Monster Sanctuary

Monster Sanctuary is a 2020 Metroidvania role-playing video game developed by Moi Rai Games and published by Team17. The game combines side-scrolling exploration with monster-taming mechanics and turn-based combat. It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on December 8, 2020, after a period of early access on Windows beginning in August 2019. The game was also available through Xbox Game Pass at launch.

Monster Sanctuary originated as a solo hobby project by Denis Sinner. A Kickstarter campaign in October 2018 raised over €105,000, more than five times its goal. The game received generally favorable reviews, with an average score of 81/100 on the review aggregator OpenCritic, based on 28 critic reviews.