Monsters and Monocles

Buy74%

Mostly Positive · 98 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Retro Dreamer · Action Roguelike · Aug 16, 2016

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Monsters and Monocles?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 98 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 64 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
78% of themes are praise11% are divided11% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
20 of 64 sampled reviews raised it
Fun Factor: 9/10 (Absolutely sound game all-around, good control, interesting map themes, co-op, variety of enemies, bosses, etc. Very fun game)
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
19 of 64 sampled reviews raised it
The game scores well in replayability, The Relics which enable you to customize your starting character, The multiplayer modes, The different biomes and procedural generation makes this game one to be played over and over again.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
16 of 64 sampled reviews raised it
Monsters and Monocles is a great rogue lite twin stick shooter with a lot of weapons, items, different biomes and random generated floors.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
10 of 64 sampled reviews raised it
I really like the graphics tho, And I especially love the 2 English themed levels, The Mansion and The City.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
10 of 64 sampled reviews raised it
Also the multiplayer online is a real good thing (but don't have test it for now).
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
8 of 64 sampled reviews raised it
In it's current state the game is rather short and may seem a bit overpriced as it stands but does offer multi-loop difficulty and loot adjustments.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op20 reviews
Gameplay19 reviews
Combat16 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Multiplayer10 reviews
Difficulty8 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
100% still recommend
Players complain
Controls
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Stats
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$14.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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