Fit check
Is Monsters and Monocles worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Co-op groups who want shared-lives teamwork and revival mechanics
- Solo players who want procedurally changing shooter runs
- Twin-stick shooter fans who want weapon and relic customization
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a slow, story-led pace rather than repeated frantic battles
- Players who prefer fixed maps and predictable objectives over changing level layouts
- Groups larger than four players
- Players looking for a non-shooter adventure
Our take on Monsters and Monocles
The shared pool of lives makes cooperation central, but it also makes one player’s mistakes affect the whole team. Procedural missions add variation while reducing the predictability of fixed-level progression.
What is Monsters and Monocles?
This top-down twin-stick shooter follows paranormal investigators confronting evil in a Victorian steampunk world.
Play alone or cooperate with up to four players online or locally, sharing one pool of lives and reviving fallen teammates. Levels generate new enemy placements, traps, secrets, and objectives for each run, with areas such as a haunted mansion, snowy streets, and a cursed Pharaoh’s tomb. The HMS Scone serves as a hub for preparation between missions, which end with boss encounters. Weapons include the blunderbuss, stake launcher, and crumpet cannon. Relics add abilities, can be upgraded across play sessions, and let players adjust their weapons.
How Monsters and Monocles plays
- 01Four-player co-op
- Cooperative sessions support up to four participants through local or online play.
- 02Shared life pool
- The team draws from one supply of lives, with fallen characters able to be revived.
- 03Randomized missions
- Each run changes enemy positions, hazards, secrets, and objectives.
- 04Weapon customization
- Collected relics add abilities and can be improved between sessions.
- 05Boss encounters
- Each area concludes with a large enemy such as a demonic chimney sweep or cyclops skull.
Monsters and Monocles compared to similar games
Abyssus is a multiplayer shooting game with hand-crafted levels and brine-powered weapons in a roguelite structure. Monsters and Monocles instead uses procedurally generated levels and relics that add and upgrade abilities.
Monsters and Monocles: platforms & release
Is Monsters and Monocles worth it?
It is worth it if: co-op groups who want shared-lives teamwork and revival mechanics. Skip it if: players seeking a slow, story-led pace rather than repeated frantic battles.
Where can I download Monsters and Monocles?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Monsters and Monocles's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Monsters and Monocles on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
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