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Monster Sanctuary

A pixel art monster collecting game featuring sideview visuals, metroidvania like exploration and challenging turn based combat.

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Steam User 5984STEAMNot recommended

给差评是因为没有中评，而我实在不想给好评，因为在游戏过程中我的窝火一定大于我的快乐。首先不得不承认在类宝可梦的元素上做的相当优秀，瑕不掩瑜。但是过度的类银河恶魔城的跑图和解密设计对于这种类型的游戏一定是扣分项。是非常有意思的游戏，画风音乐等方面我也很喜欢，但是作为贯穿游戏始终的地图设计实在是让人窝火。看到这里就行了，后面是骂人的话。[spoiler]我真是操死你的血妈了傻逼东西，搞个几把傻逼图，这也要解密那也要解密，你会设计你妈逼的地图，跑图还有各种跳跳乐真他妈折磨，你老鸡巴念念不忘你那个跳跳乐还有推箱子干几把呢。老子把你扔到你妈的子宫里去跑图去。 [/spoiler]

Mar 26, 2026·10h

Steam User 5856STEAMRecommended

A pretty good game, solid gameplay.

[b][ GRAPHICS ][/b]
Beautiful, I love a good pixel game.

[b][ STORY ][/b]
Clearly not the focus of the game. It's simple and straightforward.
But that's why I like it, it doesn't try too hard.

It gives you a reason to go around without distracting you from the gameplay.
It does go a bit too fast at times, a moment or two that are supposed to be somewhat emotional kind of fall flat because there was no build up.

[b][ GAMEPLAY ][/b]
The platforming is simple, with a few quirks here and there to keep things fresh.
Monsters have special abilities that can be used outside of combat, pushing you to come back to various areas to unlock new rooms.

The combat is balanced, each monster is viable, thanks to the different systems interacting with each others :
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[*]Base stats
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[*]Each monster has it's own base stats.
[*]The stats of a monster are tailored to fit the skills available to them.
[*]Whatever monster is your favorite is entierly viable through the entire game.
[*]Skill trees can increase you base stats to fit a specific build.
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[*]Equipement
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[*]You can equip 1 weapon/tool and 3 items on your monster.
[*]They may add some stats (allowing you to capitalise on a monster's speciality or compensate a low base stat if you want)
[*]They may grant some passive skills (ex: chance to apply poison on critical hits)
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[*]Skills
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[*]Each monster has several skill trees.
[*]You get 1 skillpoint per level so you can't unlock everything.
[*]But you can (and should) explore multiple trees.
[*]Each tree tends to have skills that synergize well with other trees.
[*]For example, one tree may contains a skill to increase crit chance on multi-attacks and another may contain a skill that heal you on critical hits).
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I appreciate that you can't brute force your way through things by overleveling.
As you progress through the map, the enemies will remain close to your level.
It forces you to actually build a proper team.

The sheer variety of skills also prevent you from sticking with a single all-purpose team.
You will have to switch things around and actively counter your enemies or use a strategy they themselves can't counter.
You can have one monster setup buffs for your team, another debuffing the enemy, allowing the third to lay waste to the enemy team, ...

Mar 25, 2026·34h·Verified

Steam User 6566STEAMRecommended

great game!

Mar 25, 2026·64h·Verified

Steam User 8166STEAMRecommended

Before you buy: This is not Pokemon. It is the same genre, but very different. Anyways, I think it's good. But this game is not easy. It's hard. You'll be fighting the wild monsters and you'll be thinking "I am SO good at this!" but every once in a while you'll have to fight a trainer with 6 monsters, and they're very strong. It's the game's way of telling you "You thought you were good, HUH?" and you're sitting there like "what just happened". All things aside, game is good.

Mar 24, 2026·7h

Steam User 5959STEAMNot recommended

In a nutshell: tedious, excruciatingly long, dullest possible dialogues, all about the incessant monster fights.

This game does not care about:
- telling a compelling story (language learning apps have better dialogues)
- an immersive atmosphere (the graphics is perhaps supposed to be nostalgic, the music / audio can be completely turned off and it changes nothing)
- exciting exploration
- interesting logic puzzles

Don't get me wrong, all of these elements are there, but they make you feel the developers had a personal vendetta against anyone who dares to care about anything other than the monster fights.

What this game cares about: optimization. Constant, never-ending, mind-numbing adjustment of stats via hundreds of new monsters (with utterly boring and completely irrelevant backstories), weapons, gear, skill trees, food items and gadgets to tailor your monster team to win fights against other monster teams. And you have to know what skills, strengths and weaknesses each of the hundreds of monsters have to be successful against the specific set of monsters you're currently fighting against. Even if you don't care about optimizing everything as if this is a Formula 1 race, the game forces you to engage with this. Sure, at the lower levels you can grind, and grind, and grind, and finally brute force your wins by simply leveling up above your opponents. But once your monsters hit level 42, they can't level up any more and then you have to repeat the boss fight you absolutely have to win to progress in this jungle of boredom again, and again, and again, and actually pay attention to it and figure out which monsters to attack first with which other monsters to finally get on with your life. Such fun! And that's on Casual!

But perhaps you are curious to explore the vast world and the many, many differently colored areas of the gigantic map. Why not? Here you go, more monster fights, and occasionally chests you sometimes need to solve some either completely obvious or not-worth-my-time puzzle to get an apple to feed to one of your monsters so it gets 3% extra crit chance or whatever. But what about the areas you can't access yet, because you need to find a new monster from the opposite end of the map, grind, grind, grind to level up to beat it well enough (not just simply win) to get a monster egg, hatch it, find another super specific trinket to evolve your new monster so that you can finally use it to open the special door you saw way back when you started the game? Then you get another chest, with another apple! (or linen, or some weapon, or whatever)

And the dialogues! They are so utterly boring you'll find the ingredient list on your cereal box more entertaining! This game completely lacks the wit and ingenuity of old-school point-and-click adventure games. Even if the story isn't half bad the game puts zero effort in telling it and the lobotomized dialogues urge you to skip them. Which turns out to be a mistake because at some point in the game you don't know where to go next on the ginormous map to progress.

So, if constant stats optimization to win otherwise utterly meaningless fights makes you happy, then knock yourself out. If not, this game is absolutely not worth it.

Mar 24, 2026·62h·Verified

Steam User 0153STEAMRecommended

Una auténtica obra maestra que demuestra que el género de colección de monstruos todavía puede innovar y deslumbrar.

Mar 24, 2026·36h·Verified

Steam User 8353STEAMRecommended

Świetna gra, niezauważona perełka w sklepie steam. Zaskakująco dobrze zrobiona, grafika jest ładna, muzyka genialna fabuła jak w przeciętnych pokemonach czyli brak. Ale sam koncept na grę jest dobry. Łapanie stworków i sposób na ich trenowanie jest świeży i oryginalny. Kombinacje ich umiejętności i synergie ruchów potrafią być ZABÓJCZO przyjemne w tworzeniu. I fajnie że gra ma bossów z teamami posiadającymi mocne combosy, podkręca to poziom trudności :).Warto zaznaczyć że rozgrywka nie ma z pokemonami zbyt wiele wspólnego. Najlepszym porównaniem byłaby mieszanka JRPG-ów i metroidwani.
Eksploracja z metroidwani, walka z JRPG-ów.
Poziom trudności jest wysoki, ale sprawiedliwy więc osoby szukające wyzwania to uszczęśliwi. Grind jest. Pomijanie zbyt dużej ilości walk może doprowadzić do problemów z levelem. Walczenie ze wszystkimi stworkami na drodze jest wskazane.

