Games like Monsters and Monocles
If Monsters and Monocles is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monsters 'til Midnight, Nuclear Throne and Woodpunk — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, contemplative 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.
Get personalized picks →About Monsters and Monocles: Monsters and Monocles is a frantic top-down shooter for 1-4 players. Use teamwork and your arsenal of weapons to defeat the overwhelming hordes of evil, either locally or online. All the levels are procedurally generated with new layouts, objectives, and secrets each time you play.
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Monsters 'til Midnight
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Monsters and Monocles.
Top pick for Monsters and Monocles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Use steampunk weaponry to vanquish the legions of evil and survive until the clock strikes midnight! In this fast-paced horde survival game, each powerful upgrade can help turn the tide. Go it alone, or join another player in your pursuit to outlast the inevitable march of time itself!
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Monsters and Monocles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Woodpunk
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Monsters and Monocles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Rogue Star Rescue
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Monsters and Monocles.
Ranked #4 for Monsters and Monocles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!
Repetendium
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Monsters and Monocles.
Ranked #5 for Monsters and Monocles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and a whimsical mood with Monsters and Monocles.
Ranked #6 for Monsters and Monocles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
Mega City Force
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Ranked #7 for Monsters and Monocles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Toroom
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Monsters and Monocles.
Ranked #8 for Monsters and Monocles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Monsters and Monocles.
Toroom is a dungeon crawler roguelike-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist just wants to come back to his bedroom after waking up in a world of fantasy. Fight your way through multiple biomes, clear rooms full of enemies, get as much loot as possible and defeat the bosses in your way.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Monsters and Monocles
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The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Monsters and Monocles.
Reviewers of Monsters and Monocles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
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Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Monsters and Monocles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
TowerFall Ascension
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Monsters and Monocles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
Enter the Gungeon
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Shares procedural generation with Monsters and Monocles.
Reviewers of Monsters and Monocles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Hades
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Monsters and Monocles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monsters and Monocles at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Monsters and Monocles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~67% under Monsters and Monocles on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Monsters and Monocles on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Monsters and Monocles.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Monsters and Monocles on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Monsters and Monocles on Steam right now. Shares Action with Monsters and Monocles.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Monsters and Monocles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Monsters and Monocles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Monsters and Monocles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Monsters and Monocles.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
NERTS! Online
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
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Frequently asked about Monsters and Monocles
- How much does Monsters and Monocles cost?
- Monsters and Monocles is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Monsters and Monocles have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Monsters and Monocles supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Monsters and Monocles?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monsters and Monocles are Monsters 'til Midnight, Nuclear Throne, Woodpunk.
- Who developed Monsters and Monocles?
- Monsters and Monocles was developed by Retro Dreamer.
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