

Monster Train 2020
Developed by Shiny Shoe
- Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Hell has frozen over. Only you can protect the final burning pyre from the forces of heaven and restore the inferno. Monster Train brings a new strategic layer to roguelike deckbuilding, with three vertical playing fields to defend. Includes the released updates Wild Mutations and Friends & Foes! No playthrough is ever the same, it’s a fresh challenge every time. You’ll never play the same deck twice!
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Plot-driven, contemporary, cool and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Shiny Shoe
- Publisher
- Good Shepherd Entertainment, Big Fan Games
- Released
- May 21, 2020
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 75 ratings.
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