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Monster Train

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

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Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

136
playing now
96%
positive of 23k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (70 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 136 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 4% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 458k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,924 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-70%
Humble Store$7.49-70%
GOG$7.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-70%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-02-19) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 71 of 109 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

167752026-08-06 22:00 — 88 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 144 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 99 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 114 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 161 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 108 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 124 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 166 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 104 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 87 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 157 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 81 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 104 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 141 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 81 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 99 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 167 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 119 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 94 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 134 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 93 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 107 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 153 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 96 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 95 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 116 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 112 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 136 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.492020-05-212026-08-302020-05-21 — best price $20.692020-07-25 — best price $22.022020-10-29 — best price $18.742020-12-21 — best price $24.992021-02-21 — best price $24.992021-04-10 — best price $24.992021-05-31 — best price $24.992021-07-16 — best price $12.492021-09-01 — best price $24.772021-10-22 — best price $13.322021-11-23 — best price $11.252022-01-01 — best price $20.902022-03-02 — best price $20.022022-05-02 — best price $18.062022-06-20 — best price $7.492022-08-02 — best price $22.462022-09-26 — best price $18.682022-12-01 — best price $24.992023-02-15 — best price $20.972023-04-20 — best price $6.212023-06-20 — best price $19.652023-08-27 — best price $24.992023-11-16 — best price $24.992024-01-16 — best price $7.742024-03-12 — best price $24.992024-05-01 — best price $7.742024-06-26 — best price $18.052024-08-20 — best price $8.792024-10-28 — best price $8.402024-12-11 — best price $6.872025-02-17 — best price $18.052025-04-16 — best price $7.492025-06-20 — best price $6.872025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-11-20 — best price $7.492026-02-19 — best price $24.992026-05-01 — best price $24.992026-07-17 — best price $7.492026-08-24 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69212026-05-30 — 43 pageviews2026-06-02 — 48 pageviews2026-06-05 — 39 pageviews2026-06-08 — 38 pageviews2026-06-11 — 46 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-17 — 37 pageviews2026-06-20 — 33 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 69 pageviews2026-06-29 — 33 pageviews2026-07-02 — 21 pageviews2026-07-05 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 30 pageviews2026-07-11 — 34 pageviews2026-07-14 — 44 pageviews2026-07-17 — 31 pageviews2026-07-20 — 55 pageviews2026-07-23 — 38 pageviews2026-07-26 — 49 pageviews2026-07-29 — 35 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-04 — 23 pageviews2026-08-07 — 36 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 33 pageviews2026-08-16 — 43 pageviews2026-08-19 — 29 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 pageviews2026-08-27 — 25 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

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.

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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