Games like Monster Train 2
If Monster Train 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Train, StarVaders and Forestygian — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative deck customization shines, atmospheric and challenging. 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.
Get personalized picks →Monster Train 2 is a strategy indie game released in 2025 by Shiny Shoe with a price tag of $18.74. Players engage in card-based combat with boss fights, character progression, and combo-based mechanics, while discovering card synergies and customizing decks through upgrades. The dark fantasy adventure features atmospheric strategy gameplay with equipment and room cards adding tactical layers. Reviewers highlight the game's massive length and challenging difficulty, with players describing sessions as both competitive and contemplative. The vertical tower-defense floor combat returns with new clans, enemy factions, and game modes. The game holds a 96% positive rating from over 4,700 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About Monster Train 2: 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.
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Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Train 2.
Top pick for Monster Train 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Monster Train 2.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Monster Train 2.
Second-strongest match for Monster Train 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Forestygian
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Monster Train 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Tactical Roguelike Deckbuilder with ability-based combat, fueled by card synergies. Build a powerful deck to support your hero. Use abilities to wipe out hordes of enemies. Discover powerful combos within the near-endless variety of composite cards.
Kingdom of Ashes - Fallen Era
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Monster Train 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
A single-player roguelike deck-builder set in a fallen kingdom. Draft cards, chain elemental resonances, fight through procedural maps of battles, shrines, and bosses. Spend Ash at the Forge for permanent upgrades. Eight heroes, brutal Ascension tiers.
First Age
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Monster Train 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Monster Train 2.
A turn-based strategy card game set in the Neolithic Age. Sacrifice villagers, tame mammoths, and build powerful card synergies to lead your tribe through the threat of the Dark Ages. Will your people stand the test of time?
Floppy Knights
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a whimsical mood with Monster Train 2.
Ranked #6 for Monster Train 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!
CyberTD
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, meta progression and a contemplative mood with Monster Train 2.
Ranked #7 for Monster Train 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Mutant viruses threaten the very heart of cyberspace! You'll need the right tactics and the "help" of your support drone to build a deck of terrific upgrades in this innovative deckbuilding tower defense game packed with roguelite elements!
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Monster Train 2.
Ranked #8 for Monster Train 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Train 2.
Reviewers of Monster Train 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
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!
Roguebook
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monster Train 2.
Reviewers of Monster Train 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
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!
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, deck building and an atmospheric mood with Monster Train 2.
Reviewers of Monster Train 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Train 2.
Reviewers of Monster Train 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Monster Train 2.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Slay the Spire 2
WHY THIS
Shares deck building, build variety and an intense mood with Monster Train 2.
Reviewers of Monster Train 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Ring of Pain
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Monster Train 2.
Reviewers of Monster Train 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
SpellRogue
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a whimsical mood with Monster Train 2.
Reviewers of Monster Train 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Shogun Showdown
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monster Train 2.
Reviewers of Monster Train 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monster Train 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Monster Train 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~47% under Monster Train 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
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Priced ~47% under Monster Train 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Monster Train 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Monster Train 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Monster Train 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Monster Train 2.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
one night, hot springs
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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More from Shiny Shoe
Other recommendable Steam games by Shiny Shoe, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, deck building and a challenging mood with Monster Train 2.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Monster Train 2. Shares Strategy with Monster Train 2.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Grim Fandango Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monster Train 2.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Monster Train 2.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
Inkbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monster Train 2.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Monster Train 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Monster Train 2.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Monster Train 2.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Full Throttle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monster Train 2.
Another title from Shiny Shoe, the studio behind Monster Train 2.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.
Frequently asked about Monster Train 2
- Is Monster Train 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Monster Train 2 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Monster Train 2 cost?
- Monster Train 2 is listed on Steam at 18.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Monster Train 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monster Train 2 are Monster Train, StarVaders, Forestygian.
- Who developed Monster Train 2?
- Monster Train 2 was developed by Shiny Shoe and published by Big Fan Games.
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