Moonlighter
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Moonlighter is an adventure developed by Digital Sun Games, released 29 May 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. It currently starts at $2.46 at GreenManGaming. The main story takes about 17 hrs to finish.
What Moonlighter is
Moonlighter is an adventure game developed by Digital Sun Games and released in 2018. It was published by 11 bit studios. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, Google Stadia, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Near the village of Rynoka stand a series of ancient Gates leading to mysterious realms filled with valuable relics and dangerous creatures. Will, a young shopkeeper who dreams of becoming a hero, ventures into these dungeons at night while managing his family’s shop by day. His expeditions gradually draw him toward the secrets hidden beyond the Gates and the long-sealed fifth dungeon.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, business and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 67 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Moonlighter holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Players rate it 76, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.46, that works out to about $0.14 per hour of the main story, or $0.08 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad 2.7 Ghz, AMD Phenom(TM)II X4 3 Ghz, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 260, Radeon HD 5770, 1024 MB, Shader Model 3.0. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.46 at GreenManGaming, 88% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Moonlighter launched on 29 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Moonlighter yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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