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Milkmaid of the Milky Way
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“[h3]Refreshing, Retro, Rhyme[/h3] For those who are not fans of Retro, this game has a lot to offer, a deep engaging plot, a spaceship and fun easy puzzles, and even a final boss battle. All turn-based of course. Dialog is delivered in nice single sentences, and slows you up,…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Very atmospheric, short game with intuitive but not entirely braindead-light-novel puzzles. 2 hours gameplay, without guides.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“An ok PNC adventure with an overwhelmingly misleading overwhelmingly positive rating. I wanted to like it, but it never managed to get me gripped neither by the story nor by the puzzles. One of the few times that I have to admit I was bored by a PNC title. Without spoiling…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedLatest official news
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My new game: Cascadou
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My new game is out!
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Check out my new game!
Hi there! Since I released Milkmaid of the Milky Way in 2017 I've been busy porting it to new platforms and promoting it, and it's been so great getting so much positive feedback from players across t
Linux Support!
Dear friends, There has been some Linux users who's been asking for a Linux version of Milkmaid of the Milky Way, and today I'm happy to say the game is out for your favourite Penguin-based OS! I don'
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Indie · Point & Click · Pixel Graphics · Female Protagonist · Narration · Short · 2D · Story Rich · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Norwegian |
| Achievements | 6 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://milkmaidgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Built In