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Jeśli jesteś fanem walk turowych to bierz i graj w ciemno. Grę tą pokochasz. Dla reszty polecam zagrać, ale może być nudna bo powtarzalność walk jest tu spora. Dla mnie ta gra trafiła w sedno 10/10, ale ma ona wady dlatego...
8.5/10

Mar 24, 2026·21h·Verified

Steam User 0701STEAMRecommended

This game is peak. Story: 11/10 Art: 10/10 Gameplay: 20/10

Its like pokemon but with alot more complexity to the battles. The roster of over like a 100 monsters is also incredibly balanced. You could argue some archetypes are better then others but you can make everything except for like long infinity arena runs. The story,art and OST is just icing on the cake. I have played trough this game twice and difficulity is prehaps the thing to complain about the most because the vanillia game feels very easy at times, especially in the endgame.

Mar 24, 2026·35h·Verified

Steam User 8616STEAMRecommended

One of my favorite creature collector games, with a good roster of monsters, simple but satisfying metroidvania elements and a story that, while not too much to write home about, serves its purpose without being intrusive during replays.

Each monster has it's own skill tree, often with a couple of possible different functional builds. I definitely understand the reviewers who consider this overwhelming, and it sure can be when you're picking up a new mon and figuring out how to build it ^^'. But it is also something that makes the game interesting, and teambuilding can be a deep but rewarding process. I'd recommend looking at the passives a monster has, as those will often play a big role in determining what other abilities you want to take.
Additionally, the monsters don't become useless in the same way that earlygame pokemon do, so if you find a design you really like you can keep it on your team for the entire game.

The overworld movement is snappy and the metroidvania elements feel rewarding, but it's not as deep as a more focused metroidvania. If you're not big on exploring yourself, your spectral familiar does a good job of suggesting where to go next, but you're free to route as you please as long as you can get the abilities needed to reach the areas. It made for some pretty funny moments looking over my BFs shoulder and seeing him in places I thought I couldn't get to until way later, despite me already having played the game once before.

Bought the game on switch first and cleared it + most of the postgame, and about a year later I got it again here on steam and 100%ed it. 10/10 would buy and play again

Mar 24, 2026·58h

Steam User 6505STEAMRecommended

TL;DR? Excellent combo of Metroidvania and Pokemon type games, with built in tools for speedruns, randomizers, nuzlok, and traditional NG+ modes. Design draws plenty of inspiration from the classics like Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night. The story isn't terribly original, but is well told.

Disclaimer: My brother bought this game for me on the Switch, and I just recently (as of the time of writing) picked it up on sale for the PC as well. I probably have close to 120 hours altogether.

One of the things I like most about this game is the flexibility.

Firstly, there is no "best monster" for you to make teams of. While some monsters are honestly "better" than others, that's mostly in how easy they are to build into a team rather than their individual stats. How your team synergize with each other in the 3 v 3 battles is MUCH more important than the strength of an individual member. As a result, thinking a monster is "cool" is a perfectly valid reason to use it, and isn't going to hurt you as you take on stronger enemies. Just make sure to build a team that takes advantage of each other's strengths.

The other part of flexibility is that after the first couple of areas, the map opens up enormously with a large number of areas opening up at once. Tools to get to new areas can frequently be found in multiple areas as well, allowing for you to choose many different potential routes through the game. Further, the level of the enemies you face in each room is set the first time you enter the room, meaning that if you can reach the area, you haven't soft locked yourself with enemies you can't beat.

Those two points combined with the built in tools make for a LOT of replay value. For a price of $20 USD? That's worth it.

Mar 22, 2026·46h·Verified

Steam User 9178STEAMRecommended

정석에 가까운 메트로매니아 맵의 탐험은 좋은 경험이었습니다.
어떤 조합이든 자유롭게 즐길 수 있을 정도로 몬스터간의 밸런스가 잘 잡혀있지만,
적도 마찬가지라서 매판마다 승리가 힘겹다보니 피로감이 누적되는 단점이 있었습니다.
유저패치로 한글플레이를 즐겼지만 정식 한글화가 없다는 점에서 아쉬움으로 남습니다.

Mar 22, 2026·35h·Verified

Steam User 6212STEAMRecommended

세상에 나쁜 몬스터는 없다
모든 몬스터를 써보진 않았지만 필요하다고 생각하는 기술이나 타입을 가진 몬스터들을 사용했을때
얘는 너무 안좋다 라고 생각든적은 없는거 같다

스토리는 다소 아쉽다랄까 진부한 편이랄까.. 하지만 뭐 나쁘지 않았고
전체적인 난이도는 귀여운 그래픽에 비해 어려운 편이나 포켓몬같은 게임에 익숙하거나 본게임에 적응한다면 충분히 해볼만한 난이도

타입은 비교적 적어 아쉬우나 조합에따라 난이도가 달라지는걸 느낄 수 있었던 게임

Mar 21, 2026·53h·Verified

Steam User 9568STEAMRecommended

Очень интересный и красивый пиксельный платформер со сбором покемонов и созданием команды своей мечты.
- Более сотни милых и не очень существ, каждое со своим уникальным деревом навыков.
- Помимо боевых навыков есть навыки, необходимые в платформинге. Классная механика, без нее было бы скучновато.
- Огромная вариативность по набору команды из трех существ. Более того, из одного и того же монстра можно сделать совершенно разные по смыслу билды, в зависимости от того, как его раскачать.
- Адекватный уровень сложности. Это не казуальная игра, где любой дошкольник сможет создать золотую команду на все случаи жизни. У каждого существа есть уязвимости и сопротивления. Тактику менять придется. Бывали случаи, как мои непобедимые билды переигрывали и уничтожали за первый раунд. Нужно думать, хотя бы немного, чтобы пройти игру.
- Минимум гринда. Если по порядку проходить все зоны, то раскачиваться будешь планомерно. Пришлось подтягивать пару уровней лишь один раз, насколько помню.
- Очень много всяких скрытых приколюх и боссов на карте. Карта гигантская, очень много зон и биомов.
- Сюжет слабоват. Но это игра для задротов, собирающих уникальную непобедимую команду покемонов, так что кого интересует сюжет. Музыка, кстати, под которую собираются эти покемоны, неплоха.
Советую поиграть любителям подобного, довольно классная игра.

Mar 21, 2026·41h·Verified

Steam User 8269STEAMNot recommended

没有中评但是我实在不想给好评，原因就是我很讨厌这个游戏的跳跳乐，并且引导较差不看攻略跳跳乐更容易卡，还有私募解密（喜欢我机关迷宫推箱子吗）。其次是剧情，经典的小孩子勇者大战坏人剧情但是最后的boss战是不是有点太敷衍了，打完以后就是“啊，结束了？”的想法。优点是有的，我挺喜欢局内养成加点的，配合好魔物会玩的很舒服（仅限对战），硬要说十分里面我可以给六分吧，但是这个跳跳乐我真的不太想给好评了。

Mar 21, 2026·18h·2·Verified

Steam User 9979STEAMRecommended

super jeu

Mar 21, 2026·35h·Verified

Steam User 1744STEAMRecommended

Monster Sanctuary's serviceable but not flashy presentation and occasionally strange creature designs I think make a lot of people write it off without too much thought, but I can't stress this next part enough: it probably has the best gameplay of any creature collection game period.

Monster Sanctuary does this in a rather simple way: it focuses on the creatures. While many games, not unreasonably, tend to share a lot of attributes in how their monsters function and define them by minute stat differences, and the occasional fully unique attack or passive ability, Monster Sanctuary outright gives all 111 creatures in game entirely individual skill trees. More than just having a unique combination of attributes, every creature in Monster Sanctuary is specialized to do specific jobs that only they can truly do. This doesn't even really come at the cost of choice, either. You can't take every single option on the skill tree so choice is still a fundamental quality, and there's often times obvious differences in potential builds. A creature might both have powerful support tools on one side of the tree and powerful offensive ones on the other, and it's up to you which one you feel fits your team better.

