The Moon Sliver
Skip · Narrative · 2014
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 41, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.84/hr
- Reviews▼
- 76% of 1,173
- Genre rank
- Top 35% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
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Time and effort
- Main story
- 0.7h
- To 100%
- 1h 1.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 96 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 June 2016
- Sale every
- 38d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 86% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 53% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 96 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
Its score sits in the top 35 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 86 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Fingerbones (free, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Homesick ($14.99, scores 38).
More about The Moon Sliver
1 of the 361 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 867 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 87 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 5 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
A beautifully written short story with a really uncomfortable and depressing atmosphere. The gameplay itself is basically just a walking simulator, but the writing does most of the heavy lifting here. I really enjoyed how the story was told and how it managed to leave such a gloomy impression on me. It's definitely not a game for everyone, but I personally had a great time with it.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
So, this isn't too much of an interesting game, outside of just explaining the end of a civilization by exploring and reading parts of the world that explain certain things left and right. The main objective of the game (that goes unsaid) is trying to find out who you're playing as, you go walking from structure to structure, reading text that explains certain parts of the story and getting more information as you...
I liked the ambience, sounds, mood but not the narration. Huge random text blocks just killed the mood. And I understand the idea between the narration to make player to put all the pieces together, but it was somehow messy when you do not know what to do next. There is also no save option. I like walk sims, just not this one.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: AMD 6870 or equivalent. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Moon Sliver scores 41/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/329830/the-moon-sliverReviews 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 Oct 19, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.