Monstro: Battle Tactics

Monstro: Battle Tactics is a deterministic tactical puzzle game set on Ludus, where humans and ancient terror beasts coexist. Every few hundred years, angry people from another dimension called Terra arrive with floating islands, turning them into battlefields where humans and beasts fight for the Skygods’ amusement. You face opposing armies on square battlefields, survive their attacks and strike back, or sometimes complete other tasks the Skygods set.

Battles and rules

The game uses tactical RPG-style battles but has no role-playing elements, character growth or randomness. Its rules are deterministic and repeatable, and the difficulty is approachable. You can learn how enemy AI works and use its rules to your advantage, or consult the in-game help.

Undo lets you reverse a single move, return to the start of a mission, or undo a failed or completed mission. Battles also feature traps, upgraded units, moving and breakable walls, ranged attacks, and quick feedback on predicted enemy movement.

World and features

The tongue-in-cheek story features the Skygods, hand-drawn floating islands, ancient terror beasts and Goos with :3 faces. Real-time lighting adds depth to the pixel art, while artificial wind moves the background.

There are 23 achievements, including 17 that require completing existing levels in a more difficult way. The game also includes six Trading Cards with descriptions that expand its lore.