The other genius part is the way combat flows. Monster Sanctuary almost feels like a blueprint for the build and synergy heavy era of the modern roguelike mechanically, with every monster having unique buffs, debuffs, passive abilities that can trigger extra attacks in specific stiuations, and so-on and so-forth. Almost every party in this game feels like it could be doing an entirely different thing, which is utterly unique and interesting. It also reinvents the more pokemon-esque mechanics in interesting ways. The player almost always uses a team of 3, it only has five types, and your monsters can be equipped with items and remember infinite moves. While these might sound strange in a vacuum, in practice they do a great job of giving the player a huge amount of options to tackle problems, ensuring that you never feel like you're getting too "walled out" by an unlucky type or ability matchup, which, believe me, allow some of the fights in the game to be fairly hard by the standards of this genre.

The other notable and interesting aspect of Monster Sanctuary is the overworld. Monster Sanctuary's world is effectively a metroidvania where your movement abilities are acquired by catching new monsters. This idea is actually genius, giving you an incentive to catch every creature in the game even if you're not going to use them in battle and to thoroughly explore every single area. The environments themselves start off rather basic, but there's some very interesting zones as you approach the end of the game. Even more than that, though, the rewards for exploration are always exciting. Rare equipment with bonus effects and potential synergies with your monsters, boss fights against unique creatures that can only be obtained by finding and defeating them in hidden areas, or even massive sidequests all are hidden throughout the lovingly-designed map of Monster Sanctuary.

Frankly, writing this has reminded me how much I wish I could play this game again for the first time. It has a feeling of exploration and fun to it that I think trumps even some of my fondest childhood memories, which to me is the marker of a truly incredible game.

Mar 20, 2026·52h·2·Verified

Steam User 3311STEAMNot recommended

weapons, accessories, food, it all too much. I hit a point where I need to grind, and it's just not worth it

Mar 20, 2026·6h·Verified

Steam User 4062STEAMRecommended

VERY NICE

Mar 20, 2026·26h·Verified

Steam User 4050STEAMRecommended

monster sanctuary is overall a very fun game with many different things to gush about, however the game is not perfect and there is a lot of things that i feel could be way better.
[h1] the graphics[/h1]

this game looks really good, all of the monsters look very appealing with bright colors and each monster has a distinct look so you dont confuse one with another, the pixel art of the monsters gives them a chibi quality making the monsters very appealing to look at. the monsters arent the only part that is good to look at the world itself is really pleasing to the eyes, each area of the map is unique and different to one another, from the lush greens of the woods, to the open skies of mountain path, to even the dim, dark greys of the underworld. overall the game looks great however one small complaint i have is that i feel like your allies look a bit bland compared to the alchemists. it made me feel like i was pretty much alone in fighting them to preserve the sanctuary. the alchemists, however, look amazing. their design each gives off a threating and mysterious vibe. overall the game looks appealing with no flaws or hiccups in performance, the game looks very appealing in almost all areas if i were to grade it i would give it a 9/10

[h1] gameplay[/h1]
there are many different areas of gameplay, with varied gameplay in terms of actions and quality each having their own personality

[h2] overworld/ exploration [/h2]
monster sanctuary's overworld map is how most of the other gameplay comes together, pulling the other aspects of the game together. as a metroidvania the game dosent do a good job of being one. when going through the story most of the areas dont have many areas to backtrack to progress and most of the areas dont feel really connected. most of the rewards for exploring dont feel all that exciting to find (most of them are materials for upgrading your weapons, or sometimes a rare weapon) so it feels like most of the time you spend in a certain area following what feels like a semi linear path with a few areas to explore. i feel like this is due to the lack of powerups that allow you to change how you interact with the map and the lack of secret areas that go to other areas. one of the main rewards you get from exploring new areas is new monsters. however i feel like obtaining monsters shouldnt be tied to luck in any way, as i feel that almost forces grinding if you want all the monsters or just a specific one. i personally enjoy the metroidvania aspect of the game i just feel like it could have been handled better.
[h2] combat [/h2]
the combat in monster sanctuary is just really good. there is no other way to put it. there are many different aspects to the combat, so to simplify i am going to break down each individual aspect of combat then come back with an overall summary.

[h3] basics[/h3]
when you enter a wild monster encounter you are met with a screen showing six monsters in your team, showing all monster weakness, resists and elemental attributes. you get to pick up to three monsters to do combat, after that each monster gets one turn to do a basic attack, use an item, or use a skill. each time you deal a "hit" the combo counter goes up, increasing damage. you you can buff yourself or debuff the opposing monsters. your goal is simple: defeat the enemy monster.

[h3] keeper duels[/h3]
keeper duels are mostly the same as wild encounters, however, there are a few very important differences. for one, both teams use their full team of six monsters and it goes until a keeper losses all usable monsters. the keeper who goes first only gets two turns on the first turn. after that its pretty much the same as fighting a wild encounter.

[h3] skill trees and equipment/ feeding [/h3]
the main way your monsters gain power is through getting new skills and getting stronger equipment. new skills can either give you new or more powerful versions of skills, or they could give you powerful passives or stat ups. equipment is for more straight forward stat increases, however there are a few, more interesting equipment pieces. that give certain effects like, buffs, debuffs, and other powerful effects. you have space for one main weapon and three artifacts which mainly increase your offences, and some other stats depending on the weapon chosen. artifacts are where you can get most of the unique effects that equipment can offer. from starting the battle with a random buff, increasing direct and indirect damage, to giving massive stat increases if your monster is not shifted. most of the skill expression in this game is from looking at the skill tree and finding a set of skills that is just not only powerful for the monster using it, but also for the monsters in your team. and it is super fun to pick the perfect skills to best enable your team either through dealing tons of damage, tanking the tons of damage being thrown around, or supporting the tanks and damage dealers via healing, buffs, and debuffs.

Mar 20, 2026·58h·Verified

Steam User 5778STEAMRecommended

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Monster Sanctuary foi um achado de ouro que vai ficar marcado no coração. Faltou marketing talvez, em seu lançamento, pois fica na prateleira de relíquias entre Indie, Rpg e Batalhas por turnos.
Se inspira em Soulslike, Metroidvania e RPG's, nesse caso aqui, encontramos similaridades e ou referências sutis a Pokémon, Digimon, Hollow Knight, Dark Souls e Zelda. Então sim, tem muitos elementos de outros jogos aqui. Pra quem curte essas misturas, é diversão garantida, porém vale lembrar, não é um passeio no parque o final de jogo, terá que saber exatamente o que está fazendo com seu grupo de monstros, ou passará um pouco de dificuldade, pois o jogo não consiste apenas em ter um monstro com maior número de poder e isso bastará, pois é uma combinação sinérgica de 3 ou 6 monstros do grupo (Isso vale mais pros 100% exatamente, porém, fique atento). O foco principal é a maior soma de dano obviamente, porém, vantagens e benefícios são adquiridos em: Sinergia; Explorar fraquezas; Muitos acertos. E para 5 estrelas em monstros chefes: Sem levar dano na barra de vida; Menor número de turnos, tendo em mente que existe a fração entre os turnos também. Resultado: Mais ouro, mais recursos de fabricação, itens com qualidades mais raras, mais xp e ovos (Luz e Sombra são sempre 50% de chance). E por último, a galeria das estátuas dos campeões será o mais próximo do nível de maestria em combate, equivalente ao PvP, pois não será a mesma dinâmica entre apenas lutar na exploração ou a obtenção de 5 estrelas em chefes, aqui será a etapa final onde tu realmente entenderá o que é o jogo em sua maestria de combate.

--Qualidades--

Mapas conectados, criativos, com vários biomas diferentes, cada um representado de alguma cor diferente no mapa, e em cada um deles uma OST única. E para não perder o que ficou pra trás, marcadores talvez infinitos para se usar no mapa.

111 monstros, ou seja, pra lutas 3x3 são 221.815 de combinações possíveis, e pra lutas 6x6 são 2.264.243.157 combinações possíveis, isso sem levar em conta as ramificações Dark/Light e duplicatas.

