Friends & Foes update
The exiled champions have returned to the fold to battle the forces of heaven.
This second major update for Monster Train adds new champions, new bosses, new cards, and new artifacts, which combine together to add a significant amount of new strategic options and replayability....
Friends & Foes update
The exiled champions have returned to the fold to battle the forces of heaven.
This second major update for Monster Train adds new champions, new bosses, new cards, and new artifacts, which combine together to add a significant amount of new strategic options and replayability. We’ve also added a number of frequently requested player features like a personal run records page in the Logbook, an enemy wave counter in battle, and a preview of the ring 3 and ring 6 bosses at the start of a run.
Wild Mutations is the first (free) content update for Monster Train. We're excited to tell you, there’s more on the way! In THIS content update we up the playing field with 35 new mutators, new difficulty settings for experienced players and new simple ways to challenge friends and community.
In the coming months more content will be released to extend your travel plans to Hell!
Hell has frozen over. Only you can protect the final burning pyre from the forces of heaven and restore the inferno. Monster Train brings a new strategic layer to roguelike deck building, with three vertical play fields to defend.
No playthrough is ever the same
You’ll never play the same deck twice!
Over 220 cards
5 monster clans with each very different gameplay
Each clan has 10 levels to unlock, bringing new cards to your deck
Upgrade your clan specific champion multiple times
88 artifacts
Upgrade any card twice
More than 21 unique random events
25 covenant (difficulty) levels
Visit powerful locations
To take back hell, you’ll need to power up. Choose your route carefully, different locations give different benefits; upgrade your champion, recruit powerful units, upgrade cards, gain passive bonuses or duplicate any card in your deck.
Strategize to fit your playstyle
With five clans to choose from, each has its own unique and surprising gameplay. Pick your primary and supporting clan to gain access to all cards from both. During your run you will be able to improve cards by mixing and matching upgrades to open up new roads to victory. You can even duplicate your favourite card at special map nodes before facing off against the final boss.
Multiplayer
HELL RUSH
In the Hell Rush multiplayer mode, eight players compete in a frantic real time contest. Each player has the same resources and opponents to create a level playing field. With the clock ticking it’s a test of who can make the best decisions under pressure. Only a true speed demon can remain undefeated.
DAILY CHALLENGE
Take on a new challenge every day with a hugely modified run due to gameplay mutators. Compete globally and against friends, and climb the leaderboards with a skill-focused scoring system.
Cross-play multiplayer with Steam is supported.
Copyright 2020, Shiny Shoe LLC
Popular achievements
Early Survivor
Defeat the first boss.
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94.07%
Angel Hunter
Defeat Fel.
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64.71%
Seraph the Defeated
Defeat Seraph.
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61.74%
Upgraded Champion
Upgrade your Champion twice.
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80.53%
The Breaker of Horns
Reach Level 5 on The Hellhorned.
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46.81%
A Semblance of Sentience
Reach Level 5 on The Awoken.
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43.57%
Guardian of the Styx
Reach Level 5 on The Stygian Guard.
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32.14%
Into the Deep Sea
Unlock The Stygian Guard.
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61.4%
Diabolical Automation
Unlock The Umbra.
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41.63%
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An important philosophy I maintain when interacting with basically any form of media is that it's important to meet the media where it's at. That is to say, don't go in expecting one thing and be disappointed when you get another, just because it wasn't exactly what *you* wanted.
So, in this case, I'm going to do my best to practice what I preach and say that, although this game wasn't nearly as addictive or enduring as Slay the Spire (which is pretty much the GOAT in this genre as far as I'm concerned), it's still an absolutely delightful time and super fun to play. I can't go for hours and hours without getting burnt out, but dinging that would kind of feel like saying cheesecake isn't great if I have it all day, every day. Pace yourself, play when you get the urge, wrap up when you're done instead of being an obsessive completionist (I see you), and you'll have a great time.
While I dipped my toes into deckbuilder games from time to time I generally couldn't get into them really. Even StS didn't hold my attention long enough to even ever finish a complete run. Maybe that's because I always saw them like CCGs, similar to MtG or something.
Monster Train was free on Prime Gaming, so I gave it a go, and this game somehow to me feels more like what it is, a strategy roguelike. So from now on I will view this genre kind of like the lovechild of Hearthstone and Darkest Dungeon. Well, more like the outcome of the latter enforcing unconsentional intercourse on the former, if you get my point.
Right now I am only 10 hours in, still far away from even remotely having exeperienced the complexity MT promises to offer. But those ten hours, I absolutely did not recognize passing. Unexpectedly I am having an absolute blast playing one run after the other.
At no time I have the feeling of being overwhelmed by the mechanics, everything seems reasonable yet rewarding.
It wasn't too difficult to win a first run, which for me was extremely motivating as now I more then ever am excited to discover what lurks in the depths of this game, mechanically and narratively speaking.
The presentation is really nice, cards and animations look very pleasant and the system with having three lanes which are being processed one after another is quite intuitive. Even the story with a train full of monsters being attacked by some weird angel creatures works surprisingly well.
Should you have any interest in roguelike deckbuilers and are still on the fence about this one, I give an absolute full recommendation.
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