Moonlight thief

Moonlight thief is a top-view action stealth mystery role-playing game set in an early-20th-century village. You play as Nero, who becomes the vigilante Moonlight Thief after witnessing a commoner being beaten by a noble and remembering the murder of his parents. He helps people oppressed by the aristocracy by infiltrating nobles’ mansions and returning stolen goods to their rightful owners, while also investigating his parents’ deaths.

The village and its people

The nobles plunder the common people for their own benefit, while many villagers fear challenging the social order despite resisting persecution. The Duke of Ewald arrives and introduces policies that help the common people, but his health rapidly deteriorates before significant changes can take hold, and the nobility’s harassment continues. To the villagers, the Moonlight Thief is a hero.

Infiltrate the mansions

Watchmen patrol the grounds, so you need to move quietly to avoid waking a noble or alerting the guards. You can fight guards directly or use tools and the surroundings to knock them out, such as luring them into a gap and dropping a chandelier on them or triggering traps. Each mansion contains many secret tunnels and stolen items. The town has six mansions, built by an eccentric architect, and each has its own gimmicks and minigames to clear before you can obtain an item.

You return recovered items to their rightful owners. If you hand an item to its owner in person, take care not to be seen: the owner may identify you to the police if questioned later. Your heroism affects your bounty and the size of your prize. Recover enough stolen items to unlock part-time jobs in town and earn money; six jobs are available, including Boss Rush.

Investigations

Alongside mansion infiltrations, you follow people, track them down and investigate crime scenes to uncover clues about Nero’s parents’ deaths.