Moons of Madness

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Moons of Madness is a adventure, horror and lovecraftian game developed by Rock Pocket Games and published by Funcom.
Released on October 22nd 2019 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 2,681 reviews of which 2,079 were positive and 602 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam and has a 60% discount.

The Steam community has classified Moons of Madness into these genres:

Adventure Horror Lovecraftian Sci-fi Space First-Person Exploration Mars Psychological Horror Singleplayer Puzzle Atmospheric Survival Mystery Walking Simulator Thriller Science Psychological Indie Alternate History

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64
Processor: Intel Core i5-760 / AMD Athlon X4 740 or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 or MX150 / Radeon R7 260X
Storage: 15 GB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

This was better than I expected. I picked this one up on sale, and at around 6 hours, it's short enough to keep you interested but long enough that I wasn't disappointed. I'm a big fan of Lovecraft and space-horror, so this was the best of both worlds. You may end up confused if you don't read the various terminal entries, but otherwise the story is a nice mix of space horror and cosmic horror. Well done!

Aug. 2024

Solid game, enjoyed it. Would have liked the game to be longer, But had no issues with the story line. Some improvement needed, maybe make a second one, or just another Lovecraft style game.

March 2024

Should preface by saying that I only paid 10 Australian dollars for it when on sale, and would suggest the same to others, get it on sale. The beginning and end were strong, it was interesting exploring the Martian outpost, seeing the beginnings of a massive problem forming. The build-up to the scary part becoming 'real' was strong, which for a horror game I always like. Gameplay wise, there isn't much challenge, you go around doing your duties as a technician for a Martian outpost. Early on it is okay as it is building the atmosphere that is in my view, excusable. Eventually, things go wrong in the cosmic horror sense. Which is when you reach the more "actiony" parts of the game. I'm still not sure if it could be classified as a walking sim or survival horror game. It really isn't difficult when threats are present and chasing you, but it isn't often that you have a threat of something hunting you down. It really only occurs in short sequences which are specific set pieces. All it really requires is that you sprint away in the linear route that is provided and then you're safe, which is usually leaving a room or the general location. Once safe, you're back to traversing to the next location, and as far as I could tell nothing will be hunting you. So to me, it primarily is a walking sim, with a few sequences you could fail. In terms of Lovecraft theming, it was mostly good. As I mentioned, the build up to the threats appearing was good. Discovering the impact "it" had on your coworkers was engaging. The setting fit well, and there is one location that I thought was fantastic. The actual encounters with the monsters was for the most part, good. Earlier on it was better, though that was primarily before I knew how the chase sequences worked. Quite quickly I learnt the enemies were no real threat, saying that, I still did like most of the enemies and their designs. Not the robots, they were dumb. My biggest issue was the secret facility. Which I'll try to avoid spoiling too much, but in essence you discover a big secret corporate facility part way through the game. I really didn't enjoy this sequence, I suppose I could see the point of it, but to me it really just did not fit. Had they removed this facility and expanded on the massive ancient ruins you also discover, then that would've been better. Especially as the ruins were really interesting but incredibly short. A minor issue of note, was the main character, he had a bad case of narrating almost everything that he did and saw. I can see things myself, and internalise what I am doing myself. Though I am biased, I hate voiced main characters generally.

March 2024

Cool game. Very immersive and fun to play. The jump scares are kind of lame and its super short but what's there is well done. Good lovecraft in space story.

Jan. 2024

This game is an absolute masterpiece. Puzzles, mystery, cinematic events, sci-fi and space exploration. Highly recommended and kudos to all who worked on the game.

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