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What kind of danger can a mother face to rescue her child? Moonchild is a unique and enthralling 16-bit style RPG adventure featuring 9 amazing characters, plenty of sidequests and countless items and spells.

Release DateApr 22, 2016
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)65.3% (mixed) Bottom 25% / 76.9%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)61.2% Bottom 35% / 70.9%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)75  / 147
Curators9 reviews
Median Play Time4.2 hours
Play Time per Dollar50 minutes  Top 30%
Followers1.2K  Top 30%
Owners± 63.7K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 5.5K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 11.3K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This graph shows Moonchild's Steam rating and reviews between May 2015 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (May 2015) and 76.8% (December 2023).

With its 147 reviews, Moonchild could be considered a decent success for an indie game. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut chart shows Moonchild's review languages. The most popular language is English (52%), followed by Russian (32%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 12 different languages represented. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Moonchild percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Moonchild depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is adequate, reaching 16 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else. The negative review time is high (median is 9 hours), it can be a sign that Moonchild crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • great storyline
  • detailed game world
  • lots of side quests
  • rewarding exploration
  • liked the music
  • enjoyable characters
  • good dialogues
  • nice graphics
  • well written
  • diverse skills sets
  • generic and repetitive sounds
  • too many dungeons and mazes
  • rough dialogue and story
  • bad writing
  • no voice acting

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 65.3%  Bottom 25% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Moonchild's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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