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Moonchild
Developer Aldorlea Games
What kind of danger can a mother face to rescue her child? Moonchild is a unique and enthralling 16-bit style RPG adventure featuring 9 amazing characters, plenty of sidequests and countless items and spells. From the Steam store page
152 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
55 positive · 22 negative
95% range 61–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 55 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 14 | 2 | 51 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
58 of 84 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
72% recommend · 57 yes, 22 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 79 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (122 of 162 positive).
Some reviewers criticize the game for poor writing, tedious dialogue, and frustrating dungeon design. [1][2][3] A few players note the game has balance issues and repetitive grinding, especially for achievements. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [1]
I wanted to complete the game before I reviewed it, but it just seems to be fighting me at every turn. The stats and mechanics are poorly explained, battles seem to run the gamut of effortless or tedious, with nothing in-between, and the dialogue is relentlessly awful. That last point is what gets me the most, actually, so I'm going to go in-depth a bit on that: 1. Every character seems to have some little snark to …
- [18]
I've been looking for an RPGMaker game with a cheesy story that would offer some enjoyable dungeon crawling in my library and Moonchild seemed like an appropriate candidate. You know, the ones that you wouldn't spare much mental RAM for... and I've finally found it! Moonchild is a cute game that hails from Aldorlea Games - a really promising RPGMaker based developer team - that will easily offer you 20 hours of …
- [7]
The old feeling of a SNES RPG is back for me. i haven't played much yet but i already have that feeling and i want to see the end. everyone who loved old RPGs should buy it and play it! i realy enjoy it a lot.
- [8]
Pretty good if you are into a classic FFIV style RPG. The dialogue could have used some polishing but I'm enjoying myself while playing this game and that's what counts.
- [9]
Brings back the memories of older turn based games. Love it~!
Summarised from 34 of the 141 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Moonchild talk about classic SNES-style RPG with nostalgic appeal; those who didn't talk about awful dialogue and cringe-worthy writing. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 152 · most liked firstI decided to re-register an account to enjoy the memes of our 1990s #MoonChild game. 😁👍 I designed Hoi and Moon Child. Reinier van Vliet coded it, and Ramon Braumuller made the soundtrack. Play Moon Child online: proofofconcept.nl/portfolio/mo... Moon Child Archive: archive.org/details/Moon...
positive · AI labelView post →Having received so much love for our good old #MoonChild game, we are happy to give love back to the game community by releasing the Moon Child source files + assets. Details can be read in the ReadMe text. We're looking forward to see what you're going to create! 💚 bitbucket.org/rhinoid/moon...
positive · AI labelView post →Yee-haww, the first #MoonChild cosplay has happened! 😃😃 This is Jeff the IT Guy in the Moon Child & Friends Discord. You've got the power to be his friend! 😃 discord.gg/2tBEYBHkSc
neutral · AI labelView post →I've extracted a #MoonChild head icon I made for a Flash 1.0 site in 1997, when the Windows game was about to be released. The isolated and upscaled icon comes from a low-res screenshot, but I think it makes a nice Moon Child logo. 🙂 I've uploaded it to the MC Archive: archive.org/details/Moon...
neutral · AI labelView post →Love this Sega Saturn Moon Child game cover design by @blueelectric05.bsky.social. 💚 #MoonChild #sega #game #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Edit: Steam is now showing this review as pre-release. I don't know what the publisher of this game did on Steam to make it think it was in a beta before this, but it wasn't. It was sold as a full release, with collector's editions and everything. It is still a terrible game, and everything in this review is still valid. TL;DR: This sort of game is the reason RPGMaker things on steam have such a negative stigma. It exhibits incompetence at every level. I am now honestly surprised this game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*Nintendo direct voice* It's the beginning of a new and excitingly different story! In... the Moonchild game for nintendo switch 2 entertainment system
neutral · AI labelView post →In 2017, #MoonChild was displayed on a giant screen in front of Hilversum Central Station in the Netherlands, as a project of media students. I made a short video, showing my wife playing the game. 💚 The game display quality was better in real life, and the audio is mainly wind noise. 😅
neutral · AI labelView post →Back in the mid-1990s, between working on #MoonChild, I made this concept mockup for a Breakout-type OMO laundry detergent advergame. 🙂 The project was not executed, but I kept the mockup.
