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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.

The Dark Side of the Moon: An Interactive FMV Thriller is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 169 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 169 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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 5 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820212026Week of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$0.492021-03-122026-10-092021-03-12 — 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 $17.992026-09-18 — best price $17.992026-10-09 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
73.3%
earned "Dad Duties"
36.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-03-12 (Steam store data)

Player tags

FMVAliensPuzzleMysteryAdventureCinematicDetectiveEmotionalConspiracyAtmospheric

Census log

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

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