2026-07-04 — 101 pageviews2026-07-07 — 67 pageviews2026-07-10 — 97 pageviews2026-07-13 — 157 pageviews2026-07-16 — 492 pageviews2026-07-19 — 303 pageviews2026-07-22 — 181 pageviews2026-07-25 — 142 pageviews2026-07-28 — 141 pageviews2026-07-31 — 102 pageviews2026-08-03 — 98 pageviews2026-08-06 — 113 pageviews2026-08-09 — 130 pageviews2026-08-12 — 84 pageviews2026-08-15 — 109 pageviews2026-08-18 — 118 pageviews2026-08-21 — 104 pageviews2026-08-24 — 81 pageviews2026-08-27 — 77 pageviews2026-08-28 — 68 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "Forgotten Pieces"
21.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteamVR CollectiblesFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,9112%38

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

VRCuteIndieActionCasualCombatPuzzleAdventurePlatformerStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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