neutral · AI labelView post →Captain Hoi, 1992. 😆 Hoi's publisher had produced Hoi-shaped pins, and I had pinned one of those on a cap. 😁 #hoi #TeamHoi #RetroGaming #GameDev #MoonChild
neutral · AI labelView post →Having a little fun during game development, thought @seven.eurosky.social would appreciate it #Mario #Luigi #MoonChild #RPGMaker
neutral · AI labelView post →Woke up with the #MoonChild tune in my head again. Thanks for (re)discovering our game, Bluesky friends. Now I have to get that ear worm out of my head again, decades after I finally succeeded in that. 😅 😉 In case you don't know what I'm talking about… mors-games.itch.io/moon-child-fe
positive · AI labelView post →I made some #MoonChild Steam assets for the port made by @mors.games on my Steam library! I'm planning to upload it to SteamGridDB, but I'm waiting for them to accept the request for the game, so for now feel free to grab it from here! The logo is an HD recreation made by me. It's not perfect tho!
neutral · AI labelView post →doodle - Moon Child I’ve been seeing this bald, green-skinned alien in a red bodysuit all over my timeline lately. What kind of game is "Moon Child", and why did it become such a meme? #moonchild
neutral · AI labelView post →"It's Moon Ant, who-oh oh ooh!" 🎵 #BigWalk #MoonChild #game #games #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Made a new collage of Moon Child and Hoi fan art. It's just a selection. There's much more cool artwork by Bluesky artists in the Moon Child Archive's file directory. Each image includes the artist in the filename. archive.org/details/Moon... #MoonChild #art #FanArt #character #game #RetroGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →The Assembly source files + assets of the #MoonChild Amiga game demo are now also available in the repository. It is purely the game, no intros or title sequence, but you now have the power to access the game's internals. 😃 bitbucket.org/rhinoid/hoi2...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been looking for an RPGMaker game with a cheesy story that would offer some enjoyable dungeon crawling in my library and Moonchild seemed like an appropriate candidate. You know, the ones that you wouldn't spare much mental RAM for... and I've finally found it! Moonchild is a cute game that hails from Aldorlea Games - a really promising RPGMaker based developer team - that will easily offer you 20 hours of gameplay. In a medieval fantasy realm, Queen Calypso's only daughter, Moonchild is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#moonchild #teamhoi Moonchild and it’s amiga demo protoype including the hoi video game are finally being ripped on the spriters resource!
neutral · AI labelView post →ponytown cosplay skin i made of THE moon child because i must spread the word about the masterpiece on there. . . #moonchild #ponytown
positive · AI labelView post →By Hallow on the Moon Child Discord. 😁 "I was physically incapable of not laughing while decorating this so he is slightly smudged." 😁 Join us for chats about Team Hoi games, other games and more: discord.gg/2tBEYBHkSc #MoonChild
neutral · AI labelView post →If you like #MoonChild, be sure to check out our preceding Amiga platform game (1992), where Moon Child's sidekick Hoi is the protagonist. Recently, the fiendishly difficult original release of Hoi was played with impressive perseverance by Twitch streamer BillBull: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7oN...
neutral · AI labelView post →Review by [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34633003-Gaming-Masterpieces/] Gaming Masterpieces - The greatest games of all time on Steam. Is this game a masterpiece? No, it is a rpg maker game, although a good one. I had so much fun with the boxed version already that I simply have to add this to my Steam library as well. The game is a deep story driven jrpg, very easily controllable via keyboard. While playing I often thought of how I played the original Bards Tale games in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Preparing the 3D animations surrounding the game in the original 1997 CD-ROM version of #MoonChild. The original videos are only 320 x 240 pixels, and were heavily compressed. I tried to restore them a bit, but we'll also include the originals. I directed the videos, Ramon made the soundtrack.
