Game details
- Players
- 1–2 players
- Category
- Arcade
- Creator
- Tailorgame
Borrow a moment. Become a legend. Escape six moonlit chambers of precise jumps, hidden traps and sword duels, solo or in private two-player co-op.
Open the game, choose online play, create a private room and share its invitation link with your friend. Players sign in before joining. The public share link below opens the overview; it does not join a private room.
History and origins
Moonlit Palace draws on cinematic platform adventures, especially Jordan Mechner’s Prince of Persia, created on Apple II in 1989. Careful movement, dangerous gaps and readable sword encounters matter more than constant speed. Tailorgame’s original six-chamber escape uses its own couriers, traps and palace artwork. Private cooperation shares control of one courier through handoffs; it is not simultaneous two-character play or an official Prince of Persia release.
The Tailorgame edition
Escape six chambers before dawn. Arrows move and jump; J attacks, K parries, R rewinds, P pauses solo. Grab ledges, avoid traps and defeat Wardens. Solo has device saves; private two-player co-op shares one courier. English game controls.
Full playing guide
Escape before dawn
Guide Nara through six original chambers in fifteen minutes of active play. Defeat every Warden and reach each far-right exit. Optional moon seals reward exploration. Moonwater restores two of five hearts.
Movement and traps
Focus the play area. Arrows or WASD move and jump; Space also jumps. Hold Jump near an edge to grab it, then press Jump again or E to climb. Down moves carefully or drops from a ledge. Jump over spikes and pits. Cracked floors fall after half a second. Blades flash amber before closing. Pressure plates open a gate for eleven seconds. Labeled touch controls are available; in-game controls are English.
Steel and borrowed moments
J attacks. Hold K while facing a Warden to parry its raised blade, then counter while it is stunned. R returns to recent safe footing and heals one heart, even after death; each chamber grants three rewinds. Retrying a death restarts that chamber and costs fifteen seconds. P pauses solo; leaving the tab also pauses it.
Solo saves and private co-op
Solo stores a command replay on this device every ten seconds and at chamber changes; Continue validates it before restoring. Only a new completed solo escape reports practice points: 18,000 plus 1,500 per seal, minus 500 per death and ten per active second, with a 1,000 minimum. Online results stay in the room.
Two signed-in players share one courier in a private room. The host starts or rematches; either player may end the expedition. Control passes at chamber changes or with Pass control. The active player moves locally in half-second batches validated by the server; the partner watches synchronized snapshots. Network checkpoints can briefly hold movement. Time advances only through input. After an uncertain write, refresh rather than repeating it. No account credits are spent.
About the inspiration
Moonlit Palace is an independent original cinematic platformer inspired by Prince of Persia (1989): deliberate jumps, ledge grabs, readable traps and sword duels. Nara, the palace, artwork, maps, six-chamber story, rewind rules and cooperative mode are original. It is not an official Prince of Persia product.
Moonlit Palace rules: a cinematic escape before dawnFrequently asked questions
How do I play Moonlit Palace?
Escape six chambers before dawn. Arrows move and jump; J attacks, K parries, R rewinds, P pauses solo. Grab ledges, avoid traps and defeat Wardens. Solo has device saves; private two-player co-op shares one courier. English game controls.
Can I play Moonlit Palace with friends?
Open the game, choose online play, create a private room and share its invitation link with your friend. Players sign in before joining. The public share link below opens the overview; it does not join a private room.
How do I invite someone to Moonlit Palace?
Open the game, choose online play, create a private room and share its invitation link with your friend. Players sign in before joining. The public share link below opens the overview; it does not join a private room.
Is Moonlit Palace free to play?
Playing supported games is free. You can read this page without an account; sign in when you choose Play.
How does the scoreboard work?
The board ranks each player’s best saved solo practice score for this game. Equal scores share a rank. Use Refresh scoreboard after saving a result. Practice points are browser-reported, not verified competition. Online match results stay in their private rooms.
What is the history of Moonlit Palace?
Moonlit Palace draws on cinematic platform adventures, especially Jordan Mechner’s Prince of Persia, created on Apple II in 1989. Careful movement, dangerous gaps and readable sword encounters matter more than constant speed. Tailorgame’s original six-chamber escape uses its own couriers, traps and palace artwork. Private cooperation shares control of one courier through handoffs; it is not simultaneous two-character play or an official Prince of Persia release.
Do I need to install anything?
Play in a modern browser with JavaScript enabled. No separate game download is needed. Available keyboard and touch controls are described in the playing guide.