The Moon Sliver similar games & best alternatives

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The Moon Sliver

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

What works

  • Strong narrative and atmosphere
  • Immersive psychological horror experience
  • Non-linear exploration
  • Low price point
  • Short, focused gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short length
  • Minimal gameplay challenge
  • Basic graphics and presentation
  • No save feature
  • Some minor ui and puzzle frustrations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Reveal The Deep

  • Born Into Fear

  • The Old City: Leviathan

  • Conarium

  • CINERIS SOMNIA

  • Layers of Fear

More violent

Games that feels like The Moon Sliver but with more combat and destruction

  • Fingerbones

  • A Wolf in Autumn

  • Palmyra Orphanage

  • Morphine

  • Infliction

  • Witch's Doll

More intense

Games that feels like The Moon Sliver but with a more intense feel

  • Understanding, The Game

  • ColdSide

  • Love, Sam

  • CONCLUSE

  • Scauage

  • Summer of '58

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Fingerbones

  • Iron Lung

  • Dread X Collection

  • Dread X Collection 2

  • Butcher's Creek

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with The Moon Sliver. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with The Moon Sliver. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Moon Sliver: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026