neutral · AI labelView post →#MoonChild It is with great pleasure I announce... Moon Child '95. This is a mod that seeks to tweak the original game to play and look more like its Amiga demo counterpart, adding scrapped content from both iterations (such as the gothic theming, and Hoi!) Footage is extremely early.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yep. 🙂 You can read info, view the commercial and more in the Peanut-Butter Power Game Archive… archive.org/details/calv... #MoonChild #TeamHoi #retro
neutral · AI labelView post →Moon Child sketches by XBTGamez in the #MoonChild Discord. 🙂 Join us there, we're chatting about all kinds of games and other stuff, next to Team Hoi games… discord.gg/2tBEYBHkSc
neutral · AI labelView post →Trump is obviously spreading fake news here. He was probably unable to complete the game. #MoonChild
neutral · AI labelView post →A time-warp to my room around late 1992, where I show how exhilarating it was to be a game developer. 😆 #hoi #TeamHoi #RetroGaming #GameDev #MoonChild
neutral · AI labelView post →Following my kawaii whale (kawhaiile? 🤔), I'm now attempting to model a kawaii Moon Child in Blender. Here's a sneak preview of the work in progress. 🙂 #MoonChild #TeamHoi
neutral · AI labelView post →DOS game alien jump and runs, my favorite! #fanart #moonchild
neutral · AI labelView post →"Dungeon crawler" Queen Calypso's daughter Moonchild (That's where the name of this game comes from) is abducted. And Calypso isn't going to just stand by and wait for her people to "do something". Instead, she takes a faithful advisor and her weapon and follows the trail. As you can expect from Aldorlea, the story is thrilling and well executed, with a few twists. I'll say it straight, though. If you don't enjoy exploring dungeons, Moonchild is not game for you. Play Millennium instead.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the Moon Child game over tune, I visited the small bedroom studio of our composer @ramonbraumuller.eurosky.social, explained what I had in mind (a spooky waltz), and voiced the "Game… Overrr!" 🙂 As usual, Ramon came up with a great track. 💚 #MoonChild #TeamHoi #RetroGaming #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →🤜🔴LIVE NOW🤛 It's Moon Child!! You have the Power to Be His Friend!! Since this is a dutch game, I did my research and have got some History Lessons n shit prepared even :3 www.twitch.tv/gauntletqueen/ #vtuber #moonchild
positive · AI labelView post →I played Moonchild when it first came out on Aldorlea and I was impatient to get it on Steam (it had been announced as coming soon forever, since April at least) and see if my old savefiles would work. Good news, it seems they work totally fine despite some kind of warning and I even got some achievements unlocked from the very second I resumed my playthrough. They also made beautiful cards for it, always a good thing. The game itself is a very solid RPG and one of the best from Aldorlea, in my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to complete the game before I reviewed it, but it just seems to be fighting me at every turn. The stats and mechanics are poorly explained, battles seem to run the gamut of effortless or tedious, with nothing in-between, and the dialogue is relentlessly awful. That last point is what gets me the most, actually, so I'm going to go in-depth a bit on that: 1. Every character seems to have some little snark to throw in to every situation, regardless of relevance. This is tiresome. 2. It…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally got around to adding the DOS build of Moon Child! Even though it's missing sound it's neat that it got a DOS port 😎💾 dosgames.com/game/moon-ch... DOS port by FrenkelS: github.com/FrenkelS/Moo... @seven.eurosky.social #moonchild #dosgames
neutral · AI labelView post →@gigaboots.com is playing Moonchild, a very "Amiga" core PC game with some... interesting opinions on control priorities. However the Timers seem to have other priorities today. Check'm out, just don't cross the moon picket line: www.twitch.tv/gigaboots
neutral · AI labelView post →Moonchild from Aldorlea is an exciting quest involving a mom (Queen Calypso) to save her daughter (Moonchild) from a vague, but likely terrible ritual that seems to be involving female royalty across the land. The action begins immediately with the kidnapping as Calypso leaves her castle via a secret dungeon-like path and goes from there as she and her assorted party members search a vast land for various people and items to assist in the search. The story is excellent, and quite involved, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduction Developed and published by Aldorlea Games, Moonchild is a classic style 2D RPG from one of the most prolific developers on Steam, when it comes to this genre. Suffice to say, their experience with RPGMaker and general storytelling, always reflects in the excellent quality of the games they release. Gameplay Moonchild as expected, has a fairly large open world for you to discover and it’s filled to the brim with sidequests. Most of them are diversified enough and the main…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GIF of a scene from Hoi level 3, featuring a spotlight effect that was novel at the time. The dragon was originally part of Team Hoi's first game project: Ragnov. Get Hoi and other games for free here (Win / Mac / Linux): metinseven.itch.io #hoi #MoonChild #TeamHoi #GameDev #gaming #RetroGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Pride everyone! #Stream plans for this month: • Cute queer indie platformers • The Ooze and Quest 64 • Team Hoi showcase (incl Moonchild) • James Pondathon • At least one Metal Gear game Hoping to get to all of them if I can! Drop me a follow if that sounds like your jam twitch.tv/kaylagator
neutral · AI labelView post →Moonchild might not be among Aldorlea's biggest or most impressive games, but it's a very fun one to play nonetheless. The story is about a queen Calypso's daughter Moonchild who has been abducted and as a dedicated mother Calypso will do anything to get her child back. You start out with a small group of characters that grows bigger with time. All characters are pretty interesting to play with and once you have more than four, it's often like, "Dang, who do I NOT take in my party, I want…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Um~ This game has a lot of good reviews, but I really have no idea where they are coming from. I guess if you want to play a turn-based RPG with no care for the story, then maybe this would be ok? But I have no idea who plays an RPG without wanting a decent story. The story is really bland on it's own, but the real killer is the dialogue. It's so bad. Everytime there is a scene with the characters talking, I cringe. It's unbearable. Even if the story was amazing, I don't think you could enjoy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The old feeling of a SNES RPG is back for me. i haven't played much yet but i already have that feeling and i want to see the end. everyone who loved old RPGs should buy it and play it! i realy enjoy it a lot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@seven.eurosky.social Wait was there a Moonchild Dreamcast game planned? I found this 3d model on some random forum post while I was searching for retro lost games.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Aldorlea RPG Maker games, because the developer is extremely detailed oriented and take great care in designing and implementing the games. Moonchild is a great example of such a game. I played Moonchild approximately two years ago, and had a wonderful time. I spend 44 hours playing this game, and had a fun time getting all the achievements and exploring every little corner of the gameworld. I had an enjoyable time recruiting a diverse team of 9 characters, all of which have different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not a reviews just a heads up to people on the fence about this gem.. I'm only 9 hours into the game and its excellent.. looks amazing sounds great and plays sooo good.. Lots of weapons, armor and lots of the good stuff you get in rpg's.. I'm defo going to buy and play more Aldorlea Games games.. A++++++++
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good if you are into a classic FFIV style RPG. The dialogue could have used some polishing but I'm enjoying myself while playing this game and that's what counts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thought I was joking? NOPE Its MOONCHILD. The PC source port of the Amiga game that anyone can play IF you have to power to be his friend www.twitch.tv/thestuartkre... 10 minutes
positive · AI labelView post →You probably already know if you want this game; Aldorlea has found its niche. As always, it's a competent, sprawling, RPGMaker RPG. It plays in the same style as old-school, SNES RPGs such as FF4, albeit with a little rougher dialogue and story than the greats, but it keeps you moving and engaged, and it does an excellent job of rewarding exploration. As always, it's a little bit over-zealous and silly, but in a fun way. It's a solid effort, looking, sounding, and playing welll, with few…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brings back the memories of older turn based games. Love it~!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seeing Fleetwood Mac's video of Rhiannon earlier made me think of Rhiannon my OC, who was the avatar of the Childlike Empress (aka "Moonchild") in a City of Mist RPG game which brought me back to this absolute banger that was Rhiannon's "theme song" back then when I played as her #MusicPosts
neutral · AI labelView post →A demo of a song I'm working on, wanted to make something as an homage to the contagious and unconditional love the #MoonChild game has (Lyrics in alt text)
neutral · AI labelView post →I bought this game on Gamersgate and LOVED it. An excellent RPG gem. The story is truly moving. All elements of a great game are present and fantastic. You don't want to miss out on this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is on a level of bad that is beyond words. There is no need to even get into the story aspect of this game. That's like giving someone on death row another 3 months of jail time. Who cares? The level design is beyond atrocious. It's illogical, stupid, brain dead, and a huge waste of time. It takes a 10-minutes maze to get into a town/village. You'll be doing this numerous times because of quests and sToRy. The game calls them dungeons or something (I don't f**king remember, you'd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Epic fights, good story, and character development with nice Graphics! If you like this kind of RPG games there is nothing to think about..... Buy this game! :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwZdwMKRmR8
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Skip this title and go for better RPGmaker games. I'll keep this short: Early game is awesome. Good action and decent writing. Later the usual JRPG grinding and massive dungeons come into play and it becomes a test of endurance. The #1 review of this game lists very accurately the bad sides this title has. (and i am being much more lenient here on the writing) Oh i know fans of JRPG just love this but for me once the interest starts to wane it doesn't get better by throwing more of the same…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's a few rules to properly follow the bsky gaming community: > Quest 64 is the greatest game of all time > The Sega Saturn and PC-98 library of games are the equivalent to the Holy Bible > You've got the power to be his friend > It's Moonchild > OooooooOoooh
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is what one would expect from an Aldorlea game, as in it has a good plot, nice characters, and is fun. The Moonchild of the title is an 8-year-old princess, who is kidnapped. Her mother, Queen Calypso gathers a bunch of friends to search for and rescue the child. As well as punish those behind it. If you go into this game not expecting more than the usual, you should be fine.
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