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

Release DateSep 7, 2012
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)96.2% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 5% / 96.4%  Top 4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.5% Top 1% / 94.8%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)56.1K  Top 1% / 72.2K  Top 1%
Curators785 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time4.8 hours
Play Time per Dollar29 minutes
Followers64.5K  Top 2%
Owners± 2.5M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 1.6M  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 5.1M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of To the Moon steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows To the Moon's Steam rating and reviews from September 2012 to December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 99.6% (November 2012) to 96.3% (November 2023).

With 72.2K reviews Top 1%, To the Moon is definitely a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened. They often took place in November.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for To the Moon and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of To the Moon's reviewers. The most popular language is Simplified Chinese (34%), followed by English (34%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 29 languages represented. The game is available in 13 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying To the Moon percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in To the Moon depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is acceptable, with 6 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Immaculate score composed by Shigihara
  • One of the most heartfelt stories
  • Videogame storytelling
  • Heartwarming narrative story
  • Successful injections of humor and self-awareness
  • Memento puzzles are a breath of fresh air
  • Emotional depth
  • Well-written narrative
  • Relatable and charming characters
  • Beautiful music
  • No audio/visual/control options
  • Extremely linear playthrough
  • Limited interaction in the game
  • Little in the way of replay value
  • A little bit overrated
  • Not an RPG game
  • Wished for a different ending
  • No alternate endings or unlockable content
  • Not much gameplay aside walking around
  • No fight or random monsters

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 96.2% rating  Top 5% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of To the Moon's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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