Monster Sanctuary on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.

Monster Sanctuary is a creature collector, pixel graphics and turn-based tactics game developed by moi rai games and published by Team17.
Released on December 08th 2020 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 11,189 reviews of which 10,264 were positive and 925 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Dual-Core, 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB, Radeon HD 4870 512 MB
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Windows Compatible Sound Card
MacOS
  • OS: MacOS Mojave 10.14
  • Processor: 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphic 4000 or Equivalent
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 14.04
  • Processor: Dual-Core, 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB, Radeon HD 4870 512 MB
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
It's a solid experience overall, but I think the game gets even more exciting after reaching max level and unlocking all monsters. At that point, you can experiment with countless builds and synergies, and every monster is viable in some way. This really makes you think a lot, especially with the tough keeper challenges that constantly push your team to its limits. If you're into experimenting or theorycrafting, you'll likely enjoy the game thoroughly, but if you just want a fun Metroidvania or creature-collector experience, there's still plenty for you to enjoy too.
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Dec. 2024
One of the best Monster/Creature Battling Games out RN. Difficulty is pretty good overall, some points can be decently Challenging. There is only 111 monsters, but the amount of variety you can make a team with is honestly insane, ALL monsters are viable, which is a Big Plus IMO. If you like Creature Collecting/Pokemon I would HIGHLY recommend this.
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Sept. 2024
Such a good game. Easily worth the full price imo. The team building and exploring are where it's at for me. Story is kinda mid but better than what you find in certain other popular monster collector games. The entire game seems designed around maximum fun with minimal hassle. There's no carry capacity, storage limits, no need to run back and heal, and yet somehow it remains challenging enough to reward putting effort into your strategies and gear setups.
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Aug. 2024
One of my favourite games, surprisingly. It has the team-building aspects that Pokemon lacks, and the replay value is massive. It is a game that is easy on the brain to play, which is great for when I'm staring at the computer screen feeling too tired to play games.
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July 2024
Its such a pity because I know I would of absolutely loved playing this as a kid. The premise is so simple yet unique, tame monsters, use them to battle other monsters. collect them when you win and train them to get stronger, gotta catch em all , why didn't anyone think of this before ? Fortunately I'm still a child trapped in a 40ish year old body so its not really an issue enjoying this much more then I probably should.
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Monster Sanctuary
8.9
10,264
925
Online players
143
Developer
moi rai games
Publisher
Team17
Release 08 Dec 2020
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