Moons of Madness

Moons of Madness throws the player into a unique, first person, psychological horror game, combining Lovecraft influence with hard sci-fi.

69 21 March 2020

Adventure Puzzle Horror Science fiction Survival

Moons of Madness is an adventure developed by Rock Pocket Games, released 21 March 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6.5 hrs to finish.

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What Moons of Madness is

Moons of Madness is an adventure game developed by Rock Pocket Games and released in 2020. It was published by Funcom. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The message confounded Orochi scientists. Their analysts broke it down and determined it was of intelligent origin. Orochi management immediately concluded that the discovery was too sensitive for public knowledge and moved to keep it hidden. In secret, the corporation began construction of Invictus, a state-of-the-art Mars research outpost designed to identify the true nature of the message. You are Shane Newehart, a technician stationed at the Invictus and your security clearance means you are completely unaware of the existence of the mysterious signal. Your job is simply to keep the lights on until the transport ship Cyrano arrives bringing with it a new team to take over your duties…

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 23 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Moons of Madness holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6.5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-760 / AMD Athlon X4 740 or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 460 or MX150 / Radeon R7 260X. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Moons of Madness launched on 21 March 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Moons of Madness — frequently asked questions

When did Moons of Madness come out?

Moons of Madness was released on 21 March 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Moons of Madness?

At minimum, Moons of Madness needs Intel Core i5-760 / AMD Athlon X4 740 or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 460 or MX150 / Radeon R7 260X graphics, 15 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Moons of Madness?

The main story of Moons of Madness takes around 6.5 hrs, or 7 hrs for 100% completion.

How many GB is Moons of Madness?

The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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