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Monster Crown: Sin Eater
Developer Studio Aurum
Hand-craft your team of perfect Monsters and wage a one-man war against fate and the world in the Crown Nation! With a True Crossbreeding system, every Monster is entirely your own! From the Steam store page
262 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 3, 2026 · last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
86
LovedLoved
148 positive · 25 negative
95% range 80–90%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 148 | 25 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 31 | 4 | 38 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
153 of 178 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
86% recommend · 148 yes, 25 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 173 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (178 of 206 positive).
Players widely agree that Sin Eater is a major improvement over the original Monster Crown. [1][2][3] Many praise the fusion and breeding mechanics for adding depth and tactical variety. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note balance issues and design flaws that detract from the experience. [7][8][9]
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- [7]
A very good looking game, with a large world full of places to explore. There's an amazing variety in the monster designs, and they're all beautifully sprited. It does not hold your hand, and you can freely tackle the plot at whichever order you prefer, but only after you complete the first area. However, the game is littered with game-breaking design issues. The first (very) big problem is balance. You start the …
- [1]
While I can't speak for further points in the game, Monster Crown: Sin Eater is without a doubt a MAJOR improvement from the original game, so much so that I can see Sin Eater becoming one of the most celebrated Creature Collector's on the indie scene. All my gripes with the original game seem to have been addressed, as the writing is more fitting, there is more detailed exposition and the edge has been toned down a …
- [14]
Finally, it's finally here! This is the sequel which takes place many years after the original Monster Crown, and it is looking to be a far far better creature collector game than not only its predecessor, but all the other games of this genre as well. This is by no means an exaggeration, and is coming from someone who has played: All Pokemon games, Nexomon, Coromon, all Siralim games, all Digimon games, all Shin …
- [12]
High highs, mid lows. Starting with the positives: the OST, art direction, and story are all great for a creature collector game — the OST especially, since I've got multiple tracks from it in my regular playlist. I'm also not usually a fan of open world games, but this one had me taking notes while I sank hours into its world, which says a lot. On top of that, combat has real depth thanks to the fusion and breeding …
- [2]
Monster Crown: Sin Eater represents the single largest improvement in a game series I've ever seen. The first game was an absolute mess and I gave it one of the worst reviews I've ever written. I thought there were some promising ideas, though, and I'd read a bit about the developer's struggles while making the game. When I saw the preview for Sin Eater, I was impressed by the apparent improvement, and the demo …
Summarised from 34 of the 253 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Monster Crown: Sin Eater sits at 86% positive across 173 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 262 · most liked firstA very good looking game, with a large world full of places to explore. There's an amazing variety in the monster designs, and they're all beautifully sprited. It does not hold your hand, and you can freely tackle the plot at whichever order you prefer, but only after you complete the first area. However, the game is littered with game-breaking design issues. The first (very) big problem is balance. You start the game limited to the first region, and can only access the rest of the areas…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thanks for this! I'm a nonbinary trans man and the main monster pixel artist on Monster Crown: Sin Eater, we have a free demo available on Steam and Itch! The game features an extensive hybrid system with over 1100 HAND DRAWN monster sprites! store.steampowered.com/app/3388410/...
positive · AI labelView post →We've got some exciting news to share with everyone: Monster Crown: Sin Eater has officially gone gold! 🎉 Check out the game's cover illustration by @meliiow.bsky.social ✨ We're really excited to share more information soon, please stay tuned.
neutral · AI labelView post →While I can't speak for further points in the game, Monster Crown: Sin Eater is without a doubt a MAJOR improvement from the original game, so much so that I can see Sin Eater becoming one of the most celebrated Creature Collector's on the indie scene. All my gripes with the original game seem to have been addressed, as the writing is more fitting, there is more detailed exposition and the edge has been toned down a bit while continuing to show that this is a much more mature world than…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →✨ GAME FOCUS | Monster Crown: Sin Eater ✨ Build yourself a powerful team of companions in the RPG Monster Crown: Sin Eater! Train them, witness their evolutions and explore beautiful pixel environments 🦖 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames @monstercrown.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →this €25 game is proof that Nintendo's €70 pricetag on Pokemon is beyond delusional Pros: #1. Good music #2. Fairly open-world at the start, and then becomes completely open-world once you leave the first region ie. the game isn't at all linear like the Pokemon games are. #3. The battle transitions are very fast (but unfortunately the game devs don't give you the option to turbo-mode or anything like that for those of us who want to play at hyper-speed) #4. The fusion system is fun and unique,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome atmosphere, music, story, and monster designs. I loved the game up until I unlocked breeding and realized how the game works. Unfortunately the system design causes most of the interesting aspects of a monster tamer to disappear completely. Early on you get access to combining monsters and selecting individual stat values / moves from each of them. It is cheap, fast, straightforward, and deterministic, completely trivial to get great stats into one template monster. You don't make any…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the developer of Monster Crown has a really specific beef with me for some reason and it brings me comfort that his game is quite bad
negative · AI labelView post →What is Megalico? It's my sona! He appears in the game Monster Crown! PSN: muttshroom Twitch: twitch.tv/Pocketdile YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCYbZK… Switch: SW-6847-3473-2597 Art credit: RacieBeep, Crantime, StarGazaar, and Ape-Ahab.
