Moonscars

Black Mermaid / Sep 27, 2022 / Action, Indie

windows
Steam Deck Playable

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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.

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What's new

Moonscars - v1.6 Update Announcement

2023-06-20

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: • Added support for Ukrainian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Turkish languages. • Introducing two powerful Special Weapons: - Scimitars: An efficient way to deal with airborne enemies. - Gauntlet: A good way to keep enemies at a safe distance with a strong blow! • Discover two new amulets that will enhance your experience, whether you're struggling, or you want a tougher challenge: • Improved inventory items: - Breakable Amulets will leave behind Leftovers, which can be sold back to The First One. - Memory Moulds can be reused to repeatedly listen the lore-discovering dialogues with Vladyslava.

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• Improved the Map with various additions. New icons added for Upgrades, Collectibles (Adelinka's Earrings), and Locked/Unlocked states for Doors and Flesh Walls. • Superdash: Altered its input mechanics to avoid accidental triggering during combat. Also added the Up button as an alternative to the Jump button.

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What players say

Very Positive

85% positive, 746 reviews

Recommended10 hrs played

An age-old question is whether we have free will. And if we do, to what extent? Are our actions our own? Is the eye reading this conscious of its actions? And what about the hand that jotted it? Do things just happen, or is it Mea culpa? Really great, if short, Soulslike Metroidvania. Where hope is snuffed out but never completely gone, and it's as confusing and bleak as expected from this marriage of genres....

3 found this helpful, 2026-09-22

Recommended27 hrs played

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...

2 found this helpful, 2026-09-14

Recommended3 hrs played

Randomizing and clearing my backlog 60/343 I played for about 6 more hours offline out of town. This is one of the best soulslike metroidvanias I have ever played. Absolutely incredible.

7 found this helpful, 2026-09-15

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