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Moon Studios

Austria Founded 2010 Website

Moon Studios is an independent video game development studio, founded in 2010 by Thomas Mahler (former Cinematic Artist at Blizzard Entertainment) and Gennadiy Korol (former Senior Graphics Engineer at Animation Lab). The company mainly focuses on highly refined gameplay mechanics within its products and prides itself on an excessive 'iterative polish' process. Moon Studios is a distributed development house: All team members are spread throughout the world, allowing Moon to work with the best and most talented people in the games industry. In 2011, Moon Studios became a Microsoft First Party Developer and is now working on Ori and the Will of the Wisps.

Moon Studios at a Glance

Moon Studios has been active in the gaming industry from 2015 to 2024, with 5 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Platform, Puzzle, with additional titles in Role-playing (RPG). With an average community rating of 85.6/100, Moon Studios is among the highest-rated studios in our database -- 4 of their rated titles score 80 or above. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Ori and the Will of the Wisps (88.9/100). Games from Moon Studios are available across 5 platforms, most notably PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch.

5
Total Games
85.6
Avg Rating
2015
First Release
2024
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Adventure
45%
Platform
36%
Puzzle
9%
Role-playing (RPG)
9%

Platform Spread

PC (Microsoft Windows)
4
Xbox One
4
Nintendo Switch
3
Xbox Series X|S
2
PlayStation 5
1

Release Timeline

2010s
2
2020s
3

Rating Distribution

4
80-100
0
60-79
0
40-59
0
0-39