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To the Moon cover art

To the Moon

Freebird Games · 2012-09-07

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 08, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 08, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 10, 2017 (Android), May 10, 2017 (iOS), Jan 07, 2014 (Linux), Jan 07, 2014 (Mac)

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

To the Moon is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 86508 reviews).

62
playing now
96%
positive of 87k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (465 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (250 downloads)
4.79★
PlayStation Store rating (550 ratings)
3.8h
to beat · completionist 5.2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

To the Moon is a 2011 adventure game developed and published by Freebird Games. It was originally released for Windows and was later ported to Linux, OS X, Android, iOS, and the Nintendo Switch. The story follows two doctors who offer to fulfill a dying man's last wish using artificial memories. The game features relatively few gameplay mechanics, with the player controlling the two doctors, exploring the narrative, and solving puzzles as they try to reconstruct the dying man's memories in order to fulfill his wish.

Trailer

To the Moon trailer thumbnail

To the Moon - Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 62 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,888 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~361/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5M–6.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 86,508 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%
GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at IndieGala Store (2020-01-14) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 19 of 70 observed days · $9.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,259 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

248122026-09-15 11:00 — 42 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 25 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 45 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 36 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 38 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 41 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 182 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 50 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 115 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 248 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 34 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 77 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 120 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 63 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 43 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1410Aug 2012Aug 2026Aug 2012 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2013 — avg 65 · peak 394Jun 2013 — avg 16 · peak 41Nov 2013 — avg 20 · peak 177Apr 2014 — avg 71 · peak 451Sep 2014 — avg 30 · peak 77Feb 2015 — avg 78 · peak 325Jul 2015 — avg 48 · peak 82Dec 2015 — avg 78 · peak 200May 2016 — avg 35 · peak 68Oct 2016 — avg 27 · peak 60Mar 2017 — avg 45 · peak 133Aug 2017 — avg 44 · peak 92Jan 2018 — avg 95 · peak 288Jun 2018 — avg 56 · peak 190Nov 2018 — avg 40 · peak 127Apr 2019 — avg 23 · peak 59Sep 2019 — avg 34 · peak 151Feb 2020 — avg 63 · peak 233Jul 2020 — avg 59 · peak 153Dec 2020 — avg 69 · peak 221May 2021 — avg 29 · peak 70Oct 2021 — avg 71 · peak 247Mar 2022 — avg 46 · peak 109Aug 2022 — avg 43 · peak 104Jan 2023 — avg 81 · peak 214Jun 2023 — avg 39 · peak 223Nov 2023 — avg 68 · peak 403Apr 2024 — avg 52 · peak 225Sep 2024 — avg 93 · peak 629Feb 2025 — avg 65 · peak 222Jul 2025 — avg 91 · peak 263Dec 2025 — avg 75 · peak 230May 2026 — avg 45 · peak 161Aug 2026 — avg 44 · peak 101
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-06-16 — best price $1.492015-12-05 — best price $9.992016-05-20 — best price $2.292016-11-14 — best price $9.992017-07-10 — best price $9.992018-02-12 — best price $2.492018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-06-04 — best price $9.992019-11-05 — best price $2.492020-02-17 — best price $9.992020-06-22 — best price $9.992020-08-06 — best price $7.342020-09-18 — best price $9.992020-10-31 — best price $9.992020-12-05 — best price $8.382021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-03-11 — best price $8.382021-04-24 — best price $8.382021-05-30 — best price $8.382021-10-02 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $3.392022-06-28 — best price $9.992023-01-16 — best price $2.992023-06-13 — best price $7.342024-01-05 — best price $7.892024-05-03 — best price $9.992024-09-21 — best price $7.342025-01-13 — best price $7.892025-05-20 — best price $7.892025-11-14 — best price $9.992026-09-01 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4891312026-06-03 — 186 pageviews2026-06-07 — 199 pageviews2026-06-11 — 171 pageviews2026-06-15 — 153 pageviews2026-06-19 — 149 pageviews2026-06-23 — 157 pageviews2026-06-27 — 489 pageviews2026-07-01 — 442 pageviews2026-07-05 — 228 pageviews2026-07-09 — 194 pageviews2026-07-13 — 184 pageviews2026-07-17 — 154 pageviews2026-07-21 — 169 pageviews2026-07-25 — 190 pageviews2026-07-29 — 201 pageviews2026-08-02 — 159 pageviews2026-08-06 — 139 pageviews2026-08-10 — 167 pageviews2026-08-14 — 148 pageviews2026-08-18 — 157 pageviews2026-08-22 — 131 pageviews2026-08-26 — 136 pageviews2026-08-30 — 192 pageviews2026-09-03 — 172 pageviews2026-09-07 — 157 pageviews2026-09-11 — 159 pageviews2026-09-15 — 140 pageviews2026-09-19 — 168 pageviews2026-09-23 — 234 pageviews2026-09-27 — 214 pageviews2026-10-01 — 158 pageviews2026-10-05 — 177 pageviews2026-10-09 — 156 pageviews2026-10-13 — 150 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
27.6%
earned ""Wish Granted""
27.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian…

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2012-09-07, latest 2019-03-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23,657100%1
PS5 (PlayStation)19351%12
PS5 (PlayStation)14748%12
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)12142%12
Switch (Nintendo)1160%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieShortRomanceRPGMakerAdventureEmotionalStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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