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet Dipity!💜 I had so much fun streaming Monster Crown Sin Eater and couldn’t resist drawing one of my new babies! Please support the game here: @monstercrown.bsky.social ✨
positive · AI labelView post →Cassette beasts baby. I love that game. Also, Monster Crown has some adorable scrumblos like Laz the monster that is just a parasite that took over an Apo.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sadly, I'm going to have to not recommend this game unless serious changes happen in the future. The story and dialogue are overly-edgy. It's touted as being "Adult pokemon" but it comes off as what a 14 year old would consider adult. (Yay Murder!!) (SPOILERS FOR FIRST HOUR OF GAME) The main character is hellbent on killing every single person of power after his brother is executed. You commit a lot of murder with almost no exposition or world building, so it has very little impact. I had no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monster Crown: SIN EATER is out today on Nintendo Switch & PC! Whenever a new Pokemon game comes out, people fall over themselves begging for more challenge and less hand holding. This is the game you want. Love seeing an indie take huge swings rather than adopt a known formula
positive · AI labelView post →Video game developer APE-AHAB reportedly broke down in tears after his monster taming role-playing game "Monster Crown: Sin Eater" sold only 23 copies worldwide: "Fuuuuuuck dude this game cost so much money I'm so fucked"
neutral · AI labelView post →You can ride all sorts of Monsters in Monster Crown: Sin Eater -- more than was ever available in the first game. Some of them might ill suited for moving on land, though!
neutral · AI labelView post →Not Recommended I was originally going to recommend this game. The game has come a long way since the first Monster Crown. But the director of the game, "APE-AHAB", is the main reason I am not recommending it. Curious why? Read Below (Beware there are spoilers): The Good Better than the first: Not a crazy feat to achieve considering the state of that game, but it is better. The art is phenomenal: It is absolutely beautiful pixel art. If all aspects of Monster Crown: Sin Eater was at this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- 4 Days Until Release - Monster Crown: Sin Eater will officially launch on April 30th 2026, available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S! Asur's one-man war against fate and the world is about to begin. Mark your calendars and get ready to tame some monsters! 📜
neutral · AI labelView post →- 3 Days Until Release - Monster Crown: Sin Eater will release on April 30th 2026, available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S! With a True Crossbreeding system, every Monster is YOUR OWN! Fusion is also an available option.🧬🥚
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm excited for the GBA rereleases but annual reminder that there are also plenty of other mongames on Switch: Digimon, Monster Rancher, Monster Hunter Stories, Dragon Quest Monsters, World of Final Fantasy, and a TON of indie mongames like Coromon, Monster Crown, Monster Sanctuary, and plenty more!
neutral · AI labelView post →Pleased to report that Monster Crown: Sin Eater is having a very successful private beta testing/bugfixing phase. I'm really happy with how this game is going.
positive · AI labelView post →This is not a Pokemon-style monster tamer. It is MUCH more similar to shin megami tensei and a tad bit of Digimon. The crown jewel (pun intended) of this series is the fusion and breeding mechanics. It’s a true open world game. The trade off for having so much freedom from early game is there’s much less direction, no hand holding, and overall high difficulty. I’d recommend this game to adults and older teens who want to challenge themselves in a team RPG. I played the original monster crown…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been play some Monster Crown: Sin Eat. Super fun game! Love seeing all the ideas from the first really enhanced and fleshed out more, and the designs are super fun and cool. Been a while since I've played a monster collector where I've gotten that old joy of discovering new little guys!
