Last updated on January 3rd, 2026 at 02:53 pm
Moth Lake – Entertainment Game Review
Moth Lake is a Entertainment/Puzzle/Adventure game from Stefano Mazzotta, first launched in 2nd December 2022.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 10+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Moth Lake Stand Out
Synopsis:
This is the story of Moth Lake,
a small town that, behind its peaceful facade, hides a terrible secret.
Only a group of teenagers, with a difficult life, will reveal what has been hidden for generations.
Mysterious events will intensify starting from the eve of a solar eclipse,
and our young friends will start a journey into the shadow and into their own soul.
What to expect from this game:
In short:
•2.5D pixel art (Frame to frame animations, as if we are still in '90s)
• Simple controls (Supporting touch screen, mouse, keyboard and controllers)
• Unconventional puzzles (Don't worry, there's a free walkthrough if you need help!)
• Stealth-action
• Choices that will change the bonds between the characters as well as the spirit of the experience (Just like in life, a choice can make the difference between friendship, love, hate, life or death)
• Thrills, suspense and horror (Not a survival game, but it can be creepy or scary at times)
• Bad humor and strong language (They are teenagers, don't judge them)
• At some point this experience might even move you to tear (I'm not crying, I just got a pixel in my eye)
• 6 different endings
• A soundtrack that is original, suggestive, and exciting
In detail:
Moth Lake is a story-driven experience, with a lot of textual contents (more than 20k words), and hundreds of different scenes (more than 300 scenarios).
The script is a long journey through a mystery, through horrors and through the characters hearts.
It contains dark topics and very sad stuff, but also a lot of nonsense jokes and weird conversations, so it's hard to say whether it is a horror game or not.
The main characters move around a 2.5D world, interacting with many hotspots and NPCs.
They can pull objects and perform a set of specific actions to solve very different puzzles.
The artwork is a modern pixel art, with a big colour palette and a lot of frame-to-frame animations.
There's a very large set of animations, including talking, walking, running, crouching, crawling, pushing, climbing, sneaking, punching, throwing… and much more.
Scenarios have some modern lighting/shading work, with particles effects and a constant use of parallax, to simulate a 3D environment.
There are 6 main characters and more than 50 NPCs, with their own look and personality. You can control 7 characters through the main story and more in the additional chapters.
They all move their eyes, they change facial expressions, and they have some peculiar behaviours.
As the story proceeds, the player has to take some choices, affecting the characters mood and sometimes even the plot.
For most of the time the player controls a character surrounded by his/her friends.
Each one has some kind of skill to be used at the right moment, and sometimes even their personality will be important to solve a puzzle.
Some puzzles can be solved by a single character, while other must be solved using the whole squad cooperation.
As I said, the game aims to give psychological horror vibes.
So keep in mind that this game is not for everyone! Some scenes are disturbing, some scenes may give you anxiety, and some other scenes are extremely sad.
Characters are constantly called to face their difficult past, and to go through their scary present.
They need to hide, to take terrible decisions and sometimes even to fight for their lives.
…But after all, your choices can lead you to the best possible ending, and if you fail, you can always try again.
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Moth Lake is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Bug fix
Download & Availability
Moth Lake is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We love this game so much, its full of puzzles and we are a loyal player. Only thing that was a bit of a eh was having to pay on iPhone while you have it for free on Android. But we dont mind supporting an amazing game.
We are always on the lookout for point and click adventures especially with good writing. Ive probably played the majority of the selection available on the Apple Store, and they start to run together after a while. This game, Moth Lake, stands apart. Its so unique and interesting and hand-crafted. Many games now try to avoid any dialogue or story so that they can sell in global markets and the game suffers as a result and really loses some soul. So something like this that is not afraid to create unique characters and make risky jokes is a breath of fresh air. The many multiple endings is just so ambitious and must have been so difficult to implement. We wish we could get ourselves to replay it and save more people. Or we wish there was another way to explore the other story branches without a restart. We cant wait until the dev makes another game, Ill instantly buy it. However, we hope they make a more traditionally controlled point and click adventure (monkey island style). We prefer the puzzles and dialogue and a >1D map with demarcated locations to the side scrolling. The arcade and stealth elements are lost on us.
Great gameplay long, smooth, good graphics. Funny & creepy. Point & click & action all in one, but they let you choose easy or hard which we like, sometimes idw a hard game just a good story. It made us go back and buy his all their games, and we will be looking for more in the future.
Money well spent on this game but if you are a android user reading this it will probably be free.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.9
- Size: 120.53 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: AR, BE, CS, EN, FR, DE, EL, HU, ID, IT, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TL, TR, UK, VI
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes, Frequent/Intense Horror/Fear Themes, Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Stefano Mazzotta
Last updated: 24th December 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Puzzle | Developer: Stefano Mazzotta