Monster Slayers
Turn-based deck-building RPG with randomized runs and lasting upgrades
Nerdook Productions · Released Mar 23, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 1,269
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 8
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 5 days ago
- Sep 18, 2026
Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)
What is Monster Slayers?
Monster Slayers is a single-player deck-building RPG set in the Northern Valley, where a new guild hero sets out to defeat the Harbinger. Each run has randomized encounters and loot. You choose a route, fight monsters using cards, build your deck, equip gear, and earn fame to unlock abilities for future heroes.
For you if...
- +you like quick, turn-based card battles
- +you enjoy unlocking abilities across repeated runs
- +you want to try different classes and companions
Not for you if...
- −you prefer real-time combat to playing cards
- −you want a game without repeated runs
What players say
79% of 1,269 reviews are positive
Players praise the quick card battles, class variety, and progression between runs. Some find the runs repetitive and the deck-building choices limited. Recent reviewers also report crashes and a run-blocking glitch after an update.
Screenshots and trailer
Monster Slayers system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8
- Processor
- Processor 2 GHz (Dual Core)
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.1 compatible 3D graphics card with 256 MB VRAM
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM
- Storage
- 40 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 22
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- Card Battler
- Card Game
- RPG
- Roguelite
- Deckbuilding
- Turn-Based
- Singleplayer
- Turn-Based Combat
- Strategy
- Loot
- 2D
- Roguelike
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Action
- Dungeon Crawler
Recent updates
- Sep 18, 2026 · Monster Slayers Mega Update - 1.5.5
- Dec 6, 2025 · Monster Slayers - Small Update (v1.5.3)
- Dec 3, 2025 · Monster Slayers is back! v1.5.2 Update is now Available
- May 14, 2022 · Monster Slayers v1.5.1 Update
- Dec 22, 2020 · Monster Slayers Content Update
2 DLC available.
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