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
- Playing now
- 2
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 10 months ago
- Nov 7, 2025
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
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.
Screenshots and trailer
Meg's Monster system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- 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
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 19
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- 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
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Indonesian, Russian.
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.
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