Monster Train 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Monster Train 2

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Deep and engaging strategic gameplay
  • Extensive content with many clans and combos
  • Quality of life improvements like undo and deployment phase
  • High replayability and meta-progression
  • Excellent soundtrack and satisfying combat

Things to keep in mind

  • Story and lore are shallow and sometimes cringeworthy
  • Art style changes are divisive and sometimes cluttered
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Some clans feel unbalanced or less fun
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

  • SpellRogue

  • Shogun Showdown

  • Breach Wanderers

  • Deepest Chamber: Resurrection

  • Hadean Tactics

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Monster Train 2 but with more leadership over others

  • Arcanium: Rise of Akhan

  • Union of Gnomes

  • Starless Abyss

  • FrostBound

  • Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

  • Gordian Quest

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Monster Train 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026