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Monsters and Monocles cover art

Monsters and Monocles

Retro Dreamer · 2016-08-16

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 16, 2016 (Mac), Aug 16, 2016 (Linux)

Monsters and Monocles is a frantic top-down shooter for 1-4 players. Use teamwork and your arsenal of weapons to defeat the overwhelming hordes of evil, either locally or online. All the levels are procedurally generated with new layouts, objectives, and secrets each time you play.

74%
positive of 98 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 21,359 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 98 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.49 at Humble Store (2016-08-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720162023Week of 2016-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerFull controller supportSteam CloudStats

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieActionShooterRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellMultiplayerEarly AccessPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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