Rusted Moss

Rusted Moss is a 2023 Metroidvania video game. The game has the player control Fern, who wakes up in a world that has become a wasteland of aged machinery and long-forgotten creatures called Fae. Equipped with weaponry, she explores the world, battling the various remaining machinery and Fae she comes across to recover the stolen pieces of an entity known as Titania. The game involves the player exploring a 2D, maze-like environment, collecting items along the way to further progress. The controls and main form of attacking in the game are controlled by a reticle, which allows the player to fire their weaponry as well as aim a grappling hook to traverse the environment. It was developed by the three-person team, credited as happysquared and sunnydaze from Singapore, and faxdoc from Norway. Rusted Moss was published by Playism and released in 2023 to home computers via Steam. It was released to various video game consoles the following year. Rusted Moss garnered "generally favorable reviews", according to review aggregator website Metacritic with reviewers commenting on the grappling hook mechanic and the game's higher level of difficulty.