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Monster Sanctuary cover art

Monster Sanctuary

moi rai games · Team17 · 2020-12-08

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ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 08, 2020 (Xbox One), Dec 08, 2020 (Mac), Dec 08, 2020 (Linux), Dec 08, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 08, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.

Monster Sanctuary is a $19.99 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2020, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 12680 reviews).

89
playing now
91%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (9.8k downloads)
4.70★
PlayStation Store rating (1,068 ratings)
46h
to beat · rushed 31h · completionist 54h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

89 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Monster Sanctuary is a 2020 Metroidvania role-playing video game developed by Moi Rai Games and published by Team17. The game combines side-scrolling exploration with monster-taming mechanics and turn-based combat. It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on December 8, 2020, after a period of early access on Windows beginning in August 2019. The game was also available through Xbox Game Pass at launch.

Trailer

Monster Sanctuary trailer thumbnail

Monster Sanctuary | Launch Trailer

≈452,410 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 89 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 506 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 254k–571k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,680 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.28-79%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
Steam$7.49-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.78 at 2game (2021-12-13) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 178 of 179 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39639620192026Week of 2019-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

163452026-09-15 12:00 — 123 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 97 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 91 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 131 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 163 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 112 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 72 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 100 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 106 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 108 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 95 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 65 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 45 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 74 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 101 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 67 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 101 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 76 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 72 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 123 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 122 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 86 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 89 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
72541Sep 2019Aug 2026Sep 2019 — avg 211 · peak 952Dec 2019 — avg 89 · peak 179Mar 2020 — avg 80 · peak 556Jun 2020 — avg 164 · peak 538Sep 2020 — avg 62 · peak 148Dec 2020 — avg 581 · peak 1,351Mar 2021 — avg 162 · peak 390Jun 2021 — avg 106 · peak 224Sep 2021 — avg 168 · peak 335Dec 2021 — avg 249 · peak 486Mar 2022 — avg 379 · peak 1,042Jun 2022 — avg 255 · peak 1,066Sep 2022 — avg 395 · peak 1,046Dec 2022 — avg 279 · peak 514Mar 2023 — avg 347 · peak 1,136Jun 2023 — avg 199 · peak 414Sep 2023 — avg 244 · peak 841Dec 2023 — avg 213 · peak 382Mar 2024 — avg 141 · peak 273Jun 2024 — avg 171 · peak 393Sep 2024 — avg 185 · peak 394Dec 2024 — avg 163 · peak 255Mar 2025 — avg 223 · peak 898Jun 2025 — avg 206 · peak 391Sep 2025 — avg 146 · peak 331Dec 2025 — avg 159 · peak 259Mar 2026 — avg 118 · peak 220Jun 2026 — avg 135 · peak 341Aug 2026 — avg 122 · peak 199
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.782019-08-202026-10-132019-08-20 — best price $17.992019-11-18 — best price $16.272020-01-03 — best price $17.992020-02-16 — best price $15.592020-05-06 — best price $13.312020-06-25 — best price $12.052020-08-25 — best price $15.112020-10-26 — best price $16.092020-12-17 — best price $17.992021-02-18 — best price $16.992021-05-01 — best price $15.272021-06-25 — best price $17.992021-09-03 — best price $12.052021-11-17 — best price $16.392022-01-06 — best price $16.392022-03-04 — best price $19.992022-05-12 — best price $6.792022-08-07 — best price $6.572022-10-24 — best price $5.382023-01-10 — best price $17.592023-04-30 — best price $6.802023-07-26 — best price $5.992023-11-20 — best price $4.842024-02-15 — best price $6.792024-04-23 — best price $19.262024-07-28 — best price $19.262024-09-24 — best price $4.292024-11-27 — best price $4.162025-01-14 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $4.392025-06-30 — best price $5.002025-09-17 — best price $19.392025-11-21 — best price $3.602026-02-05 — best price $4.992026-04-16 — best price $4.992026-06-17 — best price $4.992026-08-12 — best price $4.352026-09-23 — best price $4.282026-10-13 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3682026-05-30 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 8 pageviews2026-06-07 — 9 pageviews2026-06-11 — 9 pageviews2026-06-15 — 36 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-23 — 14 pageviews2026-06-27 — 30 pageviews2026-07-01 — 18 pageviews2026-07-05 — 28 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-13 — 20 pageviews2026-07-17 — 24 pageviews2026-07-21 — 19 pageviews2026-07-25 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 21 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 20 pageviews2026-08-10 — 19 pageviews2026-08-14 — 18 pageviews2026-08-18 — 17 pageviews2026-08-22 — 27 pageviews2026-08-26 — 34 pageviews2026-08-30 — 29 pageviews2026-09-03 — 24 pageviews2026-09-07 — 27 pageviews2026-09-11 — 26 pageviews2026-09-15 — 20 pageviews2026-09-19 — 12 pageviews2026-09-23 — 24 pageviews2026-09-27 — 29 pageviews2026-10-01 — 16 pageviews2026-10-05 — 31 pageviews2026-10-08 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
88.8%
earned "New Best Friend"
26.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-12-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)13,3892%41
Steam (Steam)12,0297%41
Windows (Xbox)2,6145%41
PS4 (PlayStation)1,99418%39
Switch (Nintendo)2860%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DPvPRPGJRPGFantasyStrategyAdventureDifficultExplorationMetroidvania

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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