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Monster Train

Shiny Shoe · Good Shepherd Entertainment

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Quick read

Monster Train is a vertical deckbuilder: defend three train cars, stack units, climb a hell run.

What kind of game is it?

Roguelike deck construction with a battlefield that has floors. Combos are spatial as well as in-hand.

Who is it for?

For players who enjoy a train of floors they defend with a deck.

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How it plays

Loop: Building a deck
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: Runs that reset
Players: Single-player
Structure: Roguelike
Tone: Epic · Challenging

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression35
Estimate
Social18
Estimate
Session commitment52
Estimate

Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.

Release

released

2020-05-21

Review score

95.9%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

22,942

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Store price

$4.99

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play Monster Train?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

570k – 1.3M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55.

Estimated gross revenue

$1.4M – $5M

Copies × current price × 50–80% (sales, regional prices). Before Steam's cut, refunds and tax.

All-time peak players

14,037

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

113

Peak that month: 181.

Median playtime

31.3 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 12.8–64.5 h. 2% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English47%
Simplified Chinese31%
Portuguese (Brazil)4%
Russian4%
German3%
Traditional Chinese2%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The train is a tower-defense axis most card games lack.

Core mechanics

How it scores

The fantasy: Mastery and Optimization. Our scores out of 100, separate from Steam reviews.

Build varianceEstimate

88 / 100

Strategy depthEstimate

86 / 100

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: deckbuilding.

Related rankings

Sources

Store price checked 13 Sept 2026.

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