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Games like Moonlight

If Moonlight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dadish 2, Pru the Pigeon and Viola: The Heroine's Melody — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its relaxing soundtrack enhances atmosphere, cozy and melancholic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Moonlight: Moonlight is a short game, about a little character named Kinubo and his quest to the moon! Kinubo finds himself in a new village while looking for help on his quest, but most don't accept his presence. The only way you'll ever make it to the moon, is to win them over!

2016IndieWindowsby Monkeymaw
Moonlight — Steam game cover
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Emotional story with a bittersweet endingHat based contests grant magical powersRelaxing soundtrack enhances atmosphereCozyMelancholicRelaxing

Players who liked Moonlight also play

Steam players who put hours into Moonlight also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Dadish 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Moonlight.

    Top pick for Moonlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    He’s a dad and a radish, and he’s back in his biggest adventure yet! Help reunite Dadish with his missing kids in this charming and challenging platforming adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Pru the Pigeon

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Moonlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Viola: The Heroine's Melody

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Moonlight.

    Third-strongest match for Moonlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Viola: The Heroine's Melody is the musical Platformer/RPG! After failing at violin practice for the hundredth time, Viola becomes trapped inside her instrument's fantastical world. Join her adventure to find her way back home, aided by the diverse ensemble of friends she meets along the way.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Grapple Dog

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Moonlight.

    Ranked #4 for Moonlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Moonlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES is a colorful and absurd action-platformer about Buckethead, a hero past his prime, in a world that, let's be honest, has seen better days...

    2026ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. BZZZT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Moonlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!

    2023ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Pepper Grinder

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Moonlight.

    Ranked #7 for Moonlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Pepper Grinder is an action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode that allows you to dive in and out of the earth like a dolphin swims through water.

    2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Moventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration with Moonlight.

    Ranked #8 for Moonlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    100 moves, 2 buttons, 0 tutorials. Master a massive moveset hidden within a D-Pad and 2 buttons. Conquer +100 levels in the ultimate movelike precision platformer.

    2026IndieAdventure7.40 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Grapple Dog

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Moonlight.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. BZZZT

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!

    2023ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Pepper Grinder

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Moonlight.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Moonlight.

    Pepper Grinder is an action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode that allows you to dive in and out of the earth like a dolphin swims through water.

    2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Moonlight

What games are most similar to Moonlight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Moonlight are Dadish 2, Pru the Pigeon, Viola: The Heroine's Melody.
Who developed Moonlight?
Moonlight was developed by Monkeymaw.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Moonlight.

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