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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

Released Jul 25, 2019 Developer Game Atelier Publisher FDG Entertainment Platforms Windows AdventureActionIndieMetroidvaniaPlatformer
View on Steam ↗ $9.89 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

89.1%positive2,455 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Very nice balanced gameplay for a metroidvania! Difficulty was nice for a title that eases transition into the genre. Rich graphics, gameplay, music, and more. Greatly replayable so don't sleep on this one.”

— a player, Steam review · 83 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Charming presentation, and it was always exciting to unlock and try out each new animal form. Also, took me around 28 hours my first time through, so it's a pretty thick, meaty adventure too. Would totally play another Monder Boy in Wonster World game by these developers.”

— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game is engaging from starting to finish. I love how interesting the game goes on but the difficulty spiked suddenly a lot in Lava location which is bit annoying. Soundtracks are crazy and i came to know this was done by japanese people. Quality of image,animations are very…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:32 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

12playing at last check
1624-hour peak
355all-time peak
0 100 200 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 187 avg · Jul 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

32achievements
31.5%median completion
15.8%rarest: Not All Wanderers Are Lost
90.7% of players 88.7% of players 76.1% of players 67.5% of players 56.1% of players 50.9% of players 47.9% of players 47.3% of players 46.8% of players 45.7% of players 45.3% of players 43.0% of players 39.0% of players 38.4% of players 35.9% of players 31.8% of players 31.5% of players 31.5% of players 31.4% of players 28.8% of players 28.2% of players 28.1% of players 23.7% of players 23.2% of players 23.2% of players 22.7% of players 22.6% of players 21.3% of players 19.9% of players 18.4% of players 16.6% of players 15.8% of players 90.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
90.7%Your Friend Pepelogoo — Hidden achievement
88.7%Coin Bonanza — Find your first coin fountain.
76.1%A Super Snout — Sniff 10 secrets in Pig form.
Rarest badges of honor
15.8%Not All Wanderers Are Lost — Visit every corner of Monster World Kingdom.
16.6%Treasure Hunter — Open every chest in Monster World Kingdom.
18.4%Who Needs Life Insurance — Collect every Life Heart.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.89−67% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99base price
$9.89lowest since tracking began2026-07-20
US9.89 USD−67%
EU9.56 EUR−67%
UK8.24 GBP−67%
Australia14.50 AUD−67%
Canada12.86 CAD−67%
Japan1,122 JPY−67%
Brazil29.36 BRL−67%
China35.64 CNY−67%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$5.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 30, 2022
Steam Deck™ Update

This version supports the screen format and button layout of Steam Deck and updates the build to the latest version of the game.

Sep 29, 2020
4K, 120FPS+, Ultra Widescreen and more

After our recent PS5/Xbox Series X announcement in which we promised a 120fps/4K update for the console versions of Monster Boy, we received many inquiries from PC players around the world. We'd like

Aug 08, 2019
Patch #1 (Update:Live)

Hi Everyone, We hope you're all having tons of fun with Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom! Today we'd like to give you an update on what we've been working on to improve your experience. The first pa

Jul 25, 2019
Welcome to Monster World!

Hi Everyone, the day has come and the grand adventure begins on your PC! Thank you so much for all the support and patience while we worked on the PC port. With your help we've been able to make the b

Jul 24, 2019
Tomorrow is the day!

Hi Everyone, tomorrow is the big day and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom will finally launch on the PC! We're so excited, are you ready?! :o https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/im

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Action · Indie · Metroidvania · Platformer · 2D · Side Scroller · Singleplayer · Exploration · Anime · Cute · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Polish
Achievements32
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.monsterboy.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7,8,10 Processor: Intel/AMD Quad Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GPU with 2GB VRAM available. DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 5000 MB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers