To the Moon

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1509 Ratings

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  1. Maluko
    Jun 19, 2014
    8
    Gave it a 8 because of the amazing story, I can't get myself to give it a 10 because of the annoying scientists trying to be funny and their annoying "intrusion" in the story. I was deeply involved in the story eager to the next scene...and then the scientist appear and make a joke...

    If anyone read this and play it knowing beforehand of their annoyance, maybe you can ignore it, focus    Gave it a 8 because of the amazing story, I can't get myself to give it a 10 because of the annoying scientists trying to be funny and their annoying "intrusion" in the story. I was deeply involved in the story eager to the next scene...and then the scientist appear and make a joke...

    If anyone read this and play it knowing beforehand of their annoyance, maybe you can ignore it, focus on the story and eventually give a 10 to the game.    … Expand
  2. PublicNuisance
    Feb 17, 2020
    5
    I have seen a lot of praise for the story for To The Moon. This is one time where the praise was due. What I saw of the story was very well done. The problem I had was that most everything else, aside from an awesome soundtrack, was not. Had this been a kinetic visual novel I would have enjoyed it much more. Had it had better thought out puzzles, such as Rakuen, I would have enjoyed itI have seen a lot of praise for the story for To The Moon. This is one time where the praise was due. What I saw of the story was very well done. The problem I had was that most everything else, aside from an awesome soundtrack, was not. Had this been a kinetic visual novel I would have enjoyed it much more. Had it had better thought out puzzles, such as Rakuen, I would have enjoyed it much more. Sadly what I was left with was a quality story that to enjoy I had to wade through input issues; low frame rates; and poor puzzles. The input issues were such that when I clicked on a location for my character to move they sometimes would go there. Other times they would go part way and stop. The same would happen when I clicked on objects to investigate, sometimes they would go right to it and others only a bit and stop. The puzzles mostly consisted of mini games of “preparing” mementos to go further back in Johnny’s memories. To do this you had to clear away white blocks on a picture by pressing buttons that correspond to columns and rows. In doing so you would creat white blocks elsewhere. You had to anticipate where they would form (there is a pattern) and you could them clear them all. I found this pretty annoying. Even the basic puzzles of finding keys had issues at times. I was supposed to read this passage of a book to find a key hidden there but it wasn’t until the third time I read the passage that my character found the key.

    I played To The Moon on Linux. It never crashed on me once. There are no graphics options at all. Alt-Tab doesn’t work. It uses a total of 223MB of disk space. It uses the RPG Maker XP engine. The game allows you to manually save at any time outside of dialogue and has 3 save slots. There is also an auto save feature for those who prefer that. During play my GPU usage was 3-7%; my VRAM usage was 537-594MB; my CPU usage was 0-3%; my RAM usage was 2.6-3GB and my frame rate was a constant 40 FPS. Why it was stuck at 40 I have no idea.

    I got through 79 minutes of To The Moon before the I came to the conclusion that the story wasn’t worth putting up with the gameplay. I paid $2.52 for the game and would say that is very much a steal for the story but way overpriced for what I put up with for it. Your enjoyment of the game will hinge on whether you value story and whether you have similar pet peaves as me with gameplay.

    My Score: 5.5/10

    My System:

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 19.3.4 | Samsung 850 Evo 250GB | Manjaro 19.0.0 | Mate 1.24 | Kernel 5.5.2-1-MANJARO    … Expand
  3. frozenfeet99
    Jun 3, 2014
    10
    A man with a wish, a broken past, and a girl with a funny name. To The Moon is a 16 bit game with brilliant story telling, a wonderfully amazing and beautiful soundtrack that you have to listen to, characters so deep and relatable. A must play, with its subtle yet amazing references to pop cultures, including Animorphs Dragon Ball Z and Street Fighter in its dialogue. Dr. Neil Watts andA man with a wish, a broken past, and a girl with a funny name. To The Moon is a 16 bit game with brilliant story telling, a wonderfully amazing and beautiful soundtrack that you have to listen to, characters so deep and relatable. A must play, with its subtle yet amazing references to pop cultures, including Animorphs Dragon Ball Z and Street Fighter in its dialogue. Dr. Neil Watts and Dr. Eva Roseline are the perfect odd duo. This game is not one to be missed, and is immensely satisfying.… Expand
  4. ThePCGamer101
    Jun 24, 2015
    9
    A Very emotional and captivating story, it is a story well done, very well written, and good job with the RPG Maker engine... Good job to the studio for making a very nice RPG indie game
  5. TheShinyOne
    Jul 15, 2014
    9
    Beauty, pure beauty, it had me sobbing, it was so amazing. It was truly original, a game played backwards, and if you play the holiday sequel, you get an even greater feel for the two main protagonists.
  6. Allyptic
    Oct 22, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game with a huge focus on story, characters, and world-building. I don't remember the last time when the story absorbed me so much. Yes, there are few bugs here are there, but nothing game-breaking. Usually minor visual glitches.… Expand
  7. pmart4
    Apr 2, 2015
    8
    This game just goes to show that you don't need stellar graphics to create an awesome game. An inspiring and deep story, coupled with an epic music score and you can create gold.

