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The Dark Side of the Moon: An Interactive FMV Thriller

Tayanna Studios · 2021-03-12

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 18, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 25, 2023 (Xbox One)

When his 2 young children vanish mysteriously throughout the night, it's up to single-dad Dean Hamilton to do what any good dad would do: Go to the end of the universe and bring them back home in this thrilling FMV/Interactive Movie.

0
playing now
67%
positive of 169 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

When his two children randomly vanish throughout the night, it's up to you to help Dean Hamilton bring them back home. As the mystery deepens decisions will need to be made and it's down to you to make the right ones. Who can you trust? Who's doing this? What's the significance of the impending solar eclipse? And what are those strange glowing lights in the sky? Explore the quaint little village of Marywine, solve puzzles, make some startling discoveries and help unravel what's really going on in this sci-fi thriller.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 61% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–7.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 169 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-04-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 7 of 8 observed days · $17.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$0.492021-03-122026-08-282021-03-12 — best price $13.992021-07-08 — best price $13.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-04-25 — best price $0.492022-06-06 — best price $14.992022-08-29 — best price $14.992022-10-31 — best price $1.492023-02-20 — best price $2.242023-04-03 — best price $4.492023-07-13 — best price $8.992023-09-04 — best price $0.892023-10-23 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $0.892024-01-22 — best price $8.992024-04-08 — best price $2.242024-05-27 — best price $8.992024-10-08 — best price $1.792024-11-25 — best price $8.992025-01-06 — best price $2.242025-02-24 — best price $8.992025-03-31 — best price $2.242025-05-19 — best price $8.992025-07-14 — best price $2.242025-10-06 — best price $2.242026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-08-28 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Greek, Russian

Player tags

FMVAliensPuzzleMysteryAdventureCinematicDetectiveEmotionalConspiracyAtmospheric

Census log

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