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Monster Sanctuary

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App ID 814370
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Team17
Franchise Team17
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29609596
Last Record Update 17 June 2025 – 14:05:47 UTC ()
Release Date 8 December 2020 – 15:59:00 UTC ()
😎 89.01%
11k reviews
213
In-Game

Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.

Additional Information

Developer moi rai games
metacritic_name Monster Sanctuary
controller_support full
metacritic_score 81
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DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Team17
Store Release Date 8 December 2020 – 16:00:02 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.com/invite/C9T7Ven
https://x.com/moi_rai_
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5GhVyRedVUbuWoeEtpRqeA/
Primary Genre RPG (3)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 8 December 2020 – 15:59:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 17 June 2025 – 14:04:19 UTC () (1750169059)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 2 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7600742
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controllertagwizard Yes
Early Access Release Date 28 August 2019 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 23 February 2018 – 20:59:26 UTC (), in changelist #4101749

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🦎 Creature Collector 👾 Pixel Graphics 💨 Metroidvania 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 👤 Singleplayer 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🗺 Exploration 🎭 Fantasy 🗺️ Adventure 🌸 JRPG 🎲 RPG 🏽 2D 💡 Strategy 🥊 PvP 😓 Difficult 🌱 Indie 📚 Story Rich 🎲 Turn-Based 🏗️ Platformer 📺 Side Scroller

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Family Sharing Multi-player PvP Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers Gamepad Preferred

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Steam charts

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  • 213 players right now
  • 324 24-hour peak
  • 1,397 all-time peak 2 July 2022
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  • 47,776 followers
  • #2812 in top sellers
  • 10,609 positive reviews
  • 987 negative reviews
  • 91.49% positive reviews

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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 12 24-hour peak
  • 11,905 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 89.01% SteamDB Rating
  • 10,609 91.5% positive reviews
  • 987 8.5% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
8 December 2020 – 15:59 Steam Release -
5 April 2022 – 17:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: April 2022 Humble Choice (#29) -
7 July 2022 – 17:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Platinum Collection - Build Your Own Bundle (July 2022) -
31 August 2022 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Strategy Bundle 3 -
9 November 2022 – 16:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Birthday Mystery Bundle -
15 August 2024 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Trinity Bundle - Summer 2024 -
4 November 2024 – 16:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Birthday Favorites - Build Your Own Bundle (2024) -
16 April 2025 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Return to Metroidvania -

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How many players are playing Monster Sanctuary right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 213 players live playing Monster Sanctuary on Steam.

Monster Sanctuary had an all-time peak of 1397 concurrent players on 2 July 2022.

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