The Moon Sliver on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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...

The Moon Sliver is a walking simulator, psychological horror and adventure game developed and published by David Szymanski.
Released on October 28th 2014 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 1,094 reviews of which 826 were positive and 268 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel i3
  • Graphics: AMD 6870 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Additional Notes: The Moon Sliver will likely run on machines that do not meet these specs, if they are able to run other Unity Engine games.

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Dec. 2024
The gameplay is very similar to David Szymanski's other game fingerbones, but I think the story is far better and more cohesive. The atmosphere is very good, but I don't understand the purpose of the flashlight battery mechanic. Spoiler warning, but there are no monsters or npcs or even signs of life in this game, but it has a survival horror flashlight that dies after like 1 minute of being on. That's probably my only problem with this game, especially for being only $1. I would recommend this game if you have an hour to kill and a dollar to spare.
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Oct. 2024
Heard a monster growl behind me then immediately remembered I can't do horror games and closed the entire game. Great atmosphere though, really fun to piece the story together. Maybe one day I'll relaunch it and try to finish it.
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Aug. 2024
A short horror game about exploring a deserted island and learning what happened to its previous inhabitants. Very similar to Fingerbones, down to the twist reveal, but much better execution imo. Visuals are minimal but effective, and when combined with good sound design it really sells the island as being just a bit "off" - not overtly supernatural, but still strangely hostile to human life. The story you uncover is similar - though it escalates as you go on, it's more bleak than openly horrifying, relying instead on feelings of mystery, isolation, regret and emptiness to do its work. There's not much "gameplay" to this game, admittedly; explore, solve a couple very basic puzzles, gather enough pieces of the story and time advances, opening a new area to explore - it's more of an interactive story. The flashlight battery mechanic feels a bit out of place, but I guess it makes you value what light you have more than if it was unlimited. Definitely worth a few bucks and the 40 min it took to play.
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July 2024
A short, strong game about being the last survivor of a colony on a remote island. It's about an hour to play and is quite powerful despite it's short length. It's not as good as Music Machine, but it's pretty good.
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June 2024
Pretty damn unsettling for a walking sim. The absence of spoken dialogue, and the audio dominated by vicious weather effects, makes this game a spooky and solitary experience. Probably best to play it at night, this one, as I can't see it having quite the same effect in the light of midday.
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The Moon Sliver
7.2
826
268
Online players
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Developer
David Szymanski
Publisher
David Szymanski
Release 28 Oct 2014
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