As the youngest heir of an ancient bloodline of proud Monster Keepers, you step out into the world to follow in your ancestors' footsteps. You will gather a party of monsters to grow and train. Meanwhile, a series of unsettling events worries the experienced Keepers of the Monster Sanctuary. This is the beginning of a journey to unravel the cause of this mystery that threatens the peace between humans and monsters.

Monster Sanctuary is the idea of combining monster collecting, turn based combat and metroidvania-like exploration. Any monster you encounter can become a part of your own party. Additional monsters provide a lot of tactical options in combat or allow you to overcome certain obstacles to explore new areas.

Every monster has a unique skill tree. This lets you individualize your monster to pursue different strategies. Feeding and equipping your monsters to improve their stats further emphasizes this aspect.

The combo system gives additional depth to the combat. Each individual hit increases the damage of the next moves within the same combat turn. The loot system challenges you to find the quickest and most efficient way to end a battle - rewarding you with better loot. Grind and find the best combo to earn the rarest monster eggs!

Team17 announced their partnership with Moi Rai Games as Monster Sanctuary joins their games label. 

“We’re thrilled to welcome Monster Sanctuary to the Team17 Games Label,” said Debbie Bestwick MBE, CEO, Team17 Group PLC, “Moi Rai Games have created an amazing game which already has a passionate community behind it. It’s a really compelling experience for gamers of all ages and we’re excited to be helping Moi Rai to realise their vision.”

Denis Sinner, Founder of Moi Rai Games added, “We are delighted to be able to work with a publisher as prestigious and passionate as Team17. From classics like Worms to newer indie hits like The Escapists - we are happy to see Monster Sanctuary join the Team17 line-up. Thanks to Team17, we are able to focus, improve and add a level of polish to our game that we never dreamt of when we first started developing it in our free time. We are confident that together we will deliver the best possible version of Monster Sanctuary.”

Monster Sanctuary will be heading to Steam Early Access later this year. A free demo is currently available on Steam, so that players can try the game for free and share their feedback.

Key Features:

• Strategical turn based combat
• Every monster has a unique skill tree. This lets you individualize your monster to pursue different strategies
• Feeding and equipping your monsters to improve their stats further emphasizes this aspect
• A combo system that gives additional depth to the combat
• Combat ratings that emphasises efficient combat completion
• Using monster abilities to unlock new areas

Monster Sanctuary is scheduled for release on PC in 2020.