Aventura 2D divertida, com upgrades, seja seu ou dos monstros, pra ir usando nos cenários.

Batalha de turnos com vários elementos, combinações e possibilidades. E podemos usar a velocidade x3 nas lutas pra mais dinamismo e poupar tempo.

Golpes e tipos de bichos, ambos com elementos. São eles: Neutro; Água; Fogo; Terra; Vento. Além de que existe o Dano Físico e Mágico. Além disso, uma árvore grande de habilidades, entre passivas e ativas, que exigirá raciocínio estratégico, pois temos 43 pontos ao todo e nunca podemos distribuí-los por toda ela.

OST's de qualidade, padrão de um Indie de qualidade. Sabe aquele momento em que estamos acompanhando a trama em seu ápice, e nos deparamos com um chefe imponente e vem chegando aquela trilha sonora única, específica pra aquele momento, e impactante ? É nesse nível. Meus parabéns ao compositor Steven Melin.

Como temos infinitas possibilidades de grupos de monstros, felizmente podemos salvar, carregar e nomear grupos pré-definidos.

Não existe uma tela de fim de jogo, ou seja, foi derrotado ? Repense e comece ali mesmo, com a mesma equipe, ou repense na estratégia (Desista antes da derrota, ou perca moedas).

Todos os Monstros são funcionais fora de combate e cada um tem alguma função útil.

--Pontos Neutros--

Alguns Puzzle que precisarão de Monstros com habilidades de campo específicas, ou do próprio personagem, porém, não complexos, apenas um leve raciocínio e já continua a exploração.

--Similaridades a outros Metroidvania e Rpg --

Modelo de mapa e aquisição de habilidades posteriores.

OST exclusivo pra cada região diferente.

Aqui o jogo já calcula pra você a porcentagem de dano antes do uso.

Temos lutas trio (Com outro trio reserva certas lutas) desde o início.

Podemos escolher quais bichos usar antes de iniciar a luta, no momento de topar com eles.

Regeneração de Mana, ou seja, repetir o mesmo golpe aqui, se da ao fato de Mana e não por "PP" (Número de vezes que se pode golpear com o mesmo golpe).

A dinâmica de batalha é um pouco diferente, pois o dano muitas vezes não se baseia apenas em quantidade de números e elementos, mas também pela soma do trio e quantidade de acertos iniciais e o dano final. Ou seja, quanto mais acertos e dano total, maior vai ficando a porcentagem de dano.

Pode-se resetar todos os movimentos a qualquer momento, de maneira fácil, com algum custo de dinheiro na compra do item.

Rivais, professores de treino e que guiam o aventureiro iniciante, Monstros principais que falam conosco, e aquela trupe que sempre estão a frente de ti na jornada, o engraçado é que sempre somos o principais e melhores, mas eles sempre vão na frente feito doidos.

Extrema importância estudar e especializar seu monstro.

Alguns Monstros evoluem (Bem poucos). E esses tem habilidades e atributos diferentes do antecessor.

E um ponto muito importante, aqui não precisamos depender de fatores externos do jogo (E mercenários) pra se ter o jogo por completo.

--O que faltou ou poderia ser melhor--

Os pontos de atributos dos monstros são sempre iguais.

Poderia ser selecionado manualmente, entre os 3 alimentos a se manter no Monstro, invés de ser uma ordem de chegada.

Faltou um indicador de onde encontrar os Monstros já obtidos ou vistos.

Troca de Monstros entre as pessoas, com itens inclusos.

Monster Sanctuary 2 obviamente (haha !)

NG+: Podemos levar a mesma equipe e os mesmo equipamentos, com o ponto extra + versão Dark/Light. Porém, poderia ter a opção de todos os monstros continuarem no nível 42, os equipamentos também, além de as habilidades de monstros em campo ativas.

--Dicas--

Analise sempre a árvore de habilidades. Muitos Buffs e sem ser foco máximo em dano.

Bata em todos os cantos com algum monstro de paredes ocultas, a fins de eliminar empecilhos futuros (Pros 100%).

Você irá se perder em algum conceito do jogo, aqui está tudo mastigado, só pesquisar. Além de que é muito interessante as informações, além da história e afins, que não citei lá em cima: https://monster-sanctuary.fandom.com/wiki/Monster_Sanctuary_Wiki

E por fim, meu grupo de favoritos e de forma mais simplificada possível, dos melhores, porém, com mescla de que também existam nesse grupo todas as melhores maneiras de habilidades de cenário, sem faltar nada pra aventura:

Brutus
Sutsune
Bardo
Spectral Toad
Vertraag
Araclich
Tecedeiro
Troll
Akhlut
Ferociraptor
Gryphonix
Ambargna
Rei Blob
Krakatuga
Mímico
Saltachoque

Mar 20, 2026·99h·2·Verified

Steam User 6138STEAMRecommended

Hatched 'em all! 🥚 Fun mash-up between a creature collector and a 2D platformer.

Mar 19, 2026·52h·Verified

Steam User 6381STEAMRecommended

A very enjoyable game.
The atmosphere is great, and the general play experience is very relaxing.
The metroidvania elements are good, but sometimes get a bit tedious. The battle mechanics are the hightlight of the game, with very deep synergies between abilities and monsters, though you do not get to see the depth until very late stages of the game.
The DLC gives you more of the same experience, which is what I was looking for, but there is really no need for it to experience full enjoyment from the game.
Generally I would recommend the game if you enjoy strategic battles and monster collectors more so than the metroidvania parts.

Mar 19, 2026·74h·Verified

Steam User 6396STEAMRecommended

Personally, I love the game and think it is completely worth the price, if you like gathering new monsters and like to grind and level them up. The game isn't hard too hard to start imo. but there are some stuff that takes a while to learn, such as how your monsters synergize with oneanother.

Mar 19, 2026·35h·Verified

Steam User 9393STEAMNot recommended

game feels complicated in a way that's exhausting to my brain. it feels like it's expecting me to internalize huge skill trees for all 6 of my monsters, plus equipment, plus food buffs for each of them, and make an entire balanced team keeping all of that in mind. the metroidvania elements are also very dull and seem needless to me, and the art itself feels a tad generic. definitely a game for a certain kind of number freak that isn't me.

Mar 19, 2026·15h·1·Verified

Steam User 2629STEAMRecommended

I find it very rare that I get addicted to a game that I would play solo or without a friend. THIS GAME IS FIRE THATS ALL IMMA SAY SHOUTOUT ITSSNOW FOR THE GAME REC @itssnow YOU THE GOAT

Mar 19, 2026·48h·Verified

Steam User 2296STEAMRecommended

刚上手：中规中矩的类宝可梦
1小时：挺上头，我我就喜欢猫猫一刀斩
2小时：这地图设计有意思
10小时+：什么宝可梦，我不是认识，这才是宠物战应有的样子

Mar 16, 2026·32h

Steam User 1036STEAMRecommended

Its a pretty good game! It's definetly something to reccomend if you want a way to pass the time.

Mar 15, 2026·6h·Verified

Steam User 5699STEAMRecommended

포켓몬류 게임이며 몬스터는 111마리?
나오고요. 메인 스토리는 그냥 그래요..
서브 퀘스트 몇개 없고요. 공략은 없어도
되고요 무난합니다. 클리어~

Mar 15, 2026·21h·1·Verified

Steam User 7338STEAMRecommended

What Pokemon could've been if Game Freak locked in.

Mar 15, 2026·114h·1·Verified

Steam User 1686STEAMRecommended

An awesome monster collecting game that I love spending my free time playing. High recommend it if you love the monster catching genre

Mar 14, 2026·84h·Verified

Steam User 3456STEAMRecommended

Bom jogo!

