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Monster Taming Direct 09.04.2023

Monster Taming Direct 09.04.2023

It's finally time everyone! We've got 34 EXCLUSIVE submissions in this love letter to the Monster Taming Genre!

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25 featured games

Featured Games(25)

Eternal Exodus

Eternal Exodus

Fordesoft

A monster-catching RPG set in the afterlife. Catch and fuse mythological creatures as you journey to free the afterlife from tyrannical rule in a story-driven adventure that explores deep philosophical and metaphysical themes.

IndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Abomi Nation

Abomi Nation

Orange Pylon Games, DANGEN Entertainment

Abomi Nation is a roguelike monster-taming RPG. Every playthrough will create a new version of Abomi Nation and provide a unique world with different Abomis for you to find. Explore your universe, watch your Abomis bond, and battle it out as your adventure unfolds in a way totally unique to you!

AdventureIndiePuzzleRPGRole-playing (RPG)StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategy (TBS)
Kindred Fates

Kindred Fates

Skymill Studios

Kindred Fates is an action combat, open world, monster battling RPG with permadeath. Forge your path through a shadowy winding story, and form lifelong bonds with powerful monsters in this unforgiving world.

AdventureRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Cassette Beasts

Cassette Beasts

Bytten Studio, Raw Fury

Collect awesome monsters to use during turn-based battles in this open-world RPG, now with online multiplayer mode. Combine any two monster forms using Cassette Beasts’ Fusion System to create unique and powerful new ones!

AdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)Strategy
Ova Magica

Ova Magica

ClaudiaTheDev, Skinny Frog, Top Hat Studios, Inc.

Escape everyday stress and start a new life in Clover Town! With adorable blob creatures by your side, you’ll farm, make new friends, and explore uncharted lands. Will you find love, or become the greatest blob trainer? Your story is yours to shape!

CasualIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulator
Disc Creatures WORLD

Disc Creatures WORLD

Picorinne Soft

Embark on a grand adventure through a world full of mysteries, uncovering ‘Discs’ to collect your own party of creatures! Engage in strategic battles, enjoy an assortment of collectables, and meet unique characters along the way. A monster taming RPG with a blend of nostalgia and novelty!

IndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Familiars.io

Familiars.io

Clay Loam

Gather Familiars and do turn-based battles in this atmospheric little MMO! Quickly max-out your Familiars and conquer challenging dungeons. Battle other players, or just press the "Howdy" button to greet them!

AdventureCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGRole-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Coridden

Coridden

Aftnareld, Anshar Publishing

Become the ultimate shapeshifter in this hack n’ slash ARPG with action-based combat. Transform seamlessly and customize both your human and beast powers as you level up, find new gear and DNA-strands. Venture out solo or in co-op to uncover the secrets sealed inside a legendary city.

ActionAdventureHack and slash/Beat 'em upIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
PIXELS: Digital Creatures

PIXELS: Digital Creatures

ANIGRAM

PIXELS is a turn-based combat roguelike where you battle with and against powerful creatures called Pixels. Fight your way through an ever-changing World where you never know what's next! Recruit Pixels and equip them with items to build the ultimate team! What Team will you lead to Victory?

Early AccessIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)Strategy
Anode Heart

Anode Heart

Stove Powered Games

A semi-open world, monster tamer RPG, set in a digital, futuristic environment, with fast-paced combat, a card minigame and focus on exploration.

AdventureCard & Board GameIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Pry Into The Void

Pry Into The Void

Ernest Placido, DANGEN Entertainment

Delve into the hearts of monsters and people in this bleak monster-taming RPG. Exploit enemy weaknesses, confront difficult moral choices, and recruit surreal creatures by uncovering the truths hidden within their souls.

IndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Mirrored Soul

Mirrored Soul

Mammothplant, Hex4F, Greasy McBeef

A turn-based RPG detective story with focus on monster-collecting, exploration, and humor. Negotiate with enemies to recruit them to your party, and fuse your monsters to create new ones.

IndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Kubberz

Kubberz

Herolix Studios

Join the incredible open world of Kubberz, where you can find extraordinary creatures with powers that go beyond human comprehension. Train and get as many kubberz as you can, develop your own strategies and make your team victorious! Challenge your friends or join them during this amazing jorney.

ActionAdventureFree To PlayIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Moonstone Island

Moonstone Island

Studio Supersoft, Raw Fury

Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!

AdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)Simulator
Bugaboo Pocket

Bugaboo Pocket

Elytra Games

A relaxing, semi-idle pet game starring bugs from land, air and sea! Play as a research scientist living in a cabin with just your bugs and a penpal for company. Spoil them with pets, minigames, food and furniture. Raise and release bugs to help Beetleback Ridge recover from a devastating fire.

CasualIndieSimulationSimulator
Grimmlins Tale

Grimmlins Tale

Big Rat Games

Grimmlins Tale is an action adventure monster tamer where you catch, train, and bond with all fairy tale inspired monsters. Fight alongside your monster friends in deep, real-time strategic combat, and hop on their backs to explore in the whimsical world of Never Everland.

AdventureIndieRole-playing (RPG)
Summoner Tale

Summoner Tale

NEGM World

An Action RPG where taming goes beyond catching. Fight, race, and complete unique trials to recruit monsters across four classes. Build your squad, evolve them through battle, and uncover the truth behind a war that divided monsters and humans.

ActionAdventureIndieRPG
Myth Caller: The Nightmare Shaman

Myth Caller: The Nightmare Shaman

Karatkuro, Top Hat Curios

Myth Caller: The Nightmare Shaman is a 3D collectathon platformer fused with a monster-catching RPG! Catch monsters, collect permanent upgrades, and unlock even more of this huge 90's-inspired world.

ActionAdventureIndiePlatformRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Nanomon Virtual Pet

Nanomon Virtual Pet

Oscar Brittain, Akupara Games

Nanomon are byte-sized virtual pets for the corner of your screen! Raise over 25 unique monsters, and explore their cyber-world! Feed them, train them, or chill with them! By your side, nanomon evolve, learn new abilities, and venture further into the Nanoscape! What kind of monster will you raise?

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulator
Isle of Swaps

Isle of Swaps

Fuzz Force

Grab your cards, it's time to swap! Battle your school pals in this roguelite deckbuilder where you'll trade for new cards when you win defeat them and rip open booster packs looking for rare cards. Conquer everyones dungeon decks to become Critter Champion of the Playground!

Card & Board GameIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
Dream Catcher

Dream Catcher

Indigoblin

Find over 70 unique monsters to battle, collect and raise. Your monsters will go through a branching path of evolutions to help you explore a dream-like open world. Let your dreams become a reality or look for a way out.

AdventureEarly AccessRPGRole-playing (RPG)StrategyTacticalTurn-based strategy (TBS)
Chronomon

Chronomon

Stone Golem Studios

Monster Tamers and Farmers... Catch, train, and evolve unique creatures, harness them to grow your farm, and build friendships as you help restore villages and reclaim what was lost.

Early AccessIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)Simulation
Doodle Dice Monsters

Doodle Dice Monsters

AuWiMo, Mighty Jungle Games

Doodle Dice Monsters is a strategic turn-based battling game where you draw your own characters! Form your six character dream team, then duel your friends in strategic multiplayer combat. Winner gets to steal one of the defeated Doodlemon for themself!

CasualFightingIndieStrategyTacticalTurn-based strategy (TBS)
Photogeist Albums: Case 1

Photogeist Albums: Case 1

Photogeist Albums

The first chapter of the in-production photography monster tamer RPG "Photogeist Albums".

AdventureIndieRole-playing (RPG)
Montabi

Montabi

Mankibo, Akupara Games

Tame, collect, fight! Assemble an unstoppable team of unique Montabi in this Creature-Collector Roguelike Deckbuilder. Master their awesome abilities, synergize their strategic strengths and save the city in tactical turn-based combat!

IndieStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)