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Monster Crown cover art

Monster Crown

Studio Aurum · SOEDESCO · 2021-10-12

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 12, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 12, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 12, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 31, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dive into a dark world where monsters rule and make pacts with them to defeat an evil young woman seeking power. Hunt, battle, tame and breed monsters to create your own legacy. Together with your monsters, you can restore the balance to Crown Island.

56%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
57/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
2.30★
PlayStation Store rating (324 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)
Monster Crown is a 2021 role-playing video game developed by Studio Aurum and published by Soedesco. Heavily inspired by the Pokémon series, it features similar gameplay mechanics while adopting a darker fictional universe and storyline. The game received mixed reviews from critics: who praised its gameplay and graphical style, but noted a significant quantity of bugs, performance issues, and poor game balance. The game's story has also been criticized.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (129 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 28,418 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,045 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days · $13.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11811820202026Week of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.992020-07-312026-10-162020-07-31 — best price $13.492020-09-28 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-05-27 — best price $11.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-18 — best price $13.392022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-02-13 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-08-28 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-03 — best price $2.242024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-30 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-24 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $2.242025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-02-09 — best price $2.242026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-16 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3242026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-02 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-07 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-16 — 10 pageviews2026-09-19 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 12 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews2026-10-13 — 9 pageviews2026-10-15 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
63.7%
earned "Every adventure has a start"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9472%33
Xbox One (Xbox)2890%33
PS4 (PlayStation)2733%34
PS4 (PlayStation)2705%34
Switch (Nintendo)460%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvPRPGDarkJRPGFantasyColorfulTop-DownAdventureOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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