Fit check
Is Monsters are Coming! worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-strategy players who want tower placement combined with direct combat
- Roguelite fans who enjoy repeated runs with persistent progression
- Players who like balancing resource collection against dangerous exploration
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed defensive position may hit a wall when the city keeps advancing during each run.
- Players who prefer low-pressure combat may struggle with constant resource duties, monster attacks, and increasingly powerful enemies.
- Players looking for a cooperative action RPG with loot, pets, and character customization may prefer Dungeon Defenders: Awakened.
Our take on Monsters are Coming!
The bounce point arrives when gathering, route choice, tower placement, and city movement must be managed at once. Returning too late from exploration or failing to maintain the city leads to destruction, although the hero can fall without ending the run.
What is Monsters are Coming!?
Monsters are Coming!
is a tower-survivor action rogue-lite built around an ever-moving city. During each run, the hero gathers wood, stone, and gold while fighting endless monster hordes. Players choose routes, weigh safer paths against richer rewards, and return to shelters to buy districts and select their placement. Town Halls, archery outposts, necromancer towers, dragons, special weapons, and ability upgrades support different defensive builds. Environmental obstacles, side hordes, and bosses add threats as the city travels toward the Ark. A run ends when the city is destroyed, not when the hero falls. Compasses collected after runs carry forward, while player progression provides further upgrades for later attempts.
How Monsters are Coming! plays
- 01Moving city defense
- The settlement travels toward the Ark while towers and other defensive structures protect it from attacking monsters.
- 02Resource gathering
- Wood, stone, and gold support engines, tower efficiency, repairs, rebuilding, and expansion.
- 03Shelter districts
- Reaching shelters opens access to new districts and lets players decide where to place them during each run.
- 04Persistent progression
- Compasses collected after runs carry forward, and player upgrades increase the possibilities available in later attempts.
- 05Hero survival rules
- The run continues after the hero falls and ends only when the city is destroyed.
Monsters are Coming! compared to similar games
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened combines cooperative action RPG play with tower defense, loot, leveling, pets, and character customization. Monsters are Coming! instead centers its runs on a moving city, resource gathering, shelters, and persistent progression. Anomaly: Warzone Earth mixes action and strategy through a reversed tower-defense structure focused on saving Earth from an alien attack, while Monsters are Coming! uses monster hordes, mobile-city defense, and survivor-style combat.
Monsters are Coming!: platforms & release
Is Monsters are Coming! worth it?
It is worth it if: action-strategy players who want tower placement combined with direct combat. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed defensive position may hit a wall when the city keeps advancing during each run.
Where can I download Monsters are Coming!?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Monsters are Coming!'s store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Monsters are Coming! on?
Windows only.
