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Monsters are Coming!

Ludogram · Raw Fury · 2025-11-20

SteamGOG

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 06, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?

Monsters are Coming! is an Action, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $8.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 2898 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-03

80%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 181 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (797 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 58k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,898 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.39-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.25 at GameBillet (2026-08-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 97 of 143 observed days · $0.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57157120252026Week of 2025-11-20: 571 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 226 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$4.872025-11-202026-10-142025-11-20 — best price $6.372025-12-11 — best price $8.992025-12-19 — best price $8.092026-01-22 — best price $8.392026-02-03 — best price $7.642026-02-14 — best price $8.992026-02-24 — best price $7.192026-03-05 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $7.192026-04-03 — best price $8.992026-04-10 — best price $5.862026-04-21 — best price $7.992026-04-27 — best price $8.992026-05-07 — best price $7.192026-05-14 — best price $6.372026-05-28 — best price $8.992026-06-06 — best price $6.742026-06-17 — best price $7.192026-06-25 — best price $5.202026-07-16 — best price $8.392026-07-25 — best price $6.292026-08-08 — best price $8.992026-08-13 — best price $6.292026-08-25 — best price $7.192026-08-29 — best price $7.192026-09-02 — best price $7.192026-09-06 — best price $7.192026-09-10 — best price $8.992026-09-14 — best price $8.992026-09-18 — best price $7.192026-09-22 — best price $7.192026-09-26 — best price $5.392026-09-30 — best price $5.392026-10-04 — best price $5.392026-10-08 — best price $5.392026-10-12 — best price $5.392026-10-14 — best price $5.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.1%
earned "Belfry"
8.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-04-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6800%62

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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