Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Side-scrolling action platformer with monster forms that open new paths
Game Atelier · Published by FDG Entertainment · Released Jul 25, 2019
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 2,652
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 14
- peak 24h 19
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 4 years ago
- May 30, 2022
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)
What is Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom?
Jin explores an interconnected Monster World to save its kingdom in this side-scrolling action-adventure game. He fights enemies, finds equipment, and unlocks six monster forms with different abilities to reach hidden areas and bosses.
For you if...
- +you enjoy exploring connected areas for hidden paths
- +you like puzzles built around different movement abilities
- +you want a colorful, upbeat single-player adventure
Not for you if...
- −you prefer combat over exploration and platforming
- −you want simple traversal without tricky jumps
What players say
88% of 2,652 reviews are positive
Players praise the hand-drawn animation, music, and puzzles that use the monster forms. Some find the combat and platforming frustrating and say frequent form and equipment switching slows the pace.
Screenshots and trailer
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7,8,10
- Processor
- Intel/AMD Quad Core
- Graphics
- GPU with 2GB VRAM available.
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5000 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 32
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Polish.
Tags
- Adventure
- Action
- Indie
- Metroidvania
- Platformer
- 2D
- Singleplayer
- Side Scroller
- Exploration
- Anime
- Colorful
- Cute
- Great Soundtrack
- Fantasy
- Action-Adventure
- Cartoon
Recent updates
- May 30, 2022 · Steam Deck™ Update
- Aug 8, 2019 · Patch #1 (Update:Live)
- Jul 19, 2019 · Developer Update #7
- Jul 17, 2019 · Developer Update #6
- Jul 3, 2019 · Final Demo Update!
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