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MoteMancer

CyanAvatar Studios · 2025-07-14

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 14, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.

MoteMancer is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access game released in 2025, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 256 reviews).

92%
positive of 260 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (74 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 260 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320252026Week of 2025-07-14: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$23.992025-07-142026-07-092025-07-14 — best price $26.992025-07-21 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $23.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $23.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-07 — best price $23.992026-02-20 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $23.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-18 — best price $23.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
14.1%
earned "The Promise of Research"
1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-07-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)410%66

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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