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Mothmen 1966 cover art

Mothmen 1966

LCB Game Studio · Chorus Worldwide Games · 2022-07-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Text

Releases: Jul 14, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jul 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 14, 2022 (Xbox One), Apr 28, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 28, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

91%
positive of 329 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.22★
PlayStation Store rating (111 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)
Mothmen 1966 is a 2022 video game developed by LCG Game Studio and published by Chorus Worldwide Games. The game is a visual novel title in which players follow the story of three survivors of an invasion of mothmen in a small town. LCG Game Studio developed the title in a short period as part of a series titled Pixel Pulps, inspired by pulp fiction. Upon release, the game received average reviews, with critics praising the writing and presentation, although critiquing its short length and trial and error gameplay.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (72 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 21,149 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 329 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.69-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.69-70%
Microsoft Store$3.59-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at IndieGala Store (2025-12-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 116 of 170 observed days · $1.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
676720222026Week of 2022-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$0.892022-07-142026-09-262022-07-14 — best price $8.092023-03-16 — best price $3.052023-11-21 — best price $3.592024-03-14 — best price $3.592024-08-24 — best price $8.992024-11-14 — best price $4.492024-12-18 — best price $8.992025-01-23 — best price $8.992025-02-21 — best price $3.602025-03-19 — best price $8.992025-04-22 — best price $3.592025-05-26 — best price $8.992025-06-18 — best price $8.992025-07-24 — best price $8.992025-08-14 — best price $1.792025-09-03 — best price $1.672025-10-01 — best price $8.992025-10-27 — best price $2.242025-11-18 — best price $2.242025-12-06 — best price $8.992025-12-26 — best price $7.072026-01-19 — best price $1.522026-02-12 — best price $0.892026-03-05 — best price $2.692026-03-27 — best price $2.692026-04-15 — best price $8.992026-05-17 — best price $8.992026-06-14 — best price $8.992026-07-16 — best price $2.692026-08-06 — best price $1.202026-08-16 — best price $0.892026-08-27 — best price $3.052026-09-18 — best price $2.592026-09-26 — best price $2.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-06-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 2 pageviews2026-07-04 — 0 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-25 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 0 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-24 — 2 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews2026-08-30 — 2 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2 pageviews2026-09-05 — 8 pageviews2026-09-08 — 1 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 5 pageviews2026-09-17 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 3 pageviews2026-09-23 — 3 pageviews2026-09-25 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
86.2%
earned "ILLUSION OF CONTROL"
44.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)35581%16
Steam (Steam)34026%15
Xbox One (Xbox)31671%15
PS5 (PlayStation)21979%16
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

2DDarkNoirHorrorThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmosphericConversationSupernatural

Census log

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

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