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As a solitary Norwegian milkmaid, Ruth tends her farm, then follows a golden spacecraft into a point-and-click sci-fi mystery.
Released 04 Jan 2017
Tend a Fjord Farm
Make Milk and Butter
Follow a Golden Ship
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?
Developed by Mattis Folkestad · Published by machineboy









In 1920s Norway, Ruth lives alone on a remote farm beside a fjord, caring for her cows and making dairy products. Her quiet routine is unsettled by mysterious events and the arrival of a golden spacecraft.
Play as Ruth as she explores her surroundings and sets out on a journey beyond the farm. The story blends everyday rural life with science-fiction mystery.
The game uses point-and-click exploration: inspect locations, gather and use objects, and solve puzzles to progress. Dialogue and narration are written in rhyme, and the adventure is designed to take roughly two to three hours.
Players who enjoyed the game often praised its unusual rural-to-sci-fi story, gentle atmosphere, and soundtrack, along with Ruth as a protagonist. Some also liked the rhyming dialogue and short, approachable adventure, while others found the rhymes distracting and the puzzles too simple or reliant on trying items in different places. Reactions to the art style were mixed.

| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 6 |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 74/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |