Cinders

Cinders

Released May 2014

A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

87% positive · 793 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $19.99
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Evaluation

Cinders is a visual novel / interactive story that launched on May 1, 2014 as a complete, self-contained experience. The store description makes no mention of planned expansions, post-launch content, or ongoing development — it describes a finished narrative with 120 decision points and multiple endings. The only DLC ever released is the game's soundtrack, which shipped on September 7, 2020 and adds no gameplay content. Developer news posts since launch have been limited to technical maintenance: a major engine port in June 2018 (Update 1.2) to improve compatibility with modern systems, and gamepad support added in February 2019 following the game's Nintendo Switch release. The earliest post after launch, from July 2014, announced MoaCube's next game (Solstice), signaling that story development on Cinders had concluded. The last developer communication was the February 2019 patch notes — now several years in the past — but given the game was always a finished narrative product with no post-launch content cycle, this silence is entirely consistent with a completed game rather than abandonment. There is no announced future content, no unreleased DLC, no roadmap, and no pattern of ongoing story updates.
Evidence
The only DLC is the game's soundtrack, released September 7, 2020. No gameplay or story DLC has been released or announced.
dlc listing · Sep 7, 2020 source content shipped
high
Just two months after launch, the developer announced their next game (Solstice) on Greenlight, signaling that development on Cinders was complete.
news post · Jul 1, 2014 source development ending
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Sep 2020

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
MoaCube
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

BREAK THE FAIRY TALE!


Cinders is a witty young woman living with an overbearing stepmother and her two daughters, as if she was reenacting a certain well-known fairy tale. But unlike its protagonist, Cinders is not afraid of taking fate into her own hands. Even if it means breaking the rules...

The game takes a look at four women and what made them who they are. It’s a story about freedom, dreams, sisterhood, and finding your own Happily Ever After that may not exactly agree with the stale morals of classic fairytales.

With multiple endings, 120 decision points, and over 300 choices, Cinders gives you total control over the main character’s personality and how her story unfolds.

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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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