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About New MONOPOLY

New MONOPOLY is a single player and multiplayer casual management game with kids and violence themes. It was developed by Engine Software and was released on September 26, 2024. It received negative reviews from players.

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36%Audience ScoreBased on 338 reviews
graphics5 positive mentions
stability44 negative mentions

  • Faithful digital adaptation of the classic Monopoly board game with engaging gameplay, especially enjoyable with friends and family both locally and online.
  • Enhanced visual presentation including a detailed living board with dynamic animations, dice throwing mechanics, and a variety of cosmetic unlockables that add charm and immersion.
  • Cross-platform play and multiplayer support allow playing with friends across different devices, improving social and cooperative gameplay aspects.
  • The game is plagued by numerous bugs, frequent crashes, freezes, and gameplay-breaking glitches that often prevent completing matches or require restarting the game.
  • The user interface is complicated, unintuitive, and cumbersome, making trading and navigating player inventories difficult and frustrating compared to previous versions.
  • The AI behavior is poor, often unfair and inconsistent, refusing trades or cooperating in ways that disadvantage the human player, coupled with slow gameplay pace and excessively long, non-skippable animations.
  • stability

    46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    4% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 96% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent freezes, crashes, and various bugs that often render it unplayable, especially during longer matches or online play. Despite patches improving stability somewhat by early 2026, major issues like sudden freezes, UI glitches, and connectivity problems persist, significantly impacting the overall experience.

    • “So far no glitches or freezing, the game has been running smoothly.”
    • “No glitches, just lots of fun other than getting my butt kicked by my wife.”
    • “We have only been able to complete 2 out of 6 games due to crashes, freezes, and disconnects.”
    • “Overall the game runs a little smoother with recent updates but still frequently freezes during long games, leaving players stuck without the ability to rejoin.”
    • “The entire game freezes and completely breaks if the timer runs out during a trade.”
  • gameplay

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 47% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay is widely criticized for being slow, buggy, and poorly optimized, with frustrating AI behavior and problematic mechanics that detract from the overall experience. Some users note occasional smoothness and intuitive mechanics, but most find it inferior to previous Monopoly versions, lacking essential features and plagued by crashes and freezes.

    • “The gameplay is smooth, the mechanics are intuitive, and the overall experience is both nostalgic and modern.”
    • “Problem: instead of adding basic gameplay features like a quick-glance portfolio system, they wasted development resources and performance on turning the center of the board into a city with more detail than Grand Theft Auto III.”
    • “These guys also changed a lot of game functions to try and make it go faster which actually screws with gameplay by replacing me with AI, and AI will screw up my games now.”
    • “Trash AI players, weird mechanics and questionable RNG, horrible bugs that destroy games, and optimization for performance is out of the window.”
    • “Constant bugs and freezing; after 6-7 tries, we never had a game not crash or freeze once. The optimization and UI suck. It's slow-moving gameplay for a game already designed to take a long time. Genuinely the worst Monopoly game I've seen.”
    • “Mechanics of the game make it move incredibly slow and there's no way to speed it up.”
  • graphics

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 39% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions

    The graphics receive mixed feedback, with some praising the improved visuals and dynamic live table that enhance the classic board game experience, while others criticize the performance issues and feel the visuals are subpar or overly taxing on hardware. Overall, the graphics update is appreciated but is not enough to elevate the game significantly.

    • “Same original game plus great graphics.”
    • “I will admit $30 is a bit steep for this game, but they did a great job with the graphics and keeping the game very close to the original board game.”
    • “The live table, with its dynamic visuals, turns every play into a mini-adventure that breathes new life into the game.”
    • “Graphics are terrible and the whole game is a downgrade from Plus.”
    • “I lowered the graphics settings to the lowest, and it still ran at 38 fps average, and my Steam Deck was heating up like crazy.”
    • “Sure, that sounds pretty obvious, but think about it: this is an online-only version of a board game, with sub-par visuals, terrible performance, and mediocre sound design, and it feels exactly like playing the board game.”
  • optimization

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The game's optimization is severely lacking, with poor performance, numerous bugs, and inefficient resource allocation prioritizing unnecessary visual details over essential gameplay features. This results in a sub-par experience, especially given its online-only nature and basic core mechanics.