    Serious onions!
  8. InfoGuy
    Jul 4, 2015
    10
    This game has one of the best storylines I've played through, and almost every moment of it was an enjoyable experience. The gameplay is straightforward and remains unchanged through much of the game, and the graphics are reminiscent of SNES style pixel graphics. In those two aspects it doesn't outperform other titles. However, there's a sort of charm that comes from pixelated graphics,This game has one of the best storylines I've played through, and almost every moment of it was an enjoyable experience. The gameplay is straightforward and remains unchanged through much of the game, and the graphics are reminiscent of SNES style pixel graphics. In those two aspects it doesn't outperform other titles. However, there's a sort of charm that comes from pixelated graphics, which ties in perfectly with the gut-wrenching storyline.… Expand
  9. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 20, 2021
    9
    To The Moon
    Here comes the tears.
    To the Moon is a 4 and a half hour long narrative adventure about a man who loses his wife, a couple years have passes, he is now on his death bed, and he has one final wish.. to go to the moon. He cant remember why, but this is all he wants.. so he hires an agency to come in and help him do just that.. and to do that they go into his memories and slowly    To The Moon
    Here comes the tears.
    To the Moon is a 4 and a half hour long narrative adventure about a man who loses his wife, a couple years have passes, he is now on his death bed, and he has one final wish.. to go to the moon. He cant remember why, but this is all he wants.. so he hires an agency to come in and help him do just that.. and to do that they go into his memories and slowly go back in time one memory at a time to push him on the path to joining nasa… here youll be reliving Johns life through the eyes of these two agents.. Niel and Eva.. aand their banter is hilarious, theres tons of humor here to be found across this emotional journey, theyre here just doing job, but you cant help but get attached to the love store.. unplaying out right infront of your eyes, from his last moments with his wife River, to their marriage, their first date.. the story telling here is amazing.. in each memory you have a goal, find mementos.. items that can take you deeper and deeper into Johns memories, once you find 5, you can then solve a simple picture puzzle to use that item and go back.. over and over and over, until you can finally get to the right moment to put him on his path to going to the moon..
    If to the moon a little too drawn out thouh? Yeah.. I wouldn’t cut too much from this game, but there are definitely moments here and there that could’ve been tightened up, and going through the larger memories in general just isn’t really enjoyable.. the hcarcters move pretty slowly, and youre not realy sure what you should be interacting with, youre kinda just going up to everything in sight, wondering what is it im missing, to make matters worse, though rare.. there are a couple of items where you have to be in the perfect spot to interact with it… for example the table in the beginning, he elevator towards the end.. or even walking of the stairs to the liht house in one sequence..
    Negatives aside, To the Moon is a beautiful game made even more beautiful with updated visuals, and a story guaranteed to make you cry at least twice..
    I give to the moon
    an 8.5/10    … Expand
  10. BrotatoSoup
    Nov 24, 2014
    8
    Can someone please get me a tissue! To the Moon was very emotional and I loved it! It was so good. I appreciated and valued every moment of it. From the characters to the music, especially the music! I'm not giving a 9/10 or 10/10 because the two main characters seemed to carry on and ruin the moment sometimes with their playfulness. These characters somewhat stopped doing this as the gameCan someone please get me a tissue! To the Moon was very emotional and I loved it! It was so good. I appreciated and valued every moment of it. From the characters to the music, especially the music! I'm not giving a 9/10 or 10/10 because the two main characters seemed to carry on and ruin the moment sometimes with their playfulness. These characters somewhat stopped doing this as the game progressed at least. Other than that I really enjoyed it… Expand
  11. manahe
    Nov 29, 2014
    10
    I never actually played the game, but I've seen Markiplier play it. Just before the end I couldn't handle my tears. I want to see a sequence. A true love story.
  12. hw75
    Dec 7, 2014
    10
    I expected something different from this game. Before I bought it I've read that it had a pretty good story. But after playing it I must say, it's really a masterpiece. Deeply emotional, artwork and soundtrack fit perfectly. Not really a classic computergame, more like an interactive visually presented story. Was definitely worth buying.
  13. petshopboys
    Dec 1, 2014
    10
    I played this game three years ago, but still can't forget the sad feelings it gives. Although the game is quite simple, the story and music are awesome!
  14. holland23
    Dec 30, 2014
    10
    My wife isn't a gamer by any means, although she does play NBA 2K from time to time. But as soon as i finished To the Moon, i told her she had to start playing it. It took a lot of convincing but i said it would be good for our relationship - which i totally believe. It's a beautiful story with absolutely incredible messaging. It won't take long to play through so give it a shot. It's moreMy wife isn't a gamer by any means, although she does play NBA 2K from time to time. But as soon as i finished To the Moon, i told her she had to start playing it. It took a lot of convincing but i said it would be good for our relationship - which i totally believe. It's a beautiful story with absolutely incredible messaging. It won't take long to play through so give it a shot. It's more of a visual novel than an actual game so don't expect defeating monsters or challenges.… Expand
  15. quastra
    Feb 1, 2015
    10
    There comes a time in one's life when they wonder how they missed out on such an amazing experience until now, that time comes when you play To The Moon. The work is a VN in an RPG, but irregardless it is art, it is one of the media forms that transcend simply a "game" and in our future it is among those that I want our time to be judged by.
  16. Vzhik
    Mar 9, 2016
    9
    Вспомнить о своей самой главной мечте, которая меняет всю жизнь, это стоит многого. Таких игр должно быть больше.
  17. idanidan123
    Apr 4, 2015
    10
    OMG What a fantastic game !
    Beautiful story, simple yet gorgeous design, tremendous characters and most of all- WHAT A GREAT EMOTIONAL ENDING !
    No flaws for this masterpiece !
  18. whitecrystall
    Oct 13, 2015
    10
    There has been a lot of sad games and movies however nothing has really affected me.
    This game however! the story is the most amazing thing i have ever seen in a game and its really thought out
    Sometime you see something and don't think much of it then later in the story it returns and you suddenly just GET IT! Its just so sad when you see the fate of something before its start. Every    There has been a lot of sad games and movies however nothing has really affected me.
    This game however! the story is the most amazing thing i have ever seen in a game and its really thought out
    Sometime you see something and don't think much of it then later in the story it returns and you suddenly just GET IT! Its just so sad when you see the fate of something before its start.
    Every time i hear the song For River i cry... Just play the game and don't look up anything before just go and play it.    … Expand
  19. Basquilly
    Mar 14, 2016
    10
    One of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever experienced. Is it a game? Who cares? Boasting one of the finest soundtracks in gaming history, and a gripping story to complement it, this game is an experience you'd be foolish to pass up. Before playing this game I had a firm opposition to the pixel-art style, and to games lacking in any true gameplay. After playing this game I am happyOne of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever experienced. Is it a game? Who cares? Boasting one of the finest soundtracks in gaming history, and a gripping story to complement it, this game is an experience you'd be foolish to pass up. Before playing this game I had a firm opposition to the pixel-art style, and to games lacking in any true gameplay. After playing this game I am happy to acknowledge how wrong I was.… Expand
  20. Artick
    May 7, 2015
    10
    [Spanish Review]

