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Monster Sanctuary cover art

Monster Sanctuary

moi rai games · Team17 · 2020-12-08

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

118
playing now
91%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
46h
to beat · rushed 31h · completionist 54h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

118 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 118 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 10% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 253k–569k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,650 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.30-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.90-75%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
IndieGala$4.99-75%
WinGameStore$4.99-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
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 171 of 172 observed days · $1.52 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

193812026-08-06 22:00 — 112 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 154 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 123 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 133 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 183 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 136 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 161 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 193 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 156 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 118 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 149 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 120 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 115 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 146 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 110 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 121 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 154 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 157 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 98 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 115 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 115 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 139 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 146 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 142 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 115 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 81 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 103 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 144 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 118 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.782019-08-202026-08-302019-08-20 — 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 $4.352026-08-30 — best price $4.30
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4082026-05-30 — 15 pageviews2026-06-02 — 26 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 18 pageviews2026-06-11 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-17 — 9 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-23 — 14 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-29 — 27 pageviews2026-07-02 — 18 pageviews2026-07-05 — 28 pageviews2026-07-08 — 22 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 21 pageviews2026-07-17 — 24 pageviews2026-07-20 — 25 pageviews2026-07-23 — 28 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-29 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-04 — 31 pageviews2026-08-07 — 20 pageviews2026-08-10 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-16 — 22 pageviews2026-08-19 — 25 pageviews2026-08-22 — 27 pageviews2026-08-25 — 24 pageviews2026-08-27 — 21 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

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.

Player tags

2DPvPRPGJRPGFantasyStrategyAdventureDifficultExplorationMetroidvania

Census log

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

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