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Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Monster Train 2 is a strategy, card game and rogue-like game
developed by Shiny Shoe
and published by Big Fan Games.
Released on May 21st 2025 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 3,664 reviews of which 3,505 were positive and 159 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 17.49€ on Steam with a 30% discount, but you can find it for 12.21€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 x64 Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K / AMD FX-4350
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 760 (2048 MB) Radeon R7 260X (2048 MB Intel UHD Graphics 630
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Low Quality setting, in 1080p, producing 60 FPS
MacOS
- Requires an Apple processor
- OS: 14.0 (Sonoma)
- Processor: Apple M2
- Graphics: Apple M2
- Storage: 2 GB GB available space
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Monster Train 2 is potentially the greatest deck builder of all time. The pure amount of content, builds, and challenges is ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING. The rooms and equipment have added to the game's complexity and satisfaction immensely. Originally when the game came out, the old clans offered little to nothing, but they have been painstakingly rebuilt, and new cards added to make them better fit. 10 clans. You pick a main, and ally each run. That's 90 combinations IF you DON'T INCLUDE the fact that each clan has two base cards to offer. If you include the different base cards, that's 180 different setups. The builds are addictive. Absolutely destroying a run makes me cackle like an evil villain from a silent black and white movie. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH! Absolutely astonishing how fun this game is. I loved the first one, but the devs have really outdone themselves. This game is better than any other deckbuilder I've played, and I'm excited to be playing it for a long, long time.
Monster Train 2 is an example of a perfect “safe” sequel. Shiny Shoe took all of the rough edges of the first game and sanded them off, then added just enough new mechanics to be interesting without overwhelming. Not every sequel has to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes we just want more and Monster Train 2 absolutely delivered that for me.
The narrative is laughable, the character art is probably not for everyone, the animation is non-traditional, there are a LOT of surface-level reasons not to like Monster Train 2. But ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if this isn't one of the best deck-building games out there. Get past your hesitations and dive into one of the meatiest, most challenging card games out there. These guys really know how to develop new gameplay mechanics and make. fun. stuff. period.
Monster Train 2 is a roguelite deckbuilder where the player controls demons and angels, who have joined forces to fight against the Titans in Heaven. Gameplay • Gameplay follows the same format as the original Monster Train, so if you’ve already played that game, you’ll know what to expect. • Combat is turn based. At the start of each turn, a wave of enemies will spawn on the bottom floor of your train, and you’ll randomly draw cards from your deck which will either be monsters or spells. • Your train has three floors, and monsters can be placed on any floor, although each floor has a maximum capacity. Most spells can either damage enemies, or heal/buff your monsters. Each monster and spell has an energy cost to play, and you’ll have a limited amount of energy to spend each turn. • When you end the turn, monsters and enemies will attack each other, usually starting with the opponent at the front of the floor. Any enemies who survive will climb up to the next floor, hoping to eventually reach the top of the train and attack your pyre heart. The final wave of each fight will include a more powerful boss enemy, and if your pyre loses all health, you’ll lose the run. • The UI includes a very useful damage calculation which is constantly updated, and shows which friendly and enemy units will lose health or die if you choose to end the turn now, which helps the player figure out where to prioritise using your spells. • After each fight, you’ll choose between two paths which contain several nodes, including unit banners where you can recruit new monsters, shops where you can upgrade monsters with more health, damage, or special abilities, upgrade spells to make them more powerful or cheaper to play, acquire relics which provide passive bonuses, and other nodes where you can remove cards, duplicate cards, earn more gold to spend in the shops, restore pyre health, and random events. Improvements and Story • This sequel has a few improvements compared to the original game. • The most significant is that each fight now starts with a setup turn where almost all of your monsters will be drawn, allowing you to choose which to summon, although you’re still limited by their energy cost. This helps to eliminate situations in the original game where the player would lose a fight simply because your best monsters were randomly placed on the bottom of your draw pile. • There are new room and equipment cards. Room cards are played on a floor and often provide passive bonuses to all monsters on that floor. Equipment cards are weapons or armour which can be played on a monster to increase their damage, health, or provide other abilities. • Some monsters have activated abilities which you can use at any time during your turn, and are limited by a cooldown of a few turns. • You can unlock different pyre hearts which have different values for health and damage, and often have a special ability. My favourite so far provides more energy during the setup turn, allowing the player to summon more monsters before the fight starts. • There’s an undo button which lets you reset to the start of a turn if you made a simple mistake, or want to change your tactics. • The only slight negative that I can mention is that the sequel has a story, but unfortunately the cutscenes have no animations or voice acting, and the dialogue is just kind of boring. Tactical variety • There are five different clans to play as, and at the start of each run you’ll choose a primary and secondary clan, which allows you to recruit monsters and acquire spells relating to both clans. This provides lots of tactical variety for each run, as you try to identify ways to combine the powers of each clan. • The most enjoyable part about the original Monster Train, which is still true for this sequel, is finding crazy combos that allow your monsters to deal incredible amounts of damage, which feels like you're almost breaking the game (at least until you see how many health points the bosses have). • For example, the Pyreborn clan can acquire golden eggs, and trade them in for extra gold and relics. However, they have a dragon monster which gains health and attack for each golden egg you own. By acquiring the maximum number of eggs, this dragon will have around 100 health and 100 attack. I upgraded the dragon with multistrike so that instead of attacking once, he would attack three times, dealing 300 damage per turn. Then I duplicated the dragon twice, so that I could have three dragons on the same floor, to deal 900 damage per turn. • Meanwhile, the Underlegion clan can summon trash minions at the front of a floor, which is a good way to protect your more important monsters by blocking enemy attacks. This clan’s champion can permanently gain health and attack every time you summon a monster on the same floor. If you constantly summon these minions on almost every turn of every fight, by the end of the run, the champion will have massively increased stats. • Some monsters have a sweep attack, which allows them to hit every enemy on the floor. Upgrade them with quick, which allows them to attack first, and they could kill multiple weaker enemies before they get a chance to attack. Upgrade your most powerful monsters with endless, and instead of being eliminated from the fight on death, they’ll be placed back on top of your draw pile, allowing you to resummon them next turn. What other insane combos will you find? Recommendation Monster Train 2 is an excellent deckbuilder, and can be ranked alongside the original game, Slay The Spire, and Balatro in the top tier of the genre. This is an absolute must play. I’ve already got value for money and so far I’m only half way through the covenant difficulty levels, and I haven’t even unlocked the fifth clan yet, so there’s still many more hours of gameplay ahead.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Monster Train 2 is currently priced at 17.49€ on Steam.
Yes, Monster Train 2 is currently available at a 30% discount. You can purchase it for 17.49€ on Steam.
Yes, Monster Train 2 received 3,505 positive votes out of a total of 3,664 achieving an impressive rating of 9.18.
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Monster Train 2 was developed by Shiny Shoe and published by Big Fan Games.
Yes, Monster Train 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Monster Train 2 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
No, Monster Train 2 is not playable on Linux.
Monster Train 2 is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for Monster Train 2. Explore additional content available for Monster Train 2 on Steam.
No, Monster Train 2 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Monster Train 2 does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Monster Train 2 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Monster Train 2.
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Developer
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Big Fan Games
Release
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