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Games like Monster X Monster

If Monster X Monster is your kind of game, the closest matches are Yao-Guai Hunter, Active DBG: Brave's Rage and Overdungeon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, funny and lighthearted. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Monster X Monster: This is a Rogue-like RPG card game. You team up 4 monsters to escape the castle defeating all the heroes. Monsters need freedom!

2019StrategyIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access2.99 USDWindowsby VanGame
Monster X Monster — Steam game cover
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Body part fusion creates wild card synergiesCheap price with surprising depthHumorous writing and sound designChallengingFunnyLighthearted

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Steam players who put hours into Monster X Monster also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Yao-Guai Hunter

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Monster X Monster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Yao-Guai Hunter is a Wuxia roguelike deck-building game. In a world where Yao-Guai roam free, player battles with various evil beings, collecting cards and learn inner skills. Encountering various adventures in the martial world.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Active DBG: Brave's Rage

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Monster X Monster.

    Second-strongest match for Monster X Monster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Brave's Rage is a challenging roguelite deckbuilding game that features an ATB combat system. Players will have to think critically to build their decks and make strategic decisions in the nick of time. Create your dynamic duo from a total of 9 playable Braves and face 20 different challenge tiers!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie5.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Overdungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Monster X Monster.

    Third-strongest match for Monster X Monster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. A Long Way Down

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Monster X Monster.

    Ranked #4 for Monster X Monster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Roguebook

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Monster X Monster.

    Ranked #5 for Monster X Monster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Journey to the West

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Monster X Monster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    A challenging rogue-like deck building game about a legendary adventure in the Realm of Divinity. Lead your team, build your unique deck, gather powerful relics and consumables to confront legendary creatures and eventually discover the truth behind the omen of darkness.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Deep Sky Derelicts

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Monster X Monster.

    Ranked #7 for Monster X Monster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning and a challenging mood with Monster X Monster.

    Ranked #8 for Monster X Monster fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monster X Monster at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Monster X Monster on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster X Monster.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Monster X Monster on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster X Monster.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Monster X Monster on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Monster X Monster.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Monster X Monster on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Monster X Monster on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster X Monster.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Monster X Monster on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Monster X Monster on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Monster X Monster.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Monster X Monster on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster X Monster.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Realm of the Mad God Exalt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster X Monster.

    Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!

    2012ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Clicker Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Super Auto Pets

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Monster X Monster.

    Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!

    2021StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Minion Masters

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster X Monster.

    An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!

    2019ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Monster X Monster

How much does Monster X Monster cost?
Monster X Monster is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Monster X Monster?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monster X Monster are Yao-Guai Hunter, Active DBG: Brave's Rage, Overdungeon.
Who developed Monster X Monster?
Monster X Monster was developed by VanGame.

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