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Moonlighter

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Moonlighter
Moonlighter cover
Developers
Digital Sun
Publishers
11 bit studios
Engines
Former Unity 2017[Note 1]
Unity 2019[Note 2]
Release dates
Windows May 29, 2018[3]
macOS (OS X) May 29, 2018[3]
Linux August 16, 2018[4]
Reception
Metacritic 74
OpenCritic 82
IGDB 82
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres ARPG, Roguelike
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Fantasy
Moonlighter on HowLongToBeat
Moonlighter on IGDB
Moonlighter on MobyGames
Moonlighter on Wikipedia

Moonlighter is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and scrolling ARPG and roguelike game.

General information

Official Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched from the executable.[5]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
GOG.com key
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Complete Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Discord (unavailable)
Discord
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC The DLC includes new weapons, armors, potions, enemies and mini-bosses.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain any microtransactions.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Between Dimensions
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\11BitStudios\Moonlighter\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\11BitStudios\Moonlighter\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.config/unity3d/11BitStudios/Moonlighter/
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/606150/remote
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\11BitStudios\Moonlighter\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\11bitstudios.20925BA3921E0_gwy9gn5q9j1y6\SystemAppData\wgs\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.config/unity3d/11BitStudios/Moonlighter/
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/606150/remote

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Pillarboxed but partially fixable or try p1xel8ted's fix here.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Fullscreen is a borderless windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
FPS is unlocked by disabling vsync.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, GUI
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
OpenGL 3.2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Quad 2.7 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
ATI Radeon HD 5770
1 GB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Quad 2.7 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
ATI Radeon HD 5770
1 GB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Quad 2.7 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
ATI Radeon HD 5770
1 GB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2017.4.1f1[1]
  2. Unity engine build: 2019.2.7f1[2]

References

  1. {{Refcheck|user=Jams3223|date=2019-02-18
  2. Verified by User:Jams3223 on 2023-07-11
  3. 3.0 3.1 Moonlighter :: MOONLIGHTER | Official Release Date Trailer
  4. Moonlighter :: Moonlighter - Update 1.7.9 | Hotfix and Linux!
  5. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-07-27
    Renaming the launcher program and data folders still allowed to run the game from its .exe