If you want a farming sim with a little more bite, Moonlight Peaks is now out in the wild. It takes the comfortable rhythm of a cozy life-sim — plant, tend, befriend, repeat — and pours it into a supernatural town where you play a vampire and the neighbours are werewolves, witches and mermaids. This page is our running summary of what’s actually confirmed, kept deliberately separate from the things players are still documenting.
The pitch in one line
You’re a young vampire who leaves the city behind and moves into a creaky family cottage in a sleepy mountain town. By night you work a glowing farm, study magic, and slowly get to know the townsfolk — some of whom you can fall for. The developers at Little Chicken Game Company have leaned into the comparison to Stardew Valley, and it’s a fair shorthand: same gentle loop, very different wardrobe. (We put the two head to head here.)
What you actually do
A few systems are confirmed and form the backbone of the game:
- Farm by moonlight. You grow enchanted crops and luminous flowers across three planting types and four seasons, and use magic to keep everything thriving. Process the harvest into wine and more to actually make money.
- Cast spells (for mana). Local witches teach you a whole list of spells — watering, maturing crops, clearing rocks, summoning rain, even a Witches’ Circle teleport. They cost mana and you cast by drawing runes. You also brew potions like the Alter Ego Elixir that changes your appearance.
- Mine the caverns. Beneath the town lies a combat-free system of caves and catacombs full of ore, crystals and treasure that feed your tools and furnace.
- Shapeshift. Two confirmed forms: a Hell Kitten that tills for less energy, and a bat for fast travel — see shapeshifting.
- Raise magical livestock. Barnyard animals include the wonderfully named Draculambs, plus sheep, piggoats and chickens, and you can keep a three-eyed Hellkitten as a pet — see livestock.
- Live cozily. Fishing, foraging, cooking, embroidery, flower arranging, the Nokturna card game, seasonal festivals, and collectible critters like soul blobs and vampsters round out the slower pleasures.
For the full breakdown, start with our beginner tips, the first-week walkthrough and the farming guide — or jump to the big 25 things early players wish they knew once you’ve got the basics.
Romance and the seven families
A big part of the draw is the cast. Coverage has cited anywhere from 15 to two dozen romanceable characters, with the developers saying that roster may grow over time. Character models are intentionally gender-neutral so you can romance anyone regardless of how you build your own vampire. Woven through it all are seven families whose histories — and secrets — you gradually uncover. We track them on the Seven Families page and profile the cast in the characters codex.
Release, platforms and the demo
Moonlight Peaks launched July 7, 2026 on PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 and Android (Google Play Games), with XSEED Games publishing in the Americas and Marvelous Europe in Europe. A free demo is still available if you want to test the vibe before buying. The full buying breakdown lives in our release date and platforms guide. Wondering whether it’s any good? We track every hands-on verdict in previews & early reception, and go behind the scenes on how the game was made in our art & development feature.
What’s still unconfirmed
Still some big gaps. Fine numbers like exact crop sell-prices and mana costs scale with quality tier and spell rank; the individual guides track the confirmed values. We do now know a lot that early coverage didn’t — the crops list, spell list, the expanded characters codex, and confirmed mechanics like marriage (you can even turn your spouse into a vampire) and no children. Where this wiki states something that isn’t nailed down, we mark it expected, reported or ⚠️ demo build until the launch build is fully documented.
