
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 🦋💕
No genAI was used in the development of the story, the art, the code or any other creative aspect of the game.
Translations to English have been made without the usage of any machine translation tools.
For translations into Chinese, Japanese, French & Polish I tried to avoid using machine translation tools as well, but used google translate and DeepL for some sentences where I coudn't find a good fit in references or dictionaries. For the next project I will work with translators for these languages.
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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Love this relaxing game. I've gotten into native plant gardening in my own hometown and am fascinated by the relationship between bugs and their host plants. It's nice to see some moths from a habitat that is different from my own! The UI experience has been really good; navigating around has been intuitive. I plan to keep playing at a leisurely pace and am looking forward to filling out the garden once I've finished the moth notebook!
An amazing small game for people who, like me. loves moths!!!
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Languages: English, German, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese
Hours played at review time, across 93 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Very short point-and-click collecting game. Incredible amounts of love went into this little project and it shows. Lovely art, awesome moth facts, and a jaunty little backing track.
I have but one word for this game : ADORABLE ! I had such a great time collecting moths, learning about them, decorating the garden and petting the cat. The background story is very touching and adds a lot to the atmosphere. I also love the balance between cosiness and science (i want to learn more about moths now!!). It's quite easy so if you need challenge and difficulty to enjoy a game, it might not be for you. But if you yearn for a breath of fresh air away from our chaotic world, go for it at once ! Edit : I have a slight problem but i don't know if it's me being useless or if it's truly impossible. I wanted to play the game again and it seems like you can't start a new game once you're done ? Even by uninstalling and re downloading the game ? That's too bad, i would have loved it.
this game made studying moths feel like collecting Pokémon. 10/10
Gorgeous art, calming meditative gameplay, with some fun little easter eggs sprinkled in.
This game is perfect for moth lovers and people who just want to relax. I LOVE MOTHS!!!
This game is a delight! All the environments are very peaceful and I had a lot of fun decorating them and searching around for new moths. All the illustrations of the moths in their different life stages were beautiful and I appreciate the zoom feature in the journal that lets you look at them up close. If you're looking for a calming game to play for a few hours, you can't go wrong with this one. This is a real gem and I'll be coming back to decorate the habitats a lot more whenever I feel like I could use a cozy half-hour of moth-watching. All the outdoor habitats are lovely but I want to also point out the Apartment as an element of the game I especially liked. Having an indoor moth habitat and giving the player items like yarn and flour and tea leaves to attract the moths that like to live there is such a thoughtful way to encourage players to reframe how we think about the bugs we encounter in our spaces sometimes; not as pests getting into our stuff, but as neat little animals that we coexist with. If there's one small bit of constructive criticism I could offer: I think it could've been fun if the shop didn't tell you exactly which moths are attracted to each object you can buy. It would introduce an extra element of learning if the player could discover through observing the habitats which moths like each plant/decoration and then use that knowledge to pick what they need from the shop. The way the shop works now is still very good - it was helpful for tracking down the last couple eggs I needed for my journal - but just thought I'd mention it. Thank you for making this, Ivi. I hope you have a good day too. :)
This is a super cute cosy little moth game. The gameplay loop is simple, the premise is simple but it is so wonderfully wrapped in a beautiful artstyle, music, game design, and - the best part - moths! I tend to speed through games, and I do wish I had paced myself a little more and took a little more time to enjoy the vibe of this Mothkeep. Mothkeep is a game you can feel the love the developer has put into it. For a couple hours of cosy moth-y gamey goodness, this game is cheap and if you're unsure, this is your sign to just try it :)
Unglaublich ruhiges und entspannendes Spiel. Gerade die perfekte Länge, sodass die Mechaniken nicht langweilig werden.
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