Mothkeep
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Mothkeep

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. ✒️🦋

DEV: Ivette SchmidtPUB: Ivette SchmidtAppID 3920300
UPDATE PULSEevery ~9d·last 44d ago·6 recent on record

Is Mothkeep still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

96.0
Exceptional

Elixir Rating

97% of 99 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 91.5. The developers have shipped 2 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 4.5.

reception 91.5·support +4.5·Exceptional

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$3.99$4.99−20%

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

yesterday

Usual rhythm

every ~6 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

2

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 6 days and were last heard yesterday — within their normal range. 2 substantial updates landed in the past six months, 1 of them major. It is currently 20% below its usual price.

Two years of development

■ substantial ■ routine

Nov2025FebMayAugNov2026FebMayAug

12 announcements · 2 substantial · 20 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

12 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsOct 1, 2026
Autumn Sale 🦋

Yay! Mothkeep's first ever steam sale! 🥰 Hope this sale gives the ones of you that didn't have a chance to grab this game before to get it & enjoy it! 🐛 & the first batch of physical Mothkeep notebooks just released! Here's a little sneak…

Community AnnouncementsAug 20, 2026
Update v 1.0.3 & some insights behind the scenes

Changes: 🦋 fixed some more spelling mistakes 🦋 drew new eggs for Siona lineata to reflect their linear structure more Behind the scenes: 🦋 I've given a talk about this game and it's creation process at my local nature conservatory group …

Community AnnouncementsJul 28, 2026
Update to v 1.0.2

I'm so incredibly greatful for all of your support and the feedback I received! THANK YOU! 💝Everything was quite overwhelming the last few weeks, but I think I was able to assemble the most pressing issues and prepared an update for you wi…

Community AnnouncementsJul 21, 2026
Games Composed In Germany

Have you seen us getting close to 50 reviews?! That's such a big achievement for a tiny game like this! 🤩 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!If you enjoyed the game and haven't reviewed it yet, feel free to do so. Every comment truely means a…

Community AnnouncementsJul 15, 2026
🦋 Mothkeep x Focus Grove 🌿 Bundle (additional -10%)

Hi,Today I want to introduce you to one of the bundle games: Focus Grove. Focus Grove is a work companion that grows with your progress. Build your farm, use productivity tools and unlock new content by completing your real-life tasks. Impr…

Community AnnouncementsJul 13, 2026
Nonbinary Coded Games

First of all: Thank you all so much for this wonderful release! I enjoyed all your kind words a lot! You made this little caterpillar (me) very happy this weekend. 💝🐛 Now to the news: July 14th is International Nonbinary People's Day, so …

Community AnnouncementsJul 10, 2026
Mothkeep is out now!

I hope you will enjoy your time documenting moths in nature! 🐛There’s been a lot of work put into UX since the first demo release, so if you only experienced that version, you can look forward to a lot of small changes since I released the…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 23, 2026
Demo Update v1.0.8 & Call to press/ content creators

More stability & a call to all press/ content creators:if you're interested in covering my game, here's a survey link for you: https://forms.gle/3cV7zoTJYHrFbDF47 Here's the demo update log:🦋 overhauled save/load system (scary, but necessa…

Community AnnouncementsJun 19, 2026
Demo Update v1.0.6

More stability fixes coming your way 🍃Big thank you to jelly, for your amazing help by providing me player-logs & feedback. 🫶 If anyone of you reads this post, be kind, say thanks to jelly! Here's the demo update log:🦋 Lot of stability f…

Community AnnouncementsJun 17, 2026
Demo Update v1.0.3

First of all thank you so much for over 9500 wishlists! This is huge! Also thank you all for your wonderful continuos feedback. I highly appreciate every message 🥰 Here's the demo update log:🦋 Letters also received a hover indicator. This…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 8, 2026
Demo Update

I tried to focus on the most pressing issues & the most reported bugs in this update: 🦋 exchanged opened lock icon with '?' for more clarity🦋 latin names are written in italics now🦋 beech forest was renamed to mixed forest🦋 *Cybosia mes…

Community AnnouncementsJun 7, 2026
German Indie Showcase

I'm super stoked to announce that Mothkeep is part of the Deutsche Indie Showcase!I'm happily representing the cozy south Bavarian part of Germany in this one. 🥨 Here you can see all the participating games: https://store.steampowered.com/…