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Create a class-based hero, build a battle deck, and take randomized routes through the Northern Valley to hunt its legendary Harbinger.
Released 23 Mar 2017
Fight With Cards
Choose Branching Routes
Recruit Battle Companions
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
Developed by Nerdook Productions · Published by Nerdook Productions
Join the Monster Slayers Guild as a new hero and venture through the Northern Valley on a quest to defeat the Harbinger. Choose from six classes, each with its own cards and combat style.
Battles are turn-based and driven by cards: use attacks, defenses, spells, and other abilities, then shape your deck as you find cards from merchants, treasure, and allies. Equip stat-boosting loot and recruit companions with special abilities.
Each run reshuffles routes, encounters, and loot, letting you choose where to travel and which foes to face. Earn fame as you play to unlock abilities for future heroes.
Players who enjoy Monster Slayers often praise its approachable, quick-playing card combat, experimenting with class-based decks and combos, and earning fame-based upgrades across runs. Some also like choosing routes and companions to shape each expedition. Views differ on how much variety and strategic depth the game sustains, with several reviews finding runs repetitive or deck options limited.
Developed by Nerdook (Reverse Crawl, Vertical Drop Heroes), Monster Slayers is a complete reimagining of the free web-based hit of the same name, which has been played over 4 million times on gaming portal, Kongregate.
A rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure (and one of the very few released BEFORE Slay the Spire), Monster Slayers uses an innovative card-based battle system and lets you customize a deck to suit your play style. Create a new hero to join the Monster Slayers Guild and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you follow your quest to defeat the legendary Harbinger and become a true Monster Slayer.
Battle undead goblins, lion outlaws, mighty dragons and other monstrous foes using a unique card-based combat system
Strategically shape your deck as you acquire new cards from merchants, treasure chests, and allies
Collect fame from each run to unlock new abilities that can be used by future heroes
Every playthrough is different: levels, enemy encounters and loot are randomly generated
Choose from six different classes: Rogue, Ranger, Knight, Barbarian, Cleric, Wizard
Recruit companions to join you on your quest and make use of their special abilities
Equip your hero with stat-boosting loot to improve the chances of victory
Fight for your place at the top of the Monster Slayers leaderboards
Inspired by the much-loved deck-building RPG, Dream Quest, created by Peter Whalen (Hearthstone)
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 22 |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 86/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
