Monsters!

About

Monsters! is a dual stick shooter with a retro feel complete with pixel art and leaderboards to achieve that good ol’ arcade feel.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

75%

Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews

music3 negative mentions

Addictive gameplay that provides high enjoyment for a low price.
Simple and fun twin-stick shooter with a nostalgic arcade feel.
Offers a variety of weapon patterns and power-ups to enhance gameplay.

Achievements do not work and there is no explanation of controls or objectives.
Graphics are low quality and there are no options to customize settings.
Gameplay feels repetitive and lacks depth, with no level selection or original soundtrack.

music
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
38%
38%
The music in the game receives mixed reviews; while some players praise its quality and contribution to the overall experience, others criticize the absence of an original soundtrack, claiming it leaves the game feeling empty. Additionally, the default setting of having the music turned off has been noted as an odd choice, given its positive impact when enabled.
- “I absolutely love the music.”
- “The music is so good and it adds so much to the game while playing!”
- “For some reason though, the music is set to off by default, and one has to manually go into settings to raise the volume.”
- “-no original game soundtrack, or soundtrack at all”
- “The game feels empty because it has no music.”
gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
17%
50%
The gameplay is primarily focused on shooting sprites to achieve high scores, but it suffers from janky controls and a lack of polish, leading to an unsatisfying experience. While there is some element of resource management that encourages strategic shooting, the overall handling and responsiveness are criticized for being poorly executed, resulting in a gameplay experience that feels rushed and under-tested.
- “Gameplay is just a matter of shooting as many sprites as you can to see how high your score goes.”
- “Gameplay is fun.”
- “It's janky and unsatisfying to play... and any experienced gamer will tell you, the handling, responsiveness, and general gameplay feel of the control scheme must be well polished for this kind of game to succeed.”
- “Unfortunately, this is something the developer seems to have phoned in, with little to no apparent gameplay testing.”
- “Gameplay-wise, you'll find a little bit of micro resource management, as you'll eventually want to carefully choose when and where you fire instead of always blindly firing at everything.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The graphics of the game have been criticized for relying on outdated retro pixel art, lacking options for resolution adjustments or customization, which leaves players unable to enhance the low-quality visuals.
- “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
- “There are no options to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
- “There is no way for gamers to improve the low-quality graphics.”