Moonscars
Fair · Action · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8.5h
- Value
- $2.35/hr
- Reviews
- 83% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory. Windows only.
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 drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $7.99, set in September 2026. It has been discounted 24 times in the 4 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 8 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 13 percent on value. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, La-Mulana 2 ($24.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Souldiers ($19.99, scores 26).
Steam's global achievement data puts about 19 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On an 8.5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 513 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 8 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 165 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
82% start to 19% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
13 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 08:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I enjoyed this game greatly maybe it felt a little short for me, but overall it's a 9/10 The Story is intriguing and it was fun trying to figure it along the way with a satisfying ending. Battle mechanics was easy to learn and enact I find pixel styled games charming, the art in moonscars is simply gorgeous and the movement is smooth and nice to look at. Fav regions were definitely the Apex and the Depths. The voice...
this game is amazing, i think the art is some of the best ive seen done, and the gameplay feels really smooth along with how boss fights work.
Overview I just finished (or rather, was forced to stop) playing Moonscars. At its core, the game is an absolute blast-a stylish, aggressive 2D action-platformer with satisfying combat and a dark, atmospheric world. I made it through roughly 70% of the content and thoroughly enjoyed what I played. Unfortunately, a well-known game-breaking glitch abruptly ended my run. Despite developer responses and multiple...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Moonscars scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1374970/moonscarsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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