Mar 14, 2026·40h

Steam User 6906STEAMRecommended

Um jogo excelente. Sendo um jogo parecido com pokemon mas com seu proprio diferencial de monstros,tendo uma grande variedade mas o ponto que mais brilha,são as sinergias e combinações de monstros que você pode fazer livremente,diria que é mais dificil de pegar no começo mas quando você entende,fica muito recompensador pensar em uma estrategia e ver ela funcionando claramente,principalmente contra os duelistas do jogo. O jogo tambem é um bom metroidvania,combinando aspectos puzzle com os monstros que você adquirir na jornada junto de upgrades. Boas trilhas sonoras e ambientes diversos.
O jogo pode ser um tanto dificil de entender,mas ainda é muito bom 10/10

Mar 13, 2026·69h·1·Verified

Steam User 7420STEAMRecommended

its very good

Mar 13, 2026·26h

Steam User 5475STEAMRecommended

This is actually one of the best mongames I've played. If you like your classical monster taming experience and don't mind some metroidvania elements, then you'll have a blast.

I really like the monster design. Their typing is really interesting and maybe a bit chaotic at the beginning, but after a few battles it all starts to make sense. Every monster is good at something, they all have their own abilities that will help you traverse the map, solve puzzles or even see in the dark.

About combat - it's good. It isn't really hard or easy, you just have to get used to it, but what I really like is that every monster you encounter is viable. Seriously, I completed the game with a slime I got at the very start of the game.

Also fairly easy to 100%. Would recommend!

Mar 12, 2026·41h

Steam User 8863STEAMRecommended

Si Nintendo savaient faire des jeux.

Mar 12, 2026·47h·Verified

Steam User 6645STEAMRecommended

好玩爱玩

Mar 12, 2026·18h·Verified

Steam User 4143STEAMRecommended

奔着类宝可梦来的，被这个游戏的创新所惊喜，配队配招、地图解密都很有心意，地图也很大，好评。

Mar 12, 2026·22h

Steam User 1457STEAMRecommended

good game but im playing on permadeath and this practice duel assured me 2-3 times that IN PERMADEATH mode, this is just practice, we wont kill eachother, even going as far to say it goes without saying. Then proceeded to kill one of my monsters, i gotta recommend the game but thats a glaring what the hell moment thats made me real hesitant to continue that run

Mar 12, 2026·9h·1·Verified

Steam User 6092STEAMRecommended

Mar 11, 2026·17h·Verified

Steam User 0673STEAMRecommended

this game is a must buy is u like pokemon or metriod

Mar 11, 2026·15h·1·Verified

Steam User 9806STEAMNot recommended

If you're looking for an approachable rpg or a fun metroidvania, this is not it. The metroidvania elements are lackluster with most situations being a simple 'lock' that you need to rub one of your monsters on as a 'key'. Exploring is punished with rising enemy levels. You will match the level average if you do every fight, but you are never allowed to outpace it for long and it approaches the cap pretty quickly (one might argue this defeats half the point of having levels in an rpg,).

As for the rpg elements, I specified 'approachable' because I think this game is designed for the type of person who really enjoys making complicated Pokemon teams to fight online or do Battle Frontier. To reliably get new monsters, you need to get good grades in fights. To get good grades in fights you need either a large power difference or teams of 3+ monsters very well tuned to that specific fight.
Ignoring how that's already creating a recursive problem, tuning a monster requires the following: investing up to ~43 skill points in each monster's semi-unique upgrade trees, equipping each monster with 1-2 weapons and 3 defensive trinkets, choosing what three food buffs each monster should have, choosing whether to light or dark shift the monster for their different passives. It gets fatiguing when you're expected to do this for a full team of 6 and to occasionally theory-craft new teams to get high grades on important fights.

To someone who spends all their time doing Pokemon PvP this is probably actually very reasonable. It's more straightforward than managing IVs/EVs, food and equipment can be swapped out in short order, and the entire skill tree can reset with a simple item. You get the feeling that almost every monster is viable all the way to the end game.
However late-game builds turn into a vomit of 30+ actives and passives per monster in play and if you don't engage with build theory-crafting then the level scaling very quickly leaves you unable to engage with the story. Forget using your favorites or using the monsters you think look cool, you need to be competitive at all moments. So I'm leaving this review to warn the average player, but if you saw nothing wrong with what I talked about then this may be a game for you.

Mar 10, 2026·23h·17

Steam User 4121STEAMRecommended

Monster Sanctuary foi uma surpresa totalmente agradável.
Se você chegou até aqui esperando alguma similaridade com Pokémon, posso te dizer que a única coisa que tem de igual, é a captura de criaturas.

O jogo se sustenta TOTALMENTE em estratégias/sinergia entre o time.
TODA, eu disse TODA criatura nesse jogo é útil. E isso é legal pra caramba! Não existe isso de "a criatura mais forte". Lógico que tem monstrinho que tem um status maior num overall, mas se ele tiver em um time que não funciona, vai ser atropelado sem pena.
Então eu super recomendo você ver algum monstro que tenha curtido e procure um time que funcione em sinergia com ele. O que não faltam são guias mastigadinhos na internet e tá tudo bem procurar.
Acredite em mim: descobrir a sinergia de um time por si só, é BEM complicadinho.

Dito isso, o combate é de uma crocância sem fim. Você combate em trios e anda com um time de seis monstros.
Uma mão na roda, é que você pode por o combate em 3x antes de iniciar o jogo, e isso dinamiza MUITO a jogatina. O jogo em alguns momentos pede um pouquinho de grinding, mas nada comparado com um JRPG AAA por aí.

O único ponto negativo pra mim, foi a exploração, que em alguns momentos, chegou até a ser entediante.
Por exemplo: eu encontrava um lugar que sabia que precisaria voltar ali mais tarde com um monstro com uma habilidade específica. Algumas horas depois eu voltava lá, era literalmente UMA SALA COM UM BAÚ, SEM INIMIGOS, quando eu ia ver o que tinha no baú: COMIDA QUE DÁ STATUS.
Ou então eu explorava a parte mais profunda da área do mapa e simplesmente encontrava a chave pro boss, dentro de um baú, sem subchefe, sem puzzle, sem nada.
Talvez seja a proposta do jogo mesmo, ser um "COZY-VANIA" e eu fui com mais expectativa.

Mas fora isso, é um jogo BEM divertido e confortável.
Tão confortável, que a "platina" veio sem muito esforço.
Só fui explorando e fazendo as coisas naturalmente.
O jogo vale a pena, mas recomendo pegar numa promoção (paguei R$ 15,00 na nuuvem)

Mar 10, 2026·47h·2

Steam User 0472STEAMRecommended

前期有点平淡，但后期开爽，抄大佬构筑爽飞

Mar 10, 2026·41h·Verified

Steam User 1703STEAMRecommended

bought this on both the box and steam for how good this is. A very unique spin on the monster tamer genre. Not normal capturing, you must get eggs to drop from battles and then be able to hatch them. A skill tree for each monster to make their skills more powerful and add effects. A cool platformer/monster tamer hybrid. For the price it's a must buy.

