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A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is a adventure, action and indie game developed by Game Atelier and published by FDG Entertainment.
Released on July 25th 2019 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Polish.

It has received 2,455 reviews of which 2,188 were positive and 267 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom into these genres:

Adventure Action Indie Metroidvania Platformer 2D Side Scroller Singleplayer Exploration Anime Cute Colorful Fantasy Great Soundtrack Action-Adventure Cartoon Sequel Kickstarter Difficult Puzzle

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7,8,10
  • Processor: Intel/AMD Quad Core
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GPU with 2GB VRAM available.
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 5000 MB available space
  • Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers

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Jan. 2026
Monster boy is an excellent game that I had a lot of fun with, and I think it deserves more hype! It has a great ability system where you switch between a diverse set of monster forms, and has clever puzzles that require you to leverage the unique abilities of each form. I think what I enjoyed most of all is that the world is generally upbeat/happy (which is not the norm for this genre) with a really nice set of biomes and great OST. Gameplay is smooth as butter, the art style is cohesive, and the animations are polished. That said…it has a few flaws. First, one of the areas mid-game has a noticeable difficulty spike, and while I personally still found it fun, I could see how others might find that frustrating. This happens again in the final area. Similarly, the final set of bosses incorporate some puzzles which are not telegraphed super well and require you to repeat the earlier phases of the fights if you can’t figure out the trick. My final complaint is that the economy was not very well balanced toward the endgame, and I would have had to grind for a bit if I wanted to get all the weapons and armor. (The grinding would not have taken long, but it’s still annoying that even if you scavenge the map for all the most powerful pieces of armor you could still end up being gated by cash before you can use it). Overall, I’d strongly recommend this to any MV fans who don’t mind some challenge on the platforming size of things, and who are willing to put up with a slightly annoying endgame. Caveats aside, I genuinely had a lot of FUN moments in this game, probably more than in Silksong lol.
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Oct. 2025
🥭 If this is the «Wonder Boy» legacy, then we can rest easy, because it's solid. This game clearly had a budget; it's a well-made, grand adventure that won't last for just one evening. A lot of effort was put into the game design, but it's a bit overdone. If platformers aren't your thing, I DON'T recommend this, as there are a lot of tricky moments, and the location design can fluctuate between neat and annoying, (but thank goodness there are no "Meat Boy" sections). Nothing is impossible, but it certainly won't be a walk in the park. There are plenty of secrets, and a wide range of skills are used constantly. Good bosses, plenty of tense moments (they're unlikely to make you want to replay). For those familiar with the series, there are quite a few nice references. And of course, everything looks great and sounds excellent (Yuzo Koshiro is a genius). The time it takes to complete can literally depend on your agility and puzzle-solving speed (don't AFK farm, it's not needed here). Excellent work with the genre and a truly unique creation.
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Aug. 2025
Action-based side-scroller where you play as a young adventurer that can morph into different shapes to solve different puzzles and collect upgrades to get through the game. It's quite enjoyable and not that difficult to figure out anything so should be suitable for all ages.
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July 2025
I gave up at the end of the game, but I still had lots of fun during my gameplay, so I will recommend it. The good - The game is quite big, with different areas, and it has a charming style. - The game is filled with puzzles, there's a TON of them. Also, they basically do not reuse puzzles, so you are always doing something new. They use the new power-ups you get in lots of creative ways. - The game structure feels more like a Zelda game than traditional Metroidvanias, which is nice as those are not the most common. - There are some power-ups and a bunch of "key" abilities (abilities that are only useful for a small segment of the game). Usually I dislike those, but given the two points above (dungeon structure of the game and lots of unique puzzles), I really like those. The bad - The game is probably bigger than I wanted it to be. There was a point where I thought I was finished with the game, and was moving forward the final dungeon, but no, there's still a lot to do after. - There's a lot of precision platforming and some are more frustrating than fun. For some reason, the devs decided to put lots of flying and/or ranged in those sections to make things more "fun". - The game is super linear. You always have basically only one way forward, either because your next path is blocked by a new ability or a key. I stopped playing because I got to a precision platformer part that got me too frustrated, but again, overall the game is quite good.
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May 2025
Classic in the wonder boy dragons trap tradition. plenty of secrets to find (though you will need a walkthru as some are pretty impossible) well worth a play
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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom received 2,188 positive votes out of a total of 2,455 achieving a rating of 8.54.
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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom was developed by Game Atelier and published by FDG Entertainment.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is not playable on MacOS.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is not playable on Linux.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is a single-player game.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom does not currently offer any DLC.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom does not support Steam Remote Play.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom PEGI 7
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Game Atelier
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FDG Entertainment
Release 25 Jul 2019
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