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Melatonin
Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“thought i sucked at this game looking at the achievement percentages, now looking at the other reviews i feel like a prodigy”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I can't get perfects unless I toggle accessibility. It's really nice that they called it "accessbility" under settings, instead of "easy mode for talentless hacks that can't even hit the beat right" 😭 Really love the game, very cosy and very easy to beat. Not so easy to complete…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“I usually LOVE rhythm games... I sadly just can't get myself to like the gameplay in this one. The songs aren't very satisfying to play to, and the window to get a perfect just isn't in tune with the music for like half of the songs. It's off in just the wrong way, that it's…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Celebrate 2 years of Melatonin
It has officially been 2 years since the release of Melatonin on Steam!! 🥳🎈 To celebrate, check out the newly released Deluxe OST! This includes ALL the music from Melatonin, as well as 4 bonus tracks
Level editor bug fixes and adjustments
- Added: you can use up/w and down/s in the level editor to move the cursor faster - Added: when you re-edit your level, you will be returned to the previous cursor position - Added: when increasing t
Melatonin Vinyl OST
Half Asleep is proud to announce that it has has partnered up with iam8bit to release a Melatonin 2xLP vinyl record which is now available to pre-order on the iam8bit store! This really is a dream com
Bug fixes and adjustments
- Fixes: customized action key not appearing in level tutorial messages - Fixes: masking issue in "Future" - Fixes: animation bug in "Shopping" - Fixes: song length issue in level editor - Adjustment:
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Rhythm · Indie · Cute · Hand-drawn · Colorful · Music · Relaxing · 2D · Singleplayer · Action · Surreal · Cozy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Japanese * , Korean * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * , Traditional Chinese * , Vietnamese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.halfasleep.games/melatonin |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: 1.6 GHz or faster Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Bluetooth audio not recommended due to latency