Posted on: April 16, 2025
EwigWandernd
Verified ownerGames: 737 Reviews: 263
Short and sweet
A really sweet and lovely experience in roughly movie length :)
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Milkmaid of the Milky Way
Description
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is a short 90s style point-and-click adventure game with puzzles, exploration and an exciting story, written completely in rhyme!
Deep in a fjord, a girl and her bovine,
Western Norway, nineteen-twenty-nine.
This is a story from Calf Ledge,
a small farm perched on a mountain edge.
It's 1920's Norway, and you play as Ruth, a young woman who lives alone on a remote farm at the end of a faraway fjord. You take care of your cows and make delicious dairy products that your friend sells in the closest town. But the dairy business is not going so well, and life on the farm is lonesome and hard. And at nights mysterious things keep happening to Ruth and her cows, making Ruth wonder: Is this the life she wants?
Then one day a giant, golden ship descends from the sky, forcing Ruth out on a journey that will change her life.
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is a story about moving into the unknown, breaking free from the past, it's a story about age, life, death and time - but most of all it's a story about finding your own place in the universe.
Deep in a fjord, a girl and her bovine,
Western Norway, nineteen-twenty-nine.
This is a story from Calf Ledge,
a small farm perched on a mountain edge.
It's 1920's Norway, and you play as Ruth, a young woman who lives alone on a remote farm at the end of a faraway fjord. You take care of your cows and make delicious dairy products that your friend sells in the closest town. But the dairy business is not going so well, and life on the farm is lonesome and hard. And at nights mysterious things keep happening to Ruth and her cows, making Ruth wonder: Is this the life she wants?
Then one day a giant, golden ship descends from the sky, forcing Ruth out on a journey that will change her life.
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is a story about moving into the unknown, breaking free from the past, it's a story about age, life, death and time - but most of all it's a story about finding your own place in the universe.
Features
- A lovingly crafted universe with hand-painted backgrounds combined with old school pixel art
- An exciting, intriguing story filled with wonder
- 2-3 hour playtime
- All dialogue and game text written in rhyme!
- Good pacing, not tooooo difficult
- Achievements
- English, French and Norwegian languages
- Autosave and custom save games
- Four earth-based cows
- Absolutely no microtransitions, loot boxes or pay to win :)
- Made with passion by one guy from Norway
Copyright Mattis Folkestad / machineboy 2016
Popular achievements
Cheese Maker
Make cheese and butter
common
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76.88%
Jumper
Jumped from the cliff
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73.82%
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Time to beat
2 hMain
2 h Main + Sides
2 h Completionist
2 h All Styles
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Critics reviews
VideoGamer
8/10
A short but sweet point and click puzzle adventure that takes you from dairy farming in Norway out to the stars and beyond. Godspeed, Ruth, you were a joy.
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7.5/10
If you’re searching for a couple of hours of losing yourself in a sweet, whimsical fantasy then Milkmaid of the Milky Way is for you. It costs less than a trip to the cinema, and great for players of any age.
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Posted on: July 14, 2025
Marodir
Verified ownerGames: 424 Reviews: 5
Short but very cute and nostalgic game
This game is quite short, but very well-made. It's almost perfectly linear, but not really something you think about while playing, as most of the puzzles and tasks are quite intuitive. The only slightly tricky bit is one of the final tasks, which introduces a different mechanic from anywhere, but without any explanation that this time things are different from previous, similar instances. That said, it's still a very entertaining short game, with a very nice story. Very charming, and I highly recommend this for people nostalgic for point-and-click games, or for those wanting to introduce younger (or older) players to the genre. Two thumbs up for me.
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Posted on: August 4, 2025
pazroman
Verified ownerGames: 214 Reviews: 2
Charming
Quick, easy, digestible, satisfying. Not a meal but a great snack
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Posted on: May 17, 2022
MadPilgrim
Verified ownerGames: 405 Reviews: 214
Milkmaid's Quest
Pretty good adventure game with unique gimmick (all game text written in rhyme).
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Posted on: August 15, 2021
dude1024
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 15
Short and Sweet!
Are you the kind of middle aged person who grew up playing 90s adventures but doesn't have as much time and energy for playing long winded titles these days? Look no further because this short but well done game is just for you.
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