Monster Train

Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

Monster Train is a card battler, rogue-lite and card game game developed by Shiny Shoe and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment.
Released on May 21st 2020 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 20,568 reviews of which 19,758 were positive and 810 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 7.35€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Monster Train into these genres:

Card Battler Rogue-lite Card Game Turn-Based Tactics Deckbuilding Rogue-like Turn-Based Strategy PvP Difficult Strategy Roguelike Deckbuilder RPG Turn-Based Combat Choices Matter Procedural Generation Colorful Fantasy Demons Trains Magic

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Core i3
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: IGP or better
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 2 GB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

Overview: Essential - Equal or Better to Slay the Spire An essential deck building card game with an element of tower defense that is easy to get into and deep enough to stay hooked for hundreds of hours. Unlike Slay the Spire or other rogue-like deck builders, Monster Train is more about rewarding the player than punishing them and as a result gratifies every minute you spend with it. The Good + The Bad Deck Building + Play Styles Like many deck builders Monster Train starts you out with choosing a base card deck (clan) that has a few commons, uncommons, a rare and your champion. What is different in Monster Train is that as you go through various battles and subtract or add to your deck, you will also upgrade cards and chose a secondary clan to your deck that will offer a different style of game play via card and artifact rewards. In battles you will position your units on one of 3 levels and in a specific attack order that will factor into the strategy of how damage is done to opposing units (and vice versa). Your secondary clan choice and the multiple champions offered for each clan have an immense impact on the number of strategies and combos of game play Monster Train offers. Each run in Monster Train will unlock cards to be used in later runs but the game also has several layers of aesthetic unlocks that keep you invested in winning runs and replaying the game. No run feels punishing or worthless and that appreciation for the player's time seems increasingly like a rarity in this day and age. Art Style + Music The art style and music are proficient and serviceable. The aesthetics in particular are reminiscent of Blizzard via Hearthstone and WoW. And while I don't find them a detriment to the game I am left wishing they were more idiosyncratic and unique to what currently feels too familiar to its influences. Technical [*]300+ hrs with No crashes or problems. [*]Opens full screen (unlike some indie games) with plenty of options that can be tweaked. [*]The game is suitable to run on a potato PC. Conclusion This is an essential game. It is unique within the genre to the point it deserves to be played by those that are fans of card games as well as those that are simply curious about what card games have to offer. Anyone that has a wider appreciation of games above CoD should find plenty of enjoyment in Monster Train. Bonus Tip for Newbies If you screw up a fight (or a selection) you can restart it by exiting to the main menu and continuing your game (as long as you do it before the end of the battle).

Aug. 2024

Monster Train Monster Train is roguelike deck building game in which you are on a train that is heading towards hell. Gameplay Is Monster Train just another roguelike deck building game? Not really. The twist of Monster Train is somewhat unique since you have a total of three lanes that you are defending from incoming enemies. Usually, without special modifier or boss abilities, the enemies will start on the first floor and will, if you don’t defeat them, continue going up until they reach your pyre. You lose when your pyre hits zero health points, so you better make sure to defend it with everything you have. There are different factions that each come with a unique playstyle, their own units and champions as well as spells and you have to mix those well since you usually combine two factions with each other which gives the game more depth and a bunch of combo potential. There is a total of three big and a handful of smaller bosses that you need to defeat to win. Personal Note Now, I’m probably not the only one that instantly thought of other roguelike card games that seem to be released in endless waves ever since Slay the Spire popularized this genre and you are probably right to think of games like Slay the Spire, Inscryption, Banners of Ruin or Across the Obelisk since they all have something in common: Roguelike and roguelite games mix well with deck building & card games and that applies to Monster Train as well. The game was recommended to me by a friend and during the last Steam summer sale I finally pulled the trigger & bought it and it hooked me instantly. The art-style, the music, the somewhat unique gameplay and the fact that you can make battles harder for more resources from the get go is just an overall plus in my book. Something else that is positive is that the text of abilities is clear to read and super easy to understand which means that people that are new to roguelike card games will have a good time from the very beginning while people that have been playing similar games might instantly cook up great combinations. After every battle you can decide on which things to go for. For example, on the left lane, there might be a merchant that lets you upgrades spells, a random event field and you get a unit for your main faction and on the right lane, there is a merchant that lets you upgrade units, a merchant that offers artifacts and a field that lets you choose a unit from your supporting faction. After every bigger boss fight, you can choose between some upgrades for your pyre and you get to upgrade your champion as well. There’s something negative that I want mention: Some buffs and debuffs are just a bit unfair to deal with. If the randomness is on your side, you might build up insanely good combinations that can fall flat almost instantly in certain encounters. The sab and frostbite effects are just very strong and can be hard to deal with at times; although it’s a very good thing when your enemies have endless stacks of frostbite on them – it goes both ways obviously. The soundtrack fits to the rest of the game and the art style just goes well with all the monsters and champions of the game. There is a multiplayer mode called “Hell Rush” but I haven’t tried it out so I’m not sure how good or how much fun it is. I usually just go for normal or daily challenge runs; the latter is sort of multiplayer but not really at the same time. Monster Train also offers community challenges that you can create yourself and play challenges that other players created. There are also mods for Monster Train but I haven’t tried any of them since it’s probably best to play the base game for a while before messing around with mods. Rating Pros [*] Great art style and aesthetics [*] Good soundtrack [*] Factions feel unique and change up the gameplay [*] Interesting idea for some cards and factions [*] Daily challenges [*] Progression system [*] Mod support Cons [*] Some runs seem unwinnable at times [*] Some buffs and debuffs are annoying to deal with Conclusion Would I recommend buying Monster Train ? Absolutely! The game is fun and I just like it a lot. I believe that newbies and veterans of the roguelike / roguelite & deck building genre will enjoy playing this game a bunch. The daily challenges as well as the progression system itself keeps me going and despite sometimes feeling that runs are super hard to win – it’s a good game which has quite a bit of replayability which is very important for such games. The price tag of 24,50€ might seem a bit high but if I knew how much I like the game, I would have bought it without a discount but I understand if you think that the price might be a bit high for you personally. You can always wait until Monster Train goes on sale and give it a shot then. 8.5 / 10 “ Hell, our home Frozen when heaven extinguished the pyres. But one spark, is enough to reignite a revolution. ” – The Narrator If you found this review helpful, feel free to visit my [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38665896/]curator page.

April 2024

I don't like how the difficulty is leveled. In short, your run seems to be going well until you suddenly hit a wall of difficulty: Game over. It's not progressive, you don't feel the difficulty increasing little by little. You go through normal fights very easily, and suddenly the boss appears and atomizes you. So nice game but a bit frustrating because the defeats are very sudden.

March 2024

Similar to slay the spire, less RNG and better in my opinion. Underated game.

Dec. 2023

While my playtime says 19 hours here it's only because monster train is leaving gamepass soon and i had to buy it here. This game has provided me with 100's of hours of entertainment. If you like roguelike deckbuilders you'll probably like this. It's one of my favorite games.

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