Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society was officially announced back in 2019 for Japan, and it eventually released later in 2020 for PS4 and PS Vita. This release is a follow up to the excellent Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk, and it has finally been released in the West on not just PS4, but also Nintendo Switch, PC, and PS5. For my Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society PC and Steam Deck review, I will cover the PC port, how it runs on Steam Deck, and more. This is one of NIS America’s best releases yet, and an essential for dungeon RPG fans who don’t mind very long games.
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society PC requirements
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society was originally a PS Vita and PS4 game brought to Nintendo Switch later in Japan. The PS4 version likely served as a base for the other ports including this PC version. Given how well it runs on Steam Deck without any issues, I wouldn’t worry too much about this on your setup. It can also scale down quite a bit if needed.
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society PC minimum requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11
- Processor: Core i3 3210 or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GT 440 1GB, Intel HD Graphics 4600
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 16GB available space
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society PC recommended requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11
- Processor: Core i5 6500 or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 16GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX560 2GB, AMD R7 250X (2GB VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 16GB available space
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society PC graphics options
You can adjust depth of field, bloom across different scenarios, and you also have a few options in the game’s display and graphics options menu found on the final page of the in-game options. This lets you adjust the Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society resolution up to 4K and down to 320 x 200, window type (window, borderless, fullscreen), toggle v-sync, adjust the frame rate limit (30, 60, your display refresh rate, no limit), toggle FXAA, and set the texture size that seems to affect most if not all 2D elements to either HD or 4K.
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society PC control options
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society has keyboard, mouse, and controller input options. The controller support even lets you change the button prompts manually to use PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, auto select, keyboard, and one more option. You can adjust the cursor size as well. The key config menu lets you adjust the controller and keyboard options. The text input does require you to use the on screen keyboard as a part of the game’s UI as opposed to using your own hardware keyboard though. When using a keyboard with mouse, you can use the mouse to select interface options and also the direction to move while in a labyrinth. You can position your cursor close to front, back, left, or right to move as well. It isn’t an ideal way to play, but the option is there.
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society PC performance – frame rate and resolution
When I first booted up Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, I wasn’t expecting any issues given the previous game I played on the same setup, but was still curious how it would run. Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society has an uncapped frame rate on PC, and looks great. The high resolution portraits and 2D elements help a lot, and the game itself looks and runs perfectly. I played it on a laptop with an AMD Ryzen 5-3550H processor (2.1GHz Base speed up to 3.7GHz), 16GB DDR4 RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GPU for my testing. I also obviously played a good amount on Steam Deck.
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society on Steam Deck
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society runs flawlessly on Steam Deck with low power consumption and a solid 60fps when set to 720p. You can also force a higher resolution if you want through the Steam Deck settings. I didn’t bother doing that to save on power here since it looks and runs great as it is. I didn’t have to change any Proton version or anything. The only thing to keep in mind is text input is like playing on Windows where you will need to use the game’s in-built text input for things like names.
Is Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society on Steam Deck the best way to play it?
Unlike some recent releases that see both visual and performance improvements on Steam Deck compared to Switch, Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society mainly offers a performance bump on Steam Deck. I would play Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society on Switch or Steam Deck as I prefer playing DRPGs on a portable, but if you don’t care about that, the PS5 and PC versions are the way to go. I wouldn’t recommend the Switch version if you just want to play on your TV and have no other option.
Should you buy Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society on PC and Steam Deck?
If you’re curious how the game itself is, Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society is one of NIS’ best releases in years and a brilliant dungeon RPG with tons of depth, great music, and an excellent story. My main complaint with the game is it will take you far too long to see the true ending. Without spoiling things, expect a Persona 5 length experience here if you want to experience the actual finale. Barring that, it is an easy recommendation for fans of the genre regardless of if you played Labyrinth of Refrain or not. It builds on that game by offering more of everything while delivering a fantastic story. The best parts about the gameplay are sadly spoilers, and this post written by a friend of mine definitely echoes my sentiment about Galleria’s magic. I will be covering more of the story and gameplay in my dedicated review of the console versions in the near future.
Having now played Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society on all platforms, it is a great release and is worth getting regardless of where you play as long as you enjoy dungeon RPGs. The PC port is great, and it runs flawlessly on Steam Deck. If you were hoping to play and sync between your PC and Steam Deck, Steam Cloud is also supported. If you’ve never played a game in the genre before, this might be a bit too complex, but it does a great job introducing its mechanics. Expect to put in a lot more than 50 hours if you’re going to try and see everything Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society has to offer. The wait for Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society to hit the West has been long, but it was worth it with how well it turned out on all platforms.
Hopefully my Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society PC and Steam Deck review helped you decide if NIS’ newest dungeon RPG is worth your time. Check it out on Steam here.