positive · AI labelView post →Say hello to Minmo! 💜 I had so much fun streaming Monster Crown Sin Eater again and couldn’t resist drawing yet another baby! Please support the game here: @monstercrown.bsky.social ✨
positive · AI labelView post →Hey. So I'd currently not recommend this game even though it's beautiful and has some really special elements. The monsters, monster dex and fusion mechanics (though not perfect to me) are fantastic. There is a really solid spine here to build a fantastic game around. The world itself looks beautiful, and the general retro-gaming vibe the dev appears to be going for really hits. Unfortunately, with the way the game is structured - the balance is perfect for around the first 3-4 hours, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I expected more from this game. The gameplay is decent, but it quickly becomes repetitive, and the early game feels painfully slow. I spent two hours wandering around and grinding to level up a team, then entered a town that triggered the end of the introduction. That came with unskippable credits and a montage spoiling dozens of monsters I hadn’t even discovered yet. Overall, the game feels messy and unfocused, and the story often feels uncomfortable, like it's trying too hard to be really…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monster Crown: Sin Eater represents the single largest improvement in a game series I've ever seen. The first game was an absolute mess and I gave it one of the worst reviews I've ever written. I thought there were some promising ideas, though, and I'd read a bit about the developer's struggles while making the game. When I saw the preview for Sin Eater, I was impressed by the apparent improvement, and the demo convinced me that it was the real deal -- a well made Pokemon-style 1v1 combat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ll start this review by saying I really want to like this game, but it feels unpolished, and the gameplay loop gets repetitive quickly. TL;DR: For the price, this game feels incredibly undercooked. Positives: -The game looks beautiful and the art style is nostalgic. -There are lots of monsters, and the fusion system is a lot of fun to experiment with. -Unique monster spawns keep encounters interesting. Negatives: - There are a lot of repetitive or poorly designed UI decisions. For…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game balance is garbage, achievements are bugged, and the developer is a completely insufferable narcissist.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I personally love this game, it's got flaws (like the first one), but overall it's a huge improvement and I generally find it to be way, WAY better than the original to a point I don't even think I'll touch the original again. I do find some issues, tho, some of them pretty bad which I'm hoping, in the future, will get ironed out or changed. Positives: 1. Great monster designs, always feels like I'm struggling to figure out who I want to put on my team because all of them look THAT good. 2.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have conflicted thoughts about this game and therefore my review isnt gonna be as glowing as I thought it'd be. For every (great) strength this game offers, it unbalances itself with an opposing glaring flaw. + the monster collection part is as common as it gets, weaken a monster, use your copyright protected not pokeball onto the monster, catch it, let it rot in your boxes or field it into your team, and level it up, increasing its stats and movepool. where this game differs is in its…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Be warned this is not spoiler free, I'll try to be vagueish, but context is necessary I played the first game and kind of enjoyed it, until bugs made it impossible for me to finish my playthrough. Bought the sequel because it looked cleaner. My experience so far has been stable, I have a lot of fun with the breeding and fusion mechanics, but a fe.w things keep me from outright loving this game. The issue is in things like: -The game pretty much tells you nothing. You pretty much have to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎉🎉 SPECIAL PRIZE DRAW 🎉🎉 Take a screenshot or photo of your favourite Monster that you've made this week and post it (be sure to tag us)! One lucky winner will be chosen (at random) to receive a FREE Nintendo Switch game key for Monster Crown: Sin Eater for you or a friend!
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally, it's finally here! This is the sequel which takes place many years after the original Monster Crown, and it is looking to be a far far better creature collector game than not only its predecessor, but all the other games of this genre as well. This is by no means an exaggeration, and is coming from someone who has played: All Pokemon games, Nexomon, Coromon, all Siralim games, all Digimon games, all Shin Megami Tensei games, all Monster hunter stories games, Palworld, Evocreo, and all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Monster Crown: Sin Eater Soundtrack" is now available for purchase on Steam! It features all 70 tracks from the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is more of a mixed review at the moment, I decided to give it a thumbs down since its a $25 game and so I am looking at it from that prespective. Overall it has potential but so far that's it, IMO, not worth the $25 price tag (at this time, maybe after some more playtime or future updates will change that). The first thing I tried when I started the game was checking keybind and trying to redo some. For some reason, sometimes its unresponsive and you have to redo the entire keybind…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pokemon-like monster catcher Monster Crown: Sin Eater arrives April 30 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/pokemon-like-monster-catcher-monster-crown-sin-eater-arrives-april-30/ #MonsterCrown #IndieGames #PCGaming #RPG
neutral · AI labelView post →Yo! I just learned about the kickstarter for your new game! CONGRATS on the funding! I get excited every time I spot the physical copy of the original in a game shops :) ~Your Monster Crown Ad Narrator
positive · AI labelView post →Finally completed my Fu collection, A.K.A “Burning Lion” ! Another gift for my husband (at his playful insistence) From the top middle going clockwise is the Base form, Brute, Malicious, Unstable, Relentless, and Will. #monstercrownsineater #monstercrown #indiegames #handembroidery
neutral · AI labelView post →Raziel, “The Keeper of Secrets”, in its Malicious form is now complete! While it’s now an iron-on patch, I still recommend doing some hand stitching along the edge after ironing on, to ensure the patch stays secure. ~ #monstercrown #monstercrownsineater #handembroidery #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →I can’t tell which I love more right now… Monster Crown: Sin Eater or hand-embroidering my favorite monsters from the game. @monstercrown.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →I miss streaