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Temtem
Temtem is an online creature-collection adventure. Tame 165 unique creatures across 7 vibrant islands, battle other tamers, tackle mythical Lairs, chase Luma & Umbra variants, and breed your favorite Tems - with friends by your side! Dive into a colorful monster catching adventure, so Temtem up!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“[h2]While I'm (mostly) enjoying this game, its many faults are such a turn-off I couldn't really recommend it to anyone other than die-hard Pokemon fans, and even then only with caveats.[/h2] [h3]Pros:[/h3] [list]…”
“I am currently in the middle of my third playthrough, second doing co-op with a friend. This game is fantastic, and I'd say the absolute best alternative to playing Pokemon. The co-op system works very very well, and it…”
“I somehow love this game and loathe it at the same time. It’s a fantastic creature capture/battler with a fun story but the missed potential and just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ side quests and end game really drag it down. Also the game…”
14 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“As someone who loved this game for over half a decade, shiny hunted alot and even tried to replay through this game. This is an honest review on the current state of this game. TLDR: Go play other creature capturing…”
“[h2]While I'm (mostly) enjoying this game, its many faults are such a turn-off I couldn't really recommend it to anyone other than die-hard Pokemon fans, and even then only with caveats.[/h2] [h3]Pros:[/h3] [list]…”
“Too many damned trainer battles and random encounters way too expensive game is long for longness sake. super high level for evos every path is a pain to get through just because of the trainers and random encounters…”
8 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“As someone who loved this game for over half a decade, shiny hunted alot and even tried to replay through this game. This is an honest review on the current state of this game. TLDR: Go play other creature capturing…”
“I am currently in the middle of my third playthrough, second doing co-op with a friend. This game is fantastic, and I'd say the absolute best alternative to playing Pokemon. The co-op system works very very well, and it…”
“This game is great. Imagine Poke'mmo. But better. Fully flegged online creature collector mmo”
7 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Its fun and big but you don't need a $450 switch to play it is a little bit to hard in skill level”
“I like it, I wish it got more updates but its a very long enjoyable game that I played entirely co-op with. There is some endgame which is fun and rather difficult too and theres no micro transacations so its a good buy”
“Its makes really fun and its more difficult then Pokemon. A lot cute creatures to catch and a nice story. I really love this Game and its easily worth the money, I am already 200hrs in and still have things to do.”
7 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“I somehow love this game and loathe it at the same time. It’s a fantastic creature capture/battler with a fun story but the missed potential and just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ side quests and end game really drag it down. Also the game…”
“Its a very good game if you like creature collectors like this. There are a lot of unique aspects in it and it has good progression and story. The thing that makes most people upset is that its like Pokemon…”
“Its makes really fun and its more difficult then Pokemon. A lot cute creatures to catch and a nice story. I really love this Game and its easily worth the money, I am already 200hrs in and still have things to do.”
10 of the 79 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Do not purchase this game, or any game from this developer. They are bad and unreliable. The lead developer spent more time trolling reddit and telling people they were stupid for not liking their game than actually…”
“As someone who loved this game for over half a decade, shiny hunted alot and even tried to replay through this game. This is an honest review on the current state of this game. TLDR: Go play other creature capturing…”
“Ok, I'm about done with this game. I gave it the old college try and I just can't recommend it to anyone. Firstly, the MMO elements are so pointless. I feel like the vast majority play this game solo (like most…”
8 of the 79 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Do not purchase this game, or any game from this developer. They are bad and unreliable. The lead developer spent more time trolling reddit and telling people they were stupid for not liking their game than actually…”
“The co-op desync bug that was supposed to be fixed "with the next patch" 6 years ago still exists. Our party is stuck frozen and we only teleport to each other whenever someone starts a fight. Frozen in place as soon as…”
“LOL this games community managers are a massive joke. I got banned from their discord for saying their new game is like palworld. lmao. Sorry yall are copying their game to hop on the trend. Losers.”
8 of the 79 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Too many damned trainer battles and random encounters way too expensive game is long for longness sake. super high level for evos every path is a pain to get through just because of the trainers and random encounters…”
“magine putting hours of work into a Temtem, bonding with it, training it, finally evolving it, only for that evolution to give it a new trait that completely ruins it. That kind of frustration pops up far too often. The…”
“A while ago I picked up temtem and let it sit in my library for years, Now that I finally got a chance to play the game I can honestly say that I do not recommend this game. the game starts out well enough but somewhere…”
7 of the 79 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Ok, I'm about done with this game. I gave it the old college try and I just can't recommend it to anyone. Firstly, the MMO elements are so pointless. I feel like the vast majority play this game solo (like most…”
“The co-op desync bug that was supposed to be fixed "with the next patch" 6 years ago still exists. Our party is stuck frozen and we only teleport to each other whenever someone starts a fight. Frozen in place as soon as…”
“I somehow can't get into this even though I have been a Pokemon fan all my life. I don't even hate the design of the mons or the battle system. But somehow it just feels... off? The Player characters look like knockoff…”
6 of the 79 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“its not what i imagined it to be. i didnt know that it was a LGBTQ+ game. I only played for like 46 minutes, but the first minute of playing is like a constant reminder that its a gender neutral world. Its not something…”
“A while ago I picked up temtem and let it sit in my library for years, Now that I finally got a chance to play the game I can honestly say that I do not recommend this game. the game starts out well enough but somewhere…”
“I picked this game up again after putting it down for a few years, and I think I am realizing why I stopped playing in the first place. It is really just painfully boring. Everything about the design of the world feels…”
Counted across 79 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Temtem is great as a MMO-lite creature collector, it just never got its chance to really shine It was weighed down by the early-access launch (and some updates iirc) being plagued by server issues and it also spent too much time in early access since it was a bit ambitious for…”
— a player, Steam review · 816 hrs played“Its an alright game, didnt keep my attention as much as Id like.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“A good game kneecapped by the devs incompetence. They wanted to make an MMO "lite" but don't plan on adding future content. There are time gated and progression gating mechanics (Palpark and limited Temtem breeding with expensive items for example) that you wouldn't otherwise…”
— a player, Steam review · 487 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:16 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Temtem and the Temtem OST are part of the Steam Spring Sale!
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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.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Player tags | Co-op · Multiplayer · Creature Collector · RPG · Turn-Based Combat · Story Rich · Adventure · PvE · PvP · Turn-Based Tactics · MMORPG · Character Customization (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://crema.gg/games/temtem/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bits Processor: Celeron G530 2.4Ghz or similar Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GT 650M or similar Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Minimum requirements for playing at 720p@30fps