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Moonscars
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 75 reviews raise this.
29 of the 75 reviews raise this.
12 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“moonscars is a beautiful journey of self discovery where our main character grey irma learns how to take fate into her own hands to make her own freedom. (the last few boss fights, the sounds of the attacks + the music…”
10 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“The art direction alone is to die for, but the mechanics are simple and intuitive, the gameplay is smooth, the difficulty curve is easy to grasp but not a pushover by any means. 8/10 worth the price”
5 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“moonscars is a beautiful journey of self discovery where our main character grey irma learns how to take fate into her own hands to make her own freedom. (the last few boss fights, the sounds of the attacks + the music…”
18 of the 75 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“This game really tries to look like Blasphemous and to have the same level of gameplay. Yet it fails in interesting platforming; it introduces rogue-lite elements for no particular reasons as it doesn't provide any…”
13 of the 75 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Great combat feel but lacking in enemy variety and boss difficulty. Rouge-like element seems tacked on but does up the tension when near death. I would love to the see their next project.”
9 of the 75 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This game really tries to look like Blasphemous and to have the same level of gameplay. Yet it fails in interesting platforming; it introduces rogue-lite elements for no particular reasons as it doesn't provide any…”
7 of the 75 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Does nothing really well but it's good fun. Understood nothing of the story. Poor pacing, throws too many mechanics at you in the beginning, become too OP late game. Fun but easy bosses (regen ichor on damage, heal heal…”
7 of the 75 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“While I overall like the aesthetics and vibes of moonscars, I have bounced off this game once and might do so again. This game reminds me of both unworthy and dark devotion, however in my opinion it gets closer to…”
“Extremely short (6-8 hours), poor combat mechanics, where parrying some times works (some enemies show an indicator on each attack they do, some don't, and even if they do the timing if there is any just feels really…”
“Fun game at first but... The game tells you you're allowed to parry, dash, or use your special ability mid hit/combo, which is only somewhat true, very often I will be mid hit and will either parry, dash, or try to…”
Counted across 75 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“🎮 [u]Gameplay[/u] 🔲 Excellent 🔲 Good ✅ Average 🔲 Poor 🔲 Staring at Walls is better Moonscars delivers a tight, deliberate combat loop rooted in precision and punishment. As Grey Irma, every encounter demands patience, stamina management, and mastery of parries. Combat feels…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“stumbled upon this game by coincidence, knew nothing, watched no videos and decided to give it a try. what a lovely gamble that was. such an original story and a unique universe. gameplay is beautiful, like an illegitimate child of dead cells and salt and sanctuary. mechanics…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“It's alright but as others have said it is basically a worse Poundland version of Blasphemous. The combat is very basic and outside of the final zone the game is oddly really easy, I'm not particularly good at 2D Souls-like games but in the whole playthough I died a total 5…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Moonscars - v1.6 Update Announcement
Hey everyone, We're happy to announce the v1.6 patch which introduces 3 new languages, 2 new Special Weapons, and a lot of small improvements and bugfixes! You can read a more detailed list below: Add
Steam Cloud Saves are now here!
Hey, everyone! We're pleased to announce the introduction of Steam Cloud save in this minor update. With this feature, you can now seamlessly pick up your progress on any device running Steam, be it y
Moonscars - v1.5.004 Update Announcement
Hi everyone, We've listened closely to your feedback, and we're excited to announce this update which focuses on late game improvements. Gilded enemies reworked: Instead of a permanent resistance to s
Moonscars - v1.4.007 Update Announcement
Hi everyone, It’s been one month since release and we’ve been hard at work on Moonscars while listening to your feedback. We’re happy to announce this update and hope it will improve your experience.
Moonscars - v1.3.002 Update Announcement
Hi everyone! Moonscars has been released and we want to thank you all for playing ! We feel grateful that so many of you are enjoying the game, and this motivates us a lot. We’re closely monitoring yo
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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 | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Metroidvania · Souls-like · Pixel Graphics · Action-Adventure · 2D · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Fighting · Side Scroller · Female Protagonist · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Ukrainian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 34 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 270 (2 * 3400) or equivalent Intel, Core i3-530 (2 * 2930) or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 530 (2048 VRAM) or equivalent, Radeon HD 6570 (1024 VRAM) or equivalent