Driftmoon

Driftmoon

Fair · RPG · 2014

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $13.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
9h 11.3h to 100%
Value
$1.55/hr
Reviews
89% of 276 positive
It needs 38% off ($8.61) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.61 or less.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $8.39 (40% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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

Raising the score
Engagement2% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$1.55/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews89% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 86% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 25 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Driftmoon is an adventure-roleplaying game, full of exploration, smiles and surprises, captivating stories and quests, charming characters, and countless delightful details.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 154 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

Across all 54 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

On value it sits in the top 10 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Garden Story ($19.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Mister Furry: Hot Muscles ($0.49, scores 58).

More about Driftmoon

The press gave it 73; the people who bought it give it 89 percent. A 16-point gap in the buyer's favour.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 2 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 9-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The drop-off

42% start to 2% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

What players say

Just play on casual and change to hard after last boss for easy hard mode achieve Colourful, vibrant, not too difficult, maybe a little bit too basic, but definitely enjoyable. Very well suited for younger players just getting into gaming. A couple of light-hearted jokes thrown in too for good measure. It's a pretty standard rpg, following the age-old formula of levelling for better stats, gear progression, skills...
§єǫuєᴋʜaɴ ⚶Recommendedafter 14hApr 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Neat little game. It is only a couple of hours long and it is suited for kids if you want to let yours have a go at it. I had my heartwarming fun haha. It is nice to have simple games where you fight with silliness and everyone gets a happy ending.
Moon PunisherRecommendedafter 13hSep 2024Read on Steam
Driftmoon is one of those games that I can't seem to stop coming back to play every so often, despite having lost count of how many replays I got on my record by now. It's just so full of charm and fun, obviously a labor of love. This is a simple RPG that, while being very accessible to young kids or people who prefer to stick to the exploration and story side of things, can still be quite challenging on the hardest...
cheeryPsychoRecommendedafter 67hSep 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Driftmoon scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/263380/driftmoon
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Reviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+16
Critics73
Players89
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 276 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperVille Mönkkönen
PublisherVille Mönkkönen
GenreRPG
Released2014
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements17