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Monster Train

Shiny Shoe · Good Shepherd Entertainment · 2020-05-21

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Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 21, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 16, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 16, 2020 (Xbox One), Jul 25, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 19, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 27, 2022 (iOS)

Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

Monster Train is a Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $24.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 22945 reviews).

137
playing now
96%
positive of 23k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (70 ratings)
4.17★
PlayStation Store rating (935 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 86% recommend · from 36 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Monster Train is a roguelike deck-building game developed by American studio Shiny Shoe and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. It was initially released on May 21, 2020, for Windows, followed by releases on Xbox One on December 17, 2020, iOS on October 27, 2022, and PlayStation 5 on July 25, 2024. A Complete Edition of the game titled Monster Train First Class was released for Nintendo Switch on August 19, 2021. The game received positive reviews, being nominated in the category of Best Strategy/Tactics Game at IGN Best of 2020, as well as Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year at the 24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.

Trailer

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Monster Train Release Trailer

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Health check

Cooling
  • · 137 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 367 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~46/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,465 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 14,091 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 459k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,945 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-80%
Microsoft Store$4.99-80%
Gamesplanet$7.42-70%
GOG$7.49-70%
GamersGate$8.75-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-02-19) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 108 of 141 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.4k3.4k20202026Week of 2020-05-01: 3,370 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,450 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2521132026-09-15 12:00 — 215 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 165 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 151 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 242 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 228 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 168 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 191 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 185 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 167 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 184 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 160 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 113 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 114 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 194 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 165 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 134 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 214 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 134 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 144 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 194 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 168 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 121 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 137 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10k113May 2020Aug 2026May 2020 — avg 10,398 · peak 14,037Jul 2020 — avg 2,966 · peak 4,641Sep 2020 — avg 2,314 · peak 5,379Nov 2020 — avg 1,051 · peak 1,949Jan 2021 — avg 1,443 · peak 3,271Mar 2021 — avg 1,213 · peak 4,534May 2021 — avg 1,108 · peak 1,730Jul 2021 — avg 1,081 · peak 1,827Sep 2021 — avg 927 · peak 1,718Nov 2021 — avg 883 · peak 1,596Jan 2022 — avg 873 · peak 1,376Mar 2022 — avg 509 · peak 745May 2022 — avg 809 · peak 2,762Jul 2022 — avg 943 · peak 1,826Sep 2022 — avg 501 · peak 762Nov 2022 — avg 926 · peak 1,802Jan 2023 — avg 803 · peak 1,181Mar 2023 — avg 903 · peak 1,695May 2023 — avg 812 · peak 1,659Jul 2023 — avg 568 · peak 825Sep 2023 — avg 501 · peak 812Nov 2023 — avg 532 · peak 793Jan 2024 — avg 523 · peak 739Mar 2024 — avg 524 · peak 1,175May 2024 — avg 526 · peak 1,205Jul 2024 — avg 527 · peak 818Sep 2024 — avg 384 · peak 584Nov 2024 — avg 425 · peak 728Jan 2025 — avg 382 · peak 577Mar 2025 — avg 1,279 · peak 3,677May 2025 — avg 580 · peak 1,060Jul 2025 — avg 330 · peak 577Sep 2025 — avg 205 · peak 1,112Nov 2025 — avg 304 · peak 522Jan 2026 — avg 228 · peak 368Mar 2026 — avg 172 · peak 327May 2026 — avg 183 · peak 397Jul 2026 — avg 137 · peak 253Aug 2026 — avg 113 · peak 181
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.492020-05-212026-10-142020-05-21 — best price $20.692020-08-27 — best price $22.492020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-02-06 — best price $20.902021-04-10 — best price $24.992021-06-18 — best price $14.992021-08-14 — best price $12.392021-10-01 — best price $24.992021-11-23 — best price $11.252022-01-19 — best price $24.992022-04-14 — best price $24.992022-06-12 — best price $24.992022-08-02 — best price $22.462022-10-20 — best price $7.492023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-04-04 — best price $24.992023-06-20 — best price $19.652023-09-18 — best price $9.992023-12-05 — best price $9.992024-02-26 — best price $18.052024-05-01 — best price $7.742024-07-11 — best price $7.092024-09-25 — best price $9.752024-12-02 — best price $24.992025-02-17 — best price $18.052025-04-24 — best price $24.992025-07-25 — best price $24.992025-11-10 — best price $6.992026-02-19 — best price $24.992026-05-14 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $7.492026-09-09 — best price $7.492026-10-04 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

60202026-05-30 — 43 pageviews2026-06-03 — 34 pageviews2026-06-07 — 43 pageviews2026-06-11 — 46 pageviews2026-06-15 — 40 pageviews2026-06-19 — 43 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-27 — 60 pageviews2026-07-01 — 26 pageviews2026-07-05 — 32 pageviews2026-07-09 — 25 pageviews2026-07-13 — 38 pageviews2026-07-17 — 31 pageviews2026-07-21 — 47 pageviews2026-07-25 — 25 pageviews2026-07-29 — 35 pageviews2026-08-02 — 32 pageviews2026-08-06 — 34 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-14 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 25 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 34 pageviews2026-08-30 — 32 pageviews2026-09-03 — 36 pageviews2026-09-07 — 26 pageviews2026-09-11 — 20 pageviews2026-09-15 — 26 pageviews2026-09-19 — 27 pageviews2026-09-23 — 38 pageviews2026-09-27 — 33 pageviews2026-10-01 — 22 pageviews2026-10-05 — 29 pageviews2026-10-08 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
96.5%
earned "Early Survivor"
23.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-05-21, latest 2021-03-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23,7883%53
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)11,1743%53
PS5 (PlayStation)2,62210%53
Switch (Nintendo)940%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

PvPRPGStrategyCard GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteCard BattlerDeckbuildingChoices Matter

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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