Moon Observatory Iris

Moon Observatory Iris

batensan · May 1, 2021 · Otome, Visual Novel, Anime, Story Rich, Fantasy

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Moon Observatory Iris price by region

Moon Observatory Iris costs £15.49 in the United Kingdom, €16.79 in Europe (EUR), $19.99 in the United States, $19.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$22.79 in Canada, NZ$24.79 in New Zealand, A$28.95 in Australia, R$37.99 in Brazil and zł71.99 in Poland right now.

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RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £15.49 £15.49 — 1
Europe (EUR) €16.79 €16.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $19.99 $19.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $19.99 $19.99 — 1
Canada CA$22.79 CA$22.79 — 1
New Zealand NZ$24.79 NZ$24.79 — 1
Australia A$28.95 A$28.95 — 1
Brazil R$37.99 R$37.99 — 1
Poland zł71.99 zł71.99 — 1

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About Moon Observatory Iris

✦ AI summary

Moon Observatory Iris is a visual novel where you play as Iris, a Purifier helping souls move to the afterlife until encounters with immortal Magicians unravel dark mysteries about your world. Balancing humor with genuine emotional weight, this story blends lighthearted fantasy charm with themes of death and loss that reportedly leaves 75% of players in tears.

Iris works as a Purifier, a person who helps souls of the deceased move on to the afterlife. Her fate changes after coming into contact with the Magicians, half-immortal beings who watch over the MO worlds. Interacting with them, the mystery of the MO worlds' origins will come to light.

Don't be deceived by the lighthearted parts--despite the fun fantasy setting, MO isn't a world that will let you survive with something as flimsy as "the power of friendship."

This is a story written to make you both laugh and cry. At the very least, it has a lot of puns and glasses jokes. This game has a 75% "made me cry" rate, according to the survey.

✦ Characters ✦

Iris: The heroine. A gentle, awkward, and surprisingly brave girl who tries her best.

Rieffe: Iris' kind but detached childhood friend who always worries about her.

Lanneis: A strict and sarcastic person who glares and pushes up his glasses way too often.

Reqieu: Used to be Iris' teacher. Serious, but gentle and low-key sarcastic.

Septem: A serious, kind, and dutiful boy who likes flowers. He's kind of shy once you talk to him. Always polite.

✦ Warnings: light/moderate blood, themes of death
✦ Standalone game but with references to the other Magical Otoge games (Ciel, Anholly)
✦ Stretch goal bonus routes added for free after purchase milestones (details in the Google Form after purchasing the game)

This game is a straightforward visual novel, so there's no walkthrough necessary. It will be very obvious when a choice will affect the ending. After clearing the game once, a guide will appear in the Extras that explains how to get the Good/Bad Ends.

Moon Observatory Iris — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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Moon Observatory Iris is a visual novel that players praise for its beautiful art style, engaging worldbuilding, well-written characters, and refreshing humor, with the story deepening meaningfully across multiple playthroughs. The main complaint centers on the skipping system lacking a clear timeline indicator, making it difficult to track where you are in a route's storyline. Players consistently recommend the game to fans of otome visual novels, highlighting its substantial length and replay value as excellent value for the investment.

Recommended Jul 14, 2023
It's the kind of game that gets better the more you play it. It blossoms into a wonderful story that gets deeper through each playthrough. True to word, I feel healed. I liked Reqieu's route best--it made me ugly cry multiple times. Huge fan of the art style and sense of humor. The only improvement I can think of is being able to see the history when you skip to the next route-specific scene. A lot of times I wasn't sure where along the storyline was but couldn't check. Thank you for developing such a wonderful game!
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Recommended Apr 3, 2023
This game is so beautiful, it deserves a lot more love and attention than it has. - The lore and worldbuilding are great. - There are lots of wonderful characters and they are all equally lovable. - The art is gorgeous and soft. - The music is atmospheric and engaging. - Shoutout to Rieffe my love <3 For a longer and more detailed review, I invite you to check out the review on my blog: https://mikkisuniverse.com/beautiful-otome-moon-observatory-iris-review/ (shameless self-promotion b-but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless)
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Recommended Nov 23, 2023
I love Auggie so much, he is such a precious boy. <3
Recommended Mar 5, 2023
I adore the fantasy aspects/ worldbuild and the fast paced writing of MOI. The writing style is on the more refreshing side compared to other OELVNs I've played (completely subjective tho). I'm only at the third route despite playing for 8.5 hours, and I consider myself a fast reader so you can see how much the game has to offer! Great game, please support the dev as much as you can!
Recommended Feb 26, 2023
This game is great!! As you can see for how long ive played at this current point, thats alot!! and ive onky done one route, honestly if you have the money for it, i would definetly reccomend this! its really well made and ive enjoyed it aalot, i especially loved "henry" and the humour in this game! aand also the straight fowardness, as im a bit bad at ques haha, but anyways i really enjoyed how well its written, the art style, so many endings! i appreaciate the develo[pers hard work and wish them luck!! also if your reading this no pressure but i wouldnt mind a henry route haha, but i understand coding is hard and such and you have other things to do! just a thought if you ever have time! edit: sorry for bad spelling haha
Recommended Jan 29, 2023
This game was spectacular. The jokes were funny, the characters were interesting, the drawings were stellar. Everything was in my opinion way worth the money. After playing through all the routes I can confidently say that I'd buy the game again if I needed to!! I love replaying it. The skipping system is also very good, and I love haw you can just mouse scroll up to reread text. After playing a few visual novels this one is definitely my all time fav. It's pretty long, so you definitely get a lot for your money. And with 5 routes (at the time of this review) and 4 friend routes (again, at the time of this review) there is a lot to explore and see. Overall, if you like otome games, this is for you.

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