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Monsters are Coming!

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?

What works
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Unique hybrid of roguelite, tower defense, and base building
  • Good value for price
  • Frequent developer updates and responsiveness
  • Engaging progression and unlock systems
Things to keep in mind
  • Steep difficulty spikes and grindy meta progression
  • Limited content variety and repetitive runs
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Some balance and synergy issues with towers and upgrades
  • Music can be repetitive or off-putting to some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered

  • Rift Riff

  • Boogeyman

  • Castle Of Alchemists

  • Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered

  • Fights in Tight Spaces (Prologue)

  • Defend Your Life: TD

  • Age of Defense

  • Anomaly Defenders
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Rift Riff

  • Age of Defense

  • Abandoned Archive
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Monsters are Coming!: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Leadership, Exploration.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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