Mar 10, 2026·15h

Steam User 6660STEAMRecommended

游戏很好玩，地图不复杂，难度也不是很难，但是容易卡关，需要花一定时间研究魔物阵营以及去打怪升级。

Mar 10, 2026·46h·Verified

Steam User 7010STEAMRecommended

This is one of my favorite games to date and my biggest issue with it is that I started to play it way past the point online pvp was a thing lol
Partial joke aside, as many other reviews have said, if you're looking for a chill pokemon clone, this is not the game for you! This game is built on the core of strategic teambuilding that thrives when you begin trying to minmax your builds. You will struggle immensely if you just throw a team together mindlessly and can still struggle even when trying to make things work if you don't fully understand what works good with what. On one hand, this means you will not be able to make a team entirely of monsters you like visually. On the other, I usually have more issue with looking at the skill tree of every new monster I get and being like "wow! that looks like it could be so cool to use in its proper team comp, its a real shame it doesnt fit into my current team, but i want to try it some day" than looking at a monster and just thinking "man, i really like that one but ill never be able to use it." I think that's a really cool "issue" to be having and it has led me to replay this game several times over the years just to try out different things, and every time I've had a ton of fun with it (I have another 300 hours or so on my switch for the record, i only finally bought this on the pc when my switch started to get slow enough that the platforming was frustrating where it shouldn't have been)
There also is several bonus options for new games unlocked after completing your first playthrough, like a randomizer and various nuzlocke rules split across several options, which makes replaying the game to try those other things you may have thought looked neat along the way feel less repetitive and can be combined to create some challenge runs (such as permadeath) if you really wanted
It's also worth noting that while it is hidden away in the settings, you can change the difficulty at any time in your playthrough! I usually use this to turn the difficult up to master once my team gets strong enough that fights become easy and boring, but you can absolutely turn it down if you find yourself struggling for a bit as well until you either find a monster that fits your team better or start to understand the workings of your team better and then put it back up to whatever you had it at before after with no consequences
TLDR: Not all monsters are good in combination with each other, but all monsters can be very good when built around correctly. This game likely will be difficult, but you can turn the difficulty down/back up whenever and the difficulty is what makes the teambuilding so fun/makes it feel really good when you do start getting something good going

Outside of the teambuilding aspect, I cant say the game is particularly special anywhere, but definitely its not bad either. The only thing I think I genuinely have some level of problem with is the combat ranking system. It just has never felt good/like it made much sense. But at the same time I've never had enough issue with it to where it made getting drops (such as eggs) difficult, so I don't actually mind it outside of post game when I go back to try and get 6 stars on all the bosses, only to give up and stick with 5 for most of them since I just can't figure out what it wants me to do better.
There is a story here, but it's nothing special

And personally im not a huge fan of the game being a platformer/the puzzle aspects of it. But I wouldn't say theres anything actually wrong with any of the platforming/puzzles (perhaps that if youre used to either thing theyd just be unremarkable and easy), they just aren't things I enjoy too much, I'd much rather just get on with tinkering with and testing my team more. Being able to use your monsters abilities to move around and solve these puzzles is a fun touch to the whole thing, though

All in all, if you're looking for a casual creature collector, go find a different game. If you're someone like me who loves numbers and minmaxing and extensive skill trees and all that, absolutely give this game a try, its incredible at giving you so many different options to play around with to try and find the very best combos you can use at any and every point in your journey through it (though of course, the end is where you can do the craziest stuff, and thats where i can loop back to the start of this and say i wish i found it so much sooner when online pvp was still an active thing since without it there isnt much to reach for once you've completed the story

Mar 9, 2026·56h·Verified

Steam User 8465STEAMNot recommended

The game is pretty good until you have to fight Zosimos. He is UNBEATABLE!!!

Mar 9, 2026·43h·Verified

Steam User 6792STEAMRecommended

god game..

가벼운 시작이었으나 35시간 동안
몬스터들과 함께 성장하며 느낀 즐거움과
그 끝에서 마주한 여운은 그 어떤 대작겜 못지 않았다.

탐험의 즐거움을 알게 해준 이 게임과
그리고 개발자의 영리한 설계에 깊은 경의를 표하며
이 긴 여정의 마침표를 찍는다.

덕분에 게임 인생에 잊지 못할 한 페이지를 선물받았다.

Mar 9, 2026·36h·1

Steam User 7722STEAMRecommended

Great game, story, graphics, combat and music. This game is memorable and good. A great game for Pokemon fans, Metroidvania fans and RPG fans alike!

Mar 8, 2026·58h·Verified

Steam User 0738STEAMRecommended

Good game

Mar 8, 2026·45h·Verified

Steam User 6724STEAMNot recommended

跳一跳跑图真是让人提不起兴趣。地图设计是很有思考的，有的时候一个格子没跳上去，会很丝滑地掉到最下面，然后你就需要从头来一遍。大部分时间都是枯燥的跳格子，跳了半天格子，打开宝箱，羊毛+1.这个游戏我想给90分，但由于所谓的“类银河城”玩法，我要扣30分！没错，今天凌晨，我因为这个游戏破防了！跳一跳又臭又长！

Mar 8, 2026·14h·2

Steam User 3147STEAMRecommended

Metroidvania pokemon with more strategy and customization than pokemon. It's a fantastic game.

Mar 8, 2026·201h·Verified

Steam User 5107STEAMNot recommended

设置一些莫名其妙的解密、完全不能增加游戏体验的跳格子，每一个小怪都得手动，这些东西除了恶心人还有什么用？

Mar 8, 2026·30h·1·Verified

Steam User 6355STEAMRecommended

挺好玩的，如果地图界面可以直接点击选择位置就更好了。此外，画面还可以精进

Mar 8, 2026·22h

Steam User 9818STEAMRecommended

просто прекраснейшая игра, отличный аналог покемонам с интересной системой прокачки и построения билдов, и в некоторых моментах бросает серьёзный вызов игроку, правда графика и постановка диалогов довольно бюджетная, зато замечательные и запоминающиеся саундтреки битв

Mar 6, 2026·36h

Steam User 8246STEAMRecommended

Top Tier Creature Collector/Metroidvania!

Mar 6, 2026·Verified

Steam User 5805STEAMRecommended

Solid game, played it 4-5 times and still love it

Mar 4, 2026·119h

Steam User 0933STEAMRecommended

Wanna be the very best, the best that ever was?

Well, you're looking in the wrong place. This is [b]not[/b]; I repeat, [i][b]NOT[/b][/i] a Pokemon clone. Far from it! Monster Sanctuary does what Nintendon't.

- Gameplay goes beyond being a mere creature collector/battler. It demands patience, strategy, puzzle solving, platforming, and theory-craft min-maxing of skills and stats.
- Graphically, if you love old-school pixel art, Monster Sanctuary is beautiful! (It makes me wish there was an official game cartridge release for Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. I would buy it in a heartbeat!)
- Musically, it does justice adding to the atmosphere of each biome.

If you have an itch for retro-gaming, Monster Sanctuary will scratch that itch and then some.

Mar 3, 2026·7h·1·Verified

Steam User 1978STEAMRecommended

Es demasiado bueno, enserio.

Mar 3, 2026·8h

Steam User 4692STEAMRecommended

POKEMONVANIA, recomendado.

Depois de um tempo fica fácil,

GATZEKER PARA DE ME CRITAR DISGRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAçAAA/10

Mar 2, 2026·87h·Verified

Steam User 0042STEAMNot recommended

While I think the exploration and style of the game the combat killed it for me. Its probably a skill issue but I but the difficulty on the lowest setting and was still ending up in 20-30 minute fights where the enemy just spams buffs and heals so the combat feels like an absolute slog most of the time. I would grind levels to try and outscale but each fight takes so long even when there is no actual threat to my monsters that I decided the game just wasn't for me. I also find the grading system to be incredibly boring and unfun since it seems to prioritize things like your monsters health at the end of battle, incentivizing wasting turns healing to get a better grade at the end which contributes to the length of fights being even longer or you sacrifice potential item drops. I would say its worth trying for yourself as the potential was definitely there but for me, this is the most frustrated and bored i've been in this genre of game ever.

