Monster Train
- Developer
- Shiny Shoe
- Publisher
- Good Shepherd Entertainment
- Released
- 21 May 2020
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £20.99
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: role playing rpg , strategy , turn based strategy tbs , indie , card and board game
Hell has frozen over. Only you can protect the final burning pyre from the forces of heaven and restore the inferno. Monster Train brings a new strategic layer to roguelike deckbuilding, with three vertical playing fields to defend. Includes the released updates Wild Mutations and Friends & Foes! No playthrough is ever the same, it’s a fresh challenge every time. You’ll never play the same deck twice!
Best gaming PC for Monster Train in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Monster Train today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Good Shepherd Entertainment on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Core i3 | Core i5 |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | IGP or better | GTX 1050 |
| Storage | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Monster Train?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Core i5 and your GPU is at or above GTX 1050, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.