
Mothkeep is a short singleplayer moth documenting game where you step into a peaceful nature sanctuary and discover its native moths, one journal entry at a time. ✒️🦋
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In Mothkeep you'll explore whimsical and colorful habitats of a peaceful nature sanctuary where you carefully spot and document moths in every stage of life: from tiny egg to sparkly adult.
Expect ~ 1-2 hours of cozy moth-spotting in nature.
Discover a range of different moth species and each of its growth stages. All based on real life examples and facts!
Each habitat has its own native moths waiting to be discovered. Hover over the environment to spot subtle hints and reveal hidden moths. Try to get a good look at each of them with careful timing and patience.
Some moths are shy or simply hard to spot.
With colorful flowers, sweets and other treats, you can find them more easily. The shop offers everything you’ll need. Including hints to where certain moths prefer to appear, helping you track down missing entries in your journal.
Placing these items in the habitats will actively attract moths, helping your search and making the handcrafted environments even brigther and more lively.
Short creature-collecting game:
Roughly 1-2 hours of calm and cozy gameplay.
The perfect snack for a stay-in evening or a chill side-game while in group chat.
Simple game mechanics:
Hidden object exploration with a relaxed moth-spotting mini-game.
Calm feel-good summer vibes:
Enjoy summer in nature! Happy little accidents open the door to new adventures.
Real world inspiration:
Learn about a curated selection of moths from Central Europe.
No open-world exploration.
No long quest chains or epic storylines.
No multiplayer, no PVP, no trading, not an idle game
No spiders.
Hey, I'm ivi and this is my very first solo Steam release. In consequence some things might not be perfect, but I'm willing to make reasonable changes, if friendly & constructive feedback is given. Thanks in advance!
During playtesting it also became clear that the game ended up being shorter than I originally planned. However, I'm very happy with the experience it offers, so instead of artificially stretching it, I decided to keep it short and focused, and simply set a lower price instead. I hope this feels like a good compromise.
I really hope you enjoy this little game 🦋💕
Take your journal and see what’s hiding among the flowers.
Whether you’re here to complete your journal or simply enjoy a quiet moment in nature, Mothkeep is waiting! 🦋
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Languages: English, German, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese
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As a moth breeder and a gamer, I can't believe there's a game that fit my 2 interests 🥹 I really appreciate the game focused on more lesser known European species (although the lacks of Sphingidae hawkmoth is a bit of a shame cause Deathhead is so cool and they're migrants to Western Europe). I play this on steam deck with trackpad for mouse and bumper for clicks, it works well but the texts can be way too small/uncomfortable to read.
Отличная игрушка на вечерок, жаль очень короткая и проходится всего за 1.5 часа. Надеюсь в будущем увидеть новые локации и мотыльков
Very cute design with drawings of real moths with actual facts about them. There is also a bit of story but it is more background than important. I played the demo and my only problem about the final release was I was sad about how short it turned out to be. I do think it is good for the price considering this is an indie game and I did have a lot of fun playing it.
Very cute game, you get to find and identify various Moths! As well as decorate different areas to attract new ones. Highly recommended if you need something cozy for ~2 hours!
Sehr schönes, entspanntes Spiel mit nett verfassten Fakten und spürbar viel Liebe <3 Hat mir wirklich viel Spaß gemacht und ich hoffe, in Zukunft noch mehr von der Macherin spielen zu können :)
Delightful game. Challenge is low and I'd say this is truly a quick little novella of a cozy game. Art style is relaxing and has the feel of walking through a children's book. The underlying story is subtle and bittersweet. Just enough to lend depth to the game without trying to bog down a short, fun, little side quest. I look forward to, perhaps, having our MC take Galina's passion to far off countries where we can collect even more exotic moths that may be more challenging to catch! I was eager to play the finished game since playing the demo just a short time ago and I was not disappointed.
Ein super schönes kleines Spiel über das Dokumentieren von Motten. Eeeeeendlich! Schon so lange suche ich nach einem Spiel, welches sich explizit mit Motten beschäftigt und hier ist es. Von den Grafiken der einzelnen Motten bis hin zu den Dekorationsobjekten und den wundervollen Beschreibungstexten, mit dem Spiel hatte ich eine richtig schöne Zeit. Danke für Mothkeep! Und ich konnte außerdem die Motte identifizieren, die mir den Basilikum auf dem Balkon leergefuttert hat. Ich hoffe es hat geschmeckt liebe Gammaeule :D
If you like moths, you like the scientific/biological discovery aspect of nature, and you want a quick cozy fix this is a nice game. It is VERY short if you're quick with it, I was able to 100% the game in 1 hour but then went back to read through everything I had found. There was obviously a lot of love put into this game, I'd love to see extensions if possible maybe even with other aspects of nature or different seasons.
i’m autistic and one of my special interests is moths (in case you couldn’t tell by my profile), so you can imagine how excited i was for this to be released. i was not at all disappointed! this was such a fun and cute little game, and i really enjoyed the sweet story intertwined. i loved learning even more about moths, and my favorite new moth i learned about was definitely the one that releases cyanide when it feels threatened (six-spot burnet). that’s cool as hell. and, in case anyone is wondering about steam deck compatibility—i played this on steam deck and it played perfectly with no issues!
Cozy, calming and nature loving game <3. If you enjoy games like Bug & Seek, you will definitely like this one. Pros: + Story <3 + Art + Cuteness + Children friendly + Educative (I never thought of moths like this before) + Calming game feel I really hope a Galina and Taras adventure will continue! ~ PirateSloth YouTube ~
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