Mar 2, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 7891STEAMNot recommended

・「レベリングで強くなるのが好き」「好きなモンスターを強くしたい」そういう楽しみ方を求めている人にはお勧めできない。
・色んな組み合わせを試して正解を見つける工程が好きな人には良い作品かもしれない。

『気軽に触れられる手頃なモンスター育成RPGとしては最後まで楽しめない』

序盤は自由にお気に入りのモンスターを見つけ、好きな組み合わせでを使って進められる。
中盤もある程度のビルドや組み合わせを求められるが、まだ自由度がある。
ここまではとてもいい手触りの作品だと感じた。

ただ後半に入るとそれが通用しなくなり、それまで出てきた多くのモンスターの中から正解の組み合わせを求められ始めるようになる。

・レベリングで解決できず、思い入れのあるモンスターはそこで封印される。そこが辛い。
・そして、とにかくモンスターの数が多い。その中から正解をみつけろと言われると、積み上がった書類の山の整理をさせられるような途方もなさを感じた。それもまた辛い。
・さらに、トライ＆エラーの繰り返しがやり難いのも難点だ。モンスター選び→育成→実践の流れがとてもテンポが悪く、リトライするのに時間がかなりかかる。

私はその時を境に、面白さより面倒さが勝つようになってしまった。

途中でゲームのテンポ感や面白さの方向が急に切り替わり、そこまでの楽しみ方を否定される気分になってしまう。
そして、その楽しみ方が自然と身に着く作りになっておらず、見えにくいフィルターで人を選ぶ不親切なゲームに思えてしまった。

難易度を下げれば先に進めるが、そうなると完全に作業ゲーと化してしまう。
ストーリー性もあまり興味の湧くものとは言えなかったので、そこまでして進めたいかというと否。
おそらく対戦を前提に練られたバランスなのだと思うが、ソロ用RPGとしてはあまりいい効果は出ていないように見えた。

いずれクリアはしたいとは思うが、現在は途中で興味を失ってしまって放置している状況です。
このゲームの求める楽しみ方をしたい気になったら、また触れてみたいとは思う。

Mar 2, 2026·24h·6·Verified

Steam User 6881STEAMRecommended

Fun monster collecting /fighting game. Art is nice and story is simple, but fits the game. Challenge of the game is nice and you don't need to grind. (Exception was for one of the final bosses). Gameplay in fight is fun and allows creativity. Sometimes got lost and some puzzles were not clear and forced to look it up.

Mar 1, 2026·44h·Verified

Steam User 7680STEAMRecommended

The metroidvenia elements of this game fell quite short in my opinion and it took quite some time for the game to get challenging enough to really start to become challenging, but once that challenge hit I found this to be a fun and engaging strategic challenge.

Feb 28, 2026·33h·Verified

Steam User 7514STEAMRecommended

Süßer als Pokemon mit viel cooleren Monstern & Mechaniken

Feb 28, 2026·21h·Verified

Steam User 3807STEAMRecommended

シンプルなゲーム性、比較的あっさりとしたシナリオ。でも凄く面白かった。
ストレスがなくて操作性が良いというのは、それだけでゲームとして強みなんだと思った。最後まで楽しめた。大満足。
マップにマーカー機能が付いてるので、動かせない仕掛けはしっかりマーカーを付けておくのをオススメします。私は機能に中盤まで気付かず、広大なクリア後マップを走り回りました。

Feb 27, 2026·39h·Verified

Steam User 2519STEAMRecommended

The game is very good. I played 19 hours almost non stop

Feb 26, 2026·19h·1

Steam User 1282STEAMRecommended

好玩，强烈推荐https://pokerogue.net/

Feb 26, 2026·86h

Steam User 8081STEAMRecommended

메트로바니아와 턴제전투가 혼합된 유니크한 맛.
다만 스토리 진행을 하다가 레벨링 차이가 벌어져 노가다가 강제되는 레벨디자인은 조금 아쉽다.

Feb 26, 2026·26h·Verified

Steam User 4970STEAMRecommended

3v3 format with lots of build variety and tactical gameplay. The artwork is also really great in this game. Definitely one of the better creature collectors out there.

Feb 26, 2026·40h·Verified

Steam User 4618STEAMRecommended

If you want a game to utterly consume all your free time for 15-20ish hours in a feverish daze until you complete it then this is the game for you

Feb 25, 2026·13h·1·Verified

Steam User 6004STEAMRecommended

Monster Sanctuary is a game that grabbed me from the very beginning. The story isn’t the most original, but it’s engaging enough to keep you playing all the way through. The monster “capture” system is anything but punishing — it’s actually very easy and enjoyable.
I already finished it on Game Pass, and now I’m playing it again on Steam. It’s still a lot of fun, even on a second run.
Highly recommended!

Feb 25, 2026·34h·Verified

Steam User 8208STEAMRecommended

Love this game! Super fun, difficult but satisfyng. Find the perfect team for your gameplay! love it

Feb 25, 2026·32h·Verified

Steam User 0407STEAMRecommended

无聊打完了

Feb 24, 2026·28h

Steam User 7284STEAMRecommended

très cool, INFO JEU: Metroide vanilla pour le coté plat-fomrer et pokemon/FF pour le combat

Feb 23, 2026·25h

Steam User 3833STEAMNot recommended

解密和跳跳乐玩不进去，重新下下来几次玩了开头没多久又卸载了，有些地方感觉能跳但又死活跳不上去，直接把我玩的动力都消耗完了，感觉太无聊了。

Feb 23, 2026·6h·1·Verified

Steam User 3066STEAMRecommended

Si la série pokémon pouvait être aussi bien... Super jeu ! Plein de team a construire et a opti, longue session pour arriver à la fin et compléter les succès, vraiment cool !

Feb 23, 2026·29h

Steam User 6600STEAMNot recommended

The scoring system isn't very fun, and the way it is tied to getting specific eggs makes it more egregious.

Feb 21, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 2427STEAMNot recommended

跳跳乐＋回合制＋解密，是真的无聊玩着都想吐

Feb 21, 2026·1h·3

Steam User 5825STEAMRecommended

RPG no estilo os antigos Final Fantasy, so que com monstrinhos, muito bom, to viciado.

Feb 21, 2026·60h·Verified

Steam User 0550STEAMRecommended

histoire intéressante, stratégie évolutive, prise en main facile.

Feb 20, 2026·128h·Verified

Steam User 5118STEAMNot recommended

建议是先多观望观望。
游戏内的怪物做得既不可爱也不帅气，要么是矮墩子要么是竹竿子。

Feb 20, 2026·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 9606STEAMRecommended

A great creature-collecting game, every monster have different skillset and is fun in their own way.

Feb 20, 2026·31h·Verified

Steam User 3865STEAMRecommended

好玩，不去特意刷级的话大概一周目流程在二十多个小时，二周目有别的新模式，记住一周目一定要玩流血流，所有boss小怪的克星

Feb 19, 2026·37h·Verified

Steam User 7044STEAMRecommended

Unfassbar spaßiges Spiel!
Monster Sanctuary macht wirklich alles richtig, was es richtig machen soll.

Feb 18, 2026·44h

Steam User 8172STEAMRecommended

可以，初次体验佳（排除无趣的解密和蚊子腿奖励)。有重玩价值。

Feb 18, 2026·19h·Verified

Steam User 6588STEAMRecommended

Загалом файна гра, як платформер непогана, як колекціонування то також непогано, мені особисто дуже не вистачало "особливості" в монстрах, але гадаю комусь це буде в плюс

Feb 18, 2026·34h·1·Verified

Steam User 2313STEAMRecommended

I'm Sean Prime and I approve of this game!

Feb 18, 2026·24h·Verified

Steam User 4311STEAMRecommended

이런게임 많이 나와줘야된다 진짜루...
세계관, 적절한 그래픽, 마니악하면서 친근하면서 적절한 동기부여.. 머리를 좀 굴려서 깨야하는 난이도..그리고 맵구성.. 덕분에 휴일을 지이이인짜 알차게 보냈습니다... 고민중이라면 일단 먹어보십셔

Feb 17, 2026·44h·Verified

Steam User 1437STEAMNot recommended

I want to like this game: I enjoyed the old version a fair bit and I generally enjoy monster collection games, plus some of the monster designs are cool! ...But I've hit a bit of a wall. Usually I like to grind up levels and brute force for fun, but the fights are SLOW and dull and levelling up, in itself, doesn't give you stat boosts, just 1 skill point per level.

