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The Path of Motus cover art

The Path of Motus

Michael Hicks · MichaelArts · 2018-07-17

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 05, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 17, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jul 17, 2018 (Xbox One)

Will you let other people stop you from pursuing your dreams? The Path of Motus is a game where your words have the power to destroy.

84%
positive of 19 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.76★
PlayStation Store rating (123 ratings)
$4.49
steam price (US)
The Path of Motus is a puzzle-platform game designed by Michael Hicks for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. The game follows a goblin named Motus who is trapped inside a mysterious forest. He plans to escape by building bridges through the forest, but his determination is challenged by bullies that use their own words to destroy him. The game was made using the MonoGame framework.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 84% of 17,005 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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