    • “Trash AI players, weird mechanics and questionable RNG, horrible bugs that destroy games, and optimization for performance is out of the window.”
    • “Problem: instead of adding basic gameplay features like a quick-glance portfolio system, they wasted development resources and performance on turning the center of the board into a city with more detail than Grand Theft Auto III.”
    • “Sure, that sounds pretty obvious, but think about it: this is an online-only version of a board game, with sub-par visuals, terrible performance, and mediocre sound design, and it feels exactly like playing the board game.”
  • humor

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    80% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The humor in the game starts off entertaining but quickly becomes tiresome, often stemming from frustrating bugs and glitches rather than intentional comedy. While some players enjoy the quirky features and funny moments, others find the voice lines unfunny and the humor overshadowed by gameplay annoyances. Overall, the comedic elements feel inconsistent and may only appeal on a discount purchase.

    • “Its a fun game, and you will have good laughs but the primary things that you will be laughing at are the bugs and glitches within this poorly kept game.”
    • “If you do, get it on sale but even on discount the bugs are horrendous, funny at first but after a while these issues just become consistent annoyances.”
    • “Really cool game modes and features, and lots of little funny things to do.”
    • “And while we're at it please introduce an AFK timer that automatically chooses for players if they take too long, automatically skip moving animations because 9/10 times you're playing with stupid kids that don't understand you can do that or they think it's fun to hold up others, and don't even bother with the voice lines anymore, even the first time they're not funny, or charming, they're quippy, and not the good kind.”
  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -33% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The music in Monopoly Plus features charming sound effects and ambient sounds that enhance gameplay, along with a dynamic soundtrack. However, while the soundtrack adds novelty, it is generally considered forgettable and overproduced.

    • “As overproduced as it is, Monopoly Plus had wonderful sound design, with cute musical notes that play as you move across each space, and wonderful ambience.”
    • “This version has a dynamic soundtrack, which is kind of neat, adding an engaging layer to the gameplay experience despite being subtle.”
    • “The dynamic soundtrack in this version is a nice touch, providing a slightly more immersive and lively atmosphere.”
    • “Also, this version has a dynamic soundtrack, which is kind of neat, even if it's the most forgettable soundtrack I've heard.”
  • monetization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users overwhelmingly criticize the monetization, describing it as a blatant, poorly executed cash grab with little effort or value, suggesting the game was rushed and low quality.

    • “A horribly made, zero-effort cash grab from Ubisoft.”
    • “Please, for the love of anything that matters to you, do not waste your money on this heaping pile of wasted time. It's a cash grab with a brand label on it, most likely rushed and outsourced to people who can barely program a game of Minesweeper.”
  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users find the grinding aspect more tedious compared to the previous game, citing that accessing important information about properties requires cumbersome menu navigation and camera control rather than a simple, quick view. This added complexity negatively impacts the overall quality of life during gameplay.

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Play Times

5h Median play time
5h Average play time
2-5h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 6 analyzed playthroughs
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New MONOPOLY is a casual management game with kids and violence themes. Common tags for New MONOPOLY include turn-based, 3D, gaming, relaxing, tabletop and others.

New MONOPOLY is available on PC, Steam Deck, Windows, Xbox Game Pass and others.

On average players spend around 5 hours playing New MONOPOLY.

New MONOPOLY was released on September 26, 2024.

New MONOPOLY was developed by Engine Software.

New MONOPOLY has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked New MONOPOLY for its graphics but disliked it for its stability.

New MONOPOLY is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include MONOPOLY PLUS, UNO, Catan Universe, MONOPOLY, Ticket to Ride and others.