Monster Train

Monster Train is a roguelike deck-building game in which you defend the final burning pyre from the forces of heaven and try to restore the inferno. Battles take place across three vertical play fields, which you must defend.

Build your deck

Choose a primary clan and a supporting clan from five monster clans, each with its own distinct gameplay. You gain access to the cards from both clans and can build on one of 10 starter decks. Across more than 220 cards, you can mix and match upgrades, upgrade any card twice, and duplicate cards at special map nodes. Each clan has 10 unlockable levels that add new cards, and you can upgrade your clan-specific champion multiple times.

Choose your route

As you make your way through hell, choose locations that offer different benefits. You can upgrade your champion, recruit units, improve cards, gain passive bonuses or duplicate a card. More than 21 unique random events and 25 Covenant difficulty levels add further variation to runs.

Multiplayer

Monster Train includes three multiplayer modes:

• Hell Rush: Eight players compete in real time. Everyone has the same resources and opponents, making it a level contest where quick decisions matter.
• Daily Challenge: Take on a new run each day with gameplay mutators. Compete globally or against friends, and climb the leaderboards using a skill-focused scoring system.
• Custom Challenge: Create a challenge and share it with friends. Each challenge has its own leaderboard.

Additional content

The Friends & Foes update adds exiled champions, new bosses, cards and artifacts, expanding the strategic options. It also adds a personal run records page in the Logbook, an enemy wave counter during battles, and previews of the ring 3 and ring 6 bosses at the start of a run. Wild Mutations adds 35 mutators, new difficulty settings for experienced players, and ways to challenge friends and the community. The Herzal's Workshop update adds mod support through Steam Workshop.