    Excelente juego, algo que hay que aclarar al inicio que es un juego de toma de decisiones, de "aventura gráfica". el ejemplo perfecto de que un juego puede ser de los mejores sin usar gráficos de ultima generación, el guion de esta historia es de lo mejor, son las mejores 4 horas que he jugado un RPG.
  21. AlainPerez
    May 28, 2015
    10
    El mejor puto juego al que he tenido el placer de jugar desde hace 21 años que nací.

    En esta época donde predominan los DLC, los micropagos, los juegos salidos a la venta con millones de Bugs... que un tipo haga esto y me haga llorar como una niña pequeña no tiene precio. Obra Maestra

    10/10
  22. bskierys
    Jun 2, 2019
    8
    The heart-touching story told with humor and pixel art. The story is accompanied by a great piano soundtrack that fits well into the game. this is a story of dreams that can come true.
    It is a short game, but you will remember it for years.
  23. Nuker
    Jun 28, 2015
    9
    - Good: Story, Writing, Soundtrack, Atmosphere, Characters
    - Mixed: ---
    - Bad: Gameplay

    Lovely game very touching. Fantastic writing and story, memorable characters. Must play.
  24. MsSebie
    Aug 23, 2015
    9
    To the Moon is a single player game puzzle game that is story-oriented. The game is set in a world where the player controls two employees from the Sigmund Corporation where they have the technology to create artificial memories for dying seniors so that they may live out their dreams.

