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Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX cover art

Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2021-12-08

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RPGSimulation

Franchise: monster rancher · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 09, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The legendary monster training duology, “Monster Rancher” and “Monster Rancher 2”, is back!

90%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 66 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (441 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 7,444 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,144 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $16.79 at Newegg (2026-04-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38938920212026Week of 2021-12-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionSave AnytimePartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)560%0

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeRetroClassicFantasySimulationCompetitiveSingleplayer

Census log

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

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