Fit check
Is PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Tower-defense players who want both solo and cooperative modes
- Players seeking a campaign spread across many fixed environments
- Players who enjoy replayable levels with varied defensive towers
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct character combat instead of placing defenses and managing monster waves
- Players who prefer a short, tightly bounded campaign rather than repeated wave defense across many environments
- Players looking for a turn-based military strategy game with persistent units
Our take on PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
Its tower-focused structure limits direct control over combat: success centers on defensive placement, tower selection, and resource spending rather than personally fighting through each attack.
What is PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate?
Protect Tikiman’s offspring from successive monster attacks by positioning weapon towers around each landscape.
Treasure collected during play funds additional towers and expands the available arsenal, which includes arrow, cannon, anti-air, ice, laser, fire, Tesla, and mortar types, along with special power-ups. The game offers a single-player campaign, local co-op, online co-op, and extra challenges. Tikiman travels through three islands containing 47 environments, while Tum-Tum island generates levels randomly for repeated play. Monsters attack from the ground and air, requiring different defensive placements. The Steam release also includes 52 achievements in total, trading cards, badges, and unlockable concept art, music videos, and soundtracks.
How PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate plays
- 01Multiple play modes
- The available modes include a solo campaign, shared-screen co-op, internet co-op, and additional challenges.
- 02Mixed tower arsenal
- Defensive options cover ground and aerial threats through arrow, cannon, anti-air, ice, laser, fire, Tesla, and mortar towers.
- 03Generated island levels
- Tum-Tum island creates levels at random rather than using only fixed environments.
- 04Steam extras
- The release contains 52 achievements, trading cards, badges, and unlockable audiovisual material.
PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate compared to similar games
PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate centers on tower placement against recurring land and air attacks, with solo, local co-op, online co-op, and randomly generated levels. Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on hands-on control of units in large-scale World War II battles, while Shogun Showdown uses turn-based combat, attack tiles, skills, and deck building. Xenonauts instead combines turn-based squad missions with managing a multinational organization and recovering alien technology.
PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate: platforms & release
Is PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate worth it?
It is worth it if: tower-defense players who want both solo and cooperative modes. Skip it if: players seeking direct character combat instead of placing defenses and managing monster waves.
Where can I download PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
