Monuments Renovator

About

Monuments Renovator is a game where you become a professional monument restorer, charged with choosing and restoring famous monuments to their former glory. Learn about history and architecture while organizing, filling, painting, and rebuilding to bring these structures back to life. Gain skills and efficiency with various tools and materials as you attend to details and ensure the accuracy of your restorations.

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Play Modes

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

67%

Audience ScoreBased on 232 reviews

graphics26 positive mentions

stability12 negative mentions

The game offers a satisfying experience of cleaning and restoring historical monuments, making it enjoyable for fans of simulation games.
Graphics and sound design are generally well-received, contributing to a relaxing atmosphere while playing.
The game has potential for expansion with more monuments and content promised in future updates.

The game suffers from numerous bugs and glitches, including game-breaking issues that can hinder progress, especially in the tutorial.
Gameplay can feel repetitive and tedious, with a lack of meaningful challenge and overly linear task progression.
The tutorial is poorly designed, leading to confusion and frustration for new players, and the controls can be clunky and unresponsive.

gameplay
48 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
67%
17%
Gameplay reviews highlight a mix of satisfaction and frustration; while some players appreciate the variety of mechanics and the meditative experience, others criticize the clunky controls, tedious tasks, and game-breaking bugs. Many note that the mechanics can feel repetitive and lack depth, with some suggesting improvements for quality of life. Overall, the game offers interesting concepts but suffers from rough execution and limited variation in gameplay.
- “The graphics are awesome and the game mechanics are clearly thought out.”
- “A very cool and well-made game with a big variety of mechanics and places.”
- “Nice meditative gameplay, good music, and nice visuals.”
- “You can get past most of the clunky gameplay, but game-breaking bugs are rough.”
- “However, what bothers me most is that there is actually very little variation in the game mechanics, especially when it comes to using various tools (brush, cloth, spray, etc.) to clean/restore objects or walls.”
- “The levels are bland, the mechanics frustrating (holding an item while climbing scaffolding is your worst nightmare), and overall there are bugs.”
graphics
44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
59%
23%
18%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising the beautiful visuals and attention to detail, particularly in natural elements like trees and water. However, others criticize the graphics as clunky and outdated, with performance issues even on low settings, leading to frustration. Overall, while some find the graphics appealing, others feel they detract from the gameplay experience due to inconsistencies and technical problems.
- “The graphics are awesome and the game mechanics are clearly thought out.”
- “The graphics are beautiful.”
- “Great graphics and tutorial system.”
- “I was forced to uninstall the game as it has proven it won't run even on the lowest graphic settings.”
- “The graphics live somewhere between 'wow, that sure does look like a wooden beam' and 'dear god those naked arms are horrifying, why are they attached to me'. When you're asked to find tiny pieces of broken items in the landscape, they're often impossibly camouflaged unless the game's HUD chooses, seemingly at random, to highlight them.”
- “Visuals are outdated and feel like early versions of Unity; gameplay is a bit clunky and sometimes tedious, but it's the only game that's close enough to an archaeology sim.”
story
38 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
16%
76%
8%
The game's story is minimal, with users noting that it primarily provides informative context about the locations rather than a compelling narrative. While some missions are interesting, the overall experience is marred by bugs and a lack of engaging storytelling, leading to a perception that the game lacks depth. Players express a desire for more content and better mission design to enhance the experience.
- “I enjoyed it so far and I've only got 1-2 missions in on the map.”
- “You can follow an order of quests or pick up on your own what you want to do first.”
- “The little story behind the places is just enough to be informative and not boring.”
- “[b]☑ no story[/b]”
- “The overall quality (especially the visual quality) of the game is very poor, even for the budget-simulator genre and the game is very short: you can finish all missions to 100% in less than 5 hours and then there is nothing left to do anymore.”
stability
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is generally enjoyable but suffers from significant stability issues, including buggy pathing and frequent glitches that can disrupt gameplay. Players have reported needing precise mouse positioning to progress and encountering problems like items getting stuck in inaccessible spots. Overall, while the fun factor remains, the experience is marred by its instability and repetitiveness.
- “Still a buggy mess with some tasks requiring a magic pixel moment of hovering your mouse at just the right place to be able to continue.”
- “You should expect glitches, being able to wedge items into spots you cannot retrieve them from and being able to throw yourself off buildings.”
- “This game is fun but extremely buggy and repetitive.”
grinding
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
83%
The grinding aspect of the game is widely regarded as repetitive and tedious, mirroring the real-life challenges of restoration work. While it appeals to those interested in local history and architecture, players often find the mechanics, such as slowly placing numerous items or carrying heavy objects, to be frustratingly monotonous. Overall, the gameplay can feel clunky and outdated, making the grinding experience less enjoyable for many.
- “It's repetitive and tedious, but that's how restoration is in real life.”
- “While the game obviously goes for realism, and b0b the builder here can apparently carry the heavy Pont-du-Gard rocks or the windmill axle all by himself, he's walking slowly when carrying them (I understand this is to give the feeling of weight, but let's presume we already know these items are heavy because when you have to haul 50 blocks of stone in a slow walk it gets tedious real fast), and also can't see where he's going, because there's a huge block of rock blocking the screen.”
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
25%
8%
The music in the game is described as chilling and meditative, complementing the beautiful graphics and landscapes, which enhances the overall relaxing experience. Players appreciate the combination of enjoyable gameplay with the option to listen to music or audiobooks, and many express a desire for more musical content in future updates. Overall, the soundtrack contributes positively to the game's atmosphere.
- “I also enjoyed the chilling music and the nice landscapes.”
- “And all this with beautiful graphics and fascinating music.”
- “Nice meditative gameplay, good music and nice visuals.”
- “Hopefully more monuments, music, and more content in general will be added over time.”
humor
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features a humorous premise centered around a pitching restorer with the absurd ability to lift any weight, providing plenty of comedic moments as players stack large objects effortlessly. This quirky concept, combined with its engaging gameplay, makes it a fun distraction that can keep players entertained for extended periods. Overall, the humor is well-executed and adds to the game's charm.
- “Quite a funny idea and a good implementation of it in the form of a restorer and cleaner of architectural structures.”
- “It's hilarious how you can stack up wooden beams and huge blocks like they’re nothing.”
- “The game is funny; you can play out of boredom and you can even get stuck for a long time.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Overall, players report that the game runs smoothly with only minor glitches, such as objects behaving unexpectedly and occasional miscommunication about item locations. These issues can typically be resolved by reloading the game, indicating that optimization is generally effective despite some small hiccups.
- “Love this game! Apart from one glitch on the first renovation where the house door suddenly flew outside the map when I went to pick it up, and on the viaduct it said two pieces were underwater to collect, the game has run smoothly. To fix those two small issues, I just went back to the menu and reloaded.”