    The nature of the game is very simple. The player has to walk around the memory and find 5 objects    To the Moon is a single player game puzzle game that is story-oriented. The game is set in a world where the player controls two employees from the Sigmund Corporation where they have the technology to create artificial memories for dying seniors so that they may live out their dreams.

    The nature of the game is very simple. The player has to walk around the memory and find 5 objects that serves as a key to the next memory. The game is much less a game than it is a story. I personally do not mind the simple puzzles because it doesn’t take away from the story and rather just prompts the player to do some simple mind exercise.

    Dr. Eva and Dr. Neil are the two employees that you control throughout the game, their dialogue is funny and engaging and serves a comic relief as they travel through the memories of the dying patient Johnny Wyles. His lifelong dream is to travel to the moon however when asked why, his reply was, “I don’t know why. I just do.”

    I would like to say that this is one of the most bittersweet stories I’ve ever played through and that I highly recommend it for its' brilliant story and touching music.    … Expand
  25. SergioVM87
    Jan 24, 2016
    9
    Más que un juego, es una novela interactiva. Debes resolver puzzles y buscar objetos. Es simple, pero a la vez algo nuevo para cambiar de aires de tanto matar, correr o saltar. Le doy un nuevo por ser una historia muy original y bien escrita. Recomendado si quieres despejar tu mente y jugar a algo más tranquilo y emotivo.
  26. Pitonas
    Jan 26, 2018
    10
    I normally am to lazy to write a review but this game is something. Makes you wanna laugh and cry...
  27. janosbiro
    Oct 27, 2015
    10
    To the Moon is a very different kind of game made with RPG Maker. The main objective of the game is to create an emotional effect, and it is very successful in doing that. It is about finding your way to reconnect with a lost love, even when everything is broken. It is about healing by dealing with memories from the past, and about the sacrifices you do in the hope of staying togetherTo the Moon is a very different kind of game made with RPG Maker. The main objective of the game is to create an emotional effect, and it is very successful in doing that. It is about finding your way to reconnect with a lost love, even when everything is broken. It is about healing by dealing with memories from the past, and about the sacrifices you do in the hope of staying together forever. It is about something that you said or heard that would determine your whole life from that point on. When you look at the sky and you see meaning in what could be just a set of lights, and you find someone that shares this meaning. It is about the lighthouses we build to find our way home, back to our first love. It is one of the most beautiful love stories I ever heard. I cry just talking about it.… Expand
  28. sanchouz
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    The game is amazing. The storytelling is perfect, so emotional . I cried in the end of the game. The graphic is not important when the story is perfect.
  29. ClapTrap101
    May 18, 2016
    10
    I think it is safe to say that this is the best RPG so far this century, not on the level of The Last of Us but still beautiful. Also I'm just going to say that the story and soundtrack is better than Undertale's.
  30. 4y4
    Feb 15, 2020
    8
    It's a good game. Not one of my favorites but it's alright. Worth buying if you can get is cheap.
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#40 Best PC Game of 2011
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#22 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#16 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Gamer.no
    Oct 27, 2012
    100
    To The Moon is one of those games you instantly fall in love with. With it's simple, but elegant design, incredible writing, and thrilling, heartfelt tale, To The Moon is more story than game, but what a story it is.
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  2. DarkStation
    Oct 23, 2012
    80
    To The Moon's charming sense of humor and unabashed ease with tossing around pop culture references (from Dr. Who and Animorphs down to Dragon Ball Z) kept the serious, and at times quite gloomy overtones from feeling too self-serious. And so, with John and River's tale being told, restructured and sent to the moon in a heartfelt and memorable way; I am able to walk away from To The Moon satisfied, and looking forward to the next installment in this world.
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  3. Thunderbolt
    Sep 3, 2012
    60
    If you're into having your tears tugged at, this will definitely be a change from nights spent curling up on the couch spectating those romance flicks that no one else gets. If you're someone who winds up stuck with the aforementioned individual, originally promised beer and tricked into the awkward Kleenex duty, no guilt will be harbored from missing out.
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