That probably wouldn't be enough to put me off if it just meant considering which moves to use, but no, you're clearly meant to think carefully about:
- Which moves to use (fair)
- Which monsters to use (sorry if you like the cooler designs)
- Which moves to unlock
- Which non-moves to spend skillpoints on (4 main moves, 3-4 options per level)
- Which main weapon to equip to each monster
- Which items to equip to each monster (into 3 slots)
- Which items to upgrade (resources are kind of tight)
- Which food to feed and when (only the last 3 meals make a difference)

...I do not find that fun.

If it was for the extra-hard secret boss I'd possibly consult a guide, but the barrier comes in hard and fast for playing the basic game. I tried putting the difficulty down and got through the boss battle I'd been struggling with, but it was still boring, and it's taken a lot of the shine off the game for me. Just seen the goblin fortress is a bunch of "wooden" outlined rectangles in the sky and I think I'm done.

The art, platforming and story are all fine, but I don't think this game is for anyone who's not into crafting stats.

Feb 16, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 2172STEAMRecommended

This game is pretty good! The designs of the monsters and environments are spectacular and the gameplay is fun.

Will warn though, it is NOT like Pokemon, but that's a good thing! It's much more in-depth with it's battle system.

My only gripes are how easy it is for the game to slow down because of harder battles (but can easily be picked up again) and how a good chunk of the monsters are 1 architype, as out of 101 monsters, a few are goblins or blobs. But that's a small gripe as each are unique and still add variety to the game, and work well together.

Feb 16, 2026·70h·Verified

Steam User 2171STEAMRecommended

Sem dúvidas um dos meus jogos favoritos do gênero Monger Taming. Perfeitamente simples ao mesmo tempo que oferece complexidade para aqueles interessados, com uma história bem construída em um universo com muito potencial. Para mim deveria ser usado como referência, em como fazer um bom jogo de colecionar e batalhar usando criaturas.

Curioso para ver como os desenvolvedores vão explorar mais esse universo, Espero que algum dia tenha uma sequência!

Feb 15, 2026·23h·Verified

Steam User 8298STEAMRecommended

好玩

Feb 15, 2026·20h·Verified

Steam User 7193STEAMRecommended

這遊戲真的是挺不錯的，每一次從新遊玩，都可以讓我找到遊玩的動力及樂趣!!

Feb 15, 2026·165h·Verified

Steam User 3727STEAMRecommended

very fun!

Feb 14, 2026·33h·1·Verified

Steam User 0095STEAMNot recommended

这么多受苦游戏都坚持玩下去了，唯独这个让我明知道超了2小时还要退款。

Feb 14, 2026·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 9618STEAMRecommended

Quite possibly one of the best creature collector's on the market. The pixel art is fantastic, it really has that classic SNES Chrono Trigger era feel when it comes to animations and background. The amount of creatures are insane especially when you find out a certain mechanic later that I will not spoil. If you are a fan of turn based rpgs there is so much going on here as far as strategy and creature builds / combos. I am constantly thinking of new teams to run every time I capture a new creature because of how unique each one is, and it shows in the leaderboards with how many different creatures there are in the top 100. The ONLY complaint I could possibly have for this game is that the music is a little lack luster, but that is just having to be picky.

Bottom line, if you are an turn based rpg, metroidvania or creature collector fan, then why have you not bought this already? 11/10

Feb 13, 2026·142h·Verified

Steam User 8127STEAMRecommended

(최종 보스 + 전설의 파수꾼 클리어, 맵 100% 클리어, 챔피언작은 절반 정도, PVP 아직 안함)
할인 중일때 구매해서 사흘 동안 44시간 플레이한 후기: 매우 만족스러움.

메트로배니아 장르는 '여기 지금 못 가네? 나중에 어떤 아이템, 어떤 스킬 얻고 다시 와야겠네'를 얼마나 잘 구현했냐가 게임 완성도를 좌우한다고 생각하는데, 맵에 지역별 완성도 표시해줌 & 메모 추가 가능 = 편의성이 좋아서 불쾌하다는 느낌이 거의 없었음.

컬렉팅 게임이라 파티 조합할 때 고려할게 꽤 많음. 적 몬스터의 주 공격 속성/취약 속성, 내 몬스터들의 속성이나 종족 버프 시너지, 딜러/탱커/힐러 스킬트리 빌드와 넣어줘야 할 무기나 장신구 등등. 처음에는 모르는게 당연하고 고이는데 조금 걸리는 것 같음.

만약 초반에 시간을 좀 투자해서라도 플레이를 쾌적하게 하고 싶다면 Monster Sanctuary Fandom wiki 참고하면 좋음. 맵 지역별 주요 아이템/히든/보스 위치, 퍼즐 기믹 파훼법 다 있어서 아주 괜찮음. 레딧 채널/몬생갤 등등 커뮤니티 들어가서 Best Build 검색해보는 것도 방법임. 누가 구글 드라이브에 오픈 문서로 몬스터별 스킬빌드 파일도 올려놨던데 잘 찾아보면 나올 거임.

마을 귀환서는 필요할 때만 써도 전혀 안 부족하니 초반부터 너무 아끼지 말고 써도 됨. 몬스터 레벨업 아이템도 마찬가지임. 어차피 만렙이 42로 고정이고, 나중 가면 몹들 레벨 자체가 높아져서 알 까면 레벨 35 이상으로 시작하는 몹도 많으니까 그렇게까지 아낄 필요 없음. 냥서커, 고블린 시리즈 등 초반 알짜배기 몹들 육성 잘 시켜서 스토리 밀 겸 투자하는 것도 괜찮다고 생각함.

스토리는 솔직히 평범한 왕도식 전개라 재미없음. 근데 스토리 가지고 게임할거면 컬렉팅 장르 말고 AAA급 RPG, 비주얼 노벨, 소울류를 하러 가는게 맞다고 생각함.

Feb 13, 2026·45h·Verified

Steam User 1962STEAMRecommended

Do you like Pokemon because of monster collecting? Great! But that’s where the similarities stop.

As another review said, you will get frustrated if you expect Monster Sanctuary to be a Pokemon clone. This game relies HEAVILY on strategies/team synergies. If you’re new to this game, there’s a good chance you’ll end up looking for guides. And that’s ok! This is definitely more for people who enjoy strategizing and using bleed out, debuff, and over buffing one monster teams. Even on normal mode, you’ll start to struggle really quick if you only rely on monsters you think look cool or have a type advantage but don’t work together for a specific purpose.

The story is fine. I can’t say it’s great, but it is different and enjoyable enough. It’s pretty puzzle heavy, though I wouldn’t say the puzzles are the hardest in a game. If you’re like me and aren’t great at puzzles no matter what, you might get a bit annoyed, though. Not the end of the world, but be ready to have to use your brain a bit more if you’re like me.

Fighting and leveling up is a grind, I can’t deny that. Good news is you can increase battle speed from the beginning.

Overall, I recommend this game. The things I’m not a fan of are because of me and my preferences. If you enjoy creature collectors, this is a wonderful game to add to your collection. Just remember, this isn’t a Pokemon clone.

*The base price of $19.99 is not bad. However, I fully believe you’re better off getting it on sale (currently for $4.99 at the time of posting this).

Feb 12, 2026·37h·11·Verified

Steam User 9045STEAMRecommended

Monster Sanctuary é simplesmente fantástico! Um jogo que consegue misturar perfeitamente RPG, captura de monstros e exploração estilo metroidvania, criando uma experiência única e viciante. O sistema de batalhas é extremamente estratégico, fazendo você pensar de verdade na composição do time, sinergias e builds. A variedade de monstros é incrível, cada um com habilidades únicas que tornam a progressão sempre interessante. Além disso, o pixel art é lindo, a trilha sonora é envolvente e a progressão do personagem é muito bem equilibrada. Um jogo viciante, inteligente e muito bem feito, que surpreende do começo ao fim. Recomendo demais! 🎮🔥 dica pegue lobo como inicial se for fan que nem eu de builds de gelo

Feb 12, 2026·59h·Verified

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