Meg's Monster
Story-driven RPG where a girl's tears could end the world
Odencat · Released Mar 2, 2023
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 1,322
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 9 months ago
- Jan 13, 2026
Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)
What is Meg's Monster?
A short, linear, 2D turn-based RPG set in an underworld of monsters. You play as Roy, an ogre helping a lost girl find her mother, and fight battles with minigames while using her toys to keep her from crying.
For you if...
- +you favor short, emotionally focused single-player stories
- +you like battles that involve protecting a companion
Not for you if...
- −you want open exploration and deep RPG progression
- −you dislike reading dialogue between simple battles
What players say
97% of 1,322 reviews are positive
Players praise the emotional story, characters, pixel art, and music. The most common complaint is that there is little gameplay beyond dialogue and simple battles; some players also find later scenes repetitive.
How many players finish Meg's Monster?
74% of Steam players have unlocked «An Ending», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Meg's Monster system requirements
Minimum: DirectX, 2 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Meg's Monster?
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- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 2G Hz
- Graphics
- DirectX or OpenGL 2.1
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Meg's Monster have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Meg's Monster run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 19
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Indonesian, Russian.
Does Meg's Monster use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Indie
- Pixel Graphics
- Linear
- JRPG
- Adventure
- 2D
- Emotional
- Singleplayer
- Wholesome
- Turn-Based
- RPG
- Underground
- Story Rich
- Interactive Fiction
- Soundtrack
- Funny
Recent updates
- Nov 7, 2025 · Meg's Monster v1.4.0.1 Released
- Jan 23, 2025 · Fixes for Freezing Issue and Addition of Russian and Indonesian
- Aug 17, 2023 · Meg's Monster is now available in Turkish!
- Jun 16, 2023 · Added Items After the Ending
- May 11, 2023 · Fixing the crash.
2 DLC available.
