Pokemon meets metroidvania!

After a successful Kickstarter campaign and reaching its stretch goal, Monster Sactuary is on track to release on Switch a few months after its official launch on PC’s.

Now on its final leg of development, Monster Sanctuary is now entering Steam via Steam Early Access by end of August. If plans go smoothly, we may expect the game to release on the hybrid platform later this year.

Monster Sanctuary is the idea of combining monster collecting, turn based combat and metroidvania-like exploration. Any monster you encounter can become a part of your own party. Additional monsters provide a lot of tactical options in combat or allow you to overcome certain obstacles to explore new areas.

Check out the latest trailer and game details below:

Monster Sanctuary takes you to a metroidvania world where you’ll discover, hatch, train and battle a wide variety of monsters.

Take advantage of branching upgrade trees to grow your monsters around your own playstyle, use their unique skills to unlock new areas of the map and work together to become the ultimate Monster Keeper!

Here’s a previous announcement trailer from Team17:

As the youngest heir of an ancient bloodline of proud Monster Keepers, you step out into the world to follow in your ancestors’ footsteps. You will gather a party of monsters to grow and train. Meanwhile, a series of unsettling events worries the experienced Keepers of the Monster Sanctuary. This is the beginning of a journey to unravel the cause of this mystery that threatens the peace between humans and monsters.

Monster Sanctuary is the idea of combining monster collecting, turn based combat and metroidvania-like exploration. Any monster you encounter can become a part of your own party. Additional monsters provide a lot of tactical options in combat or allow you to overcome certain obstacles to explore new areas.

Every monster has a unique skill tree. This lets you individualize your monster to pursue different strategies. Feeding and equipping your monsters to improve their stats further emphasizes this aspect.

The combo system gives additional depth to the combat. Each individual hit increases the damage of the next moves within the same combat turn. The loot system challenges you to find the quickest and most efficient way to end a battle – rewarding you with better loot. Grind and find the best combo to earn the rarest monster eggs!

Get ready to embark on an epic adventure across the land with the monsters you collect:

Become a Monster Keeper and save the Monster Sanctuary

Choose one of four spectral familiars and venture forth using the power of the monsters you collect! The team you build will unlock new potential, allowing you to explore an ever-expanding world. Will you have what it takes to become the ultimate Monster Keeper and unravel the cause of a mystery that threatens the peace between humans and monsters?

Explore a metroidvania inspired world

The different powers of the monsters in your team will allow you to explore and expand the world. From smashing down walls and cutting vines, to gliding over gaps and increasing your jump height, your monsters will play a key part in your adventure.

Assemble your team

Collect, hatch and train monsters from across the world as you build your ideal monster team! Every monster has unique strengths and weaknesses, skill trees and play styles that allows you to customise your party to your needs and fighting style.

Clash in tactical turn-based combat

Choose three of your monsters to fight for you at a time, strategically ordering their attacks for maximum efficiency during the battle! Take advantage of enemy weaknesses, heal and buff your team or strike multiple times to create devastating combos. Monster Keepers that prove themselves in battle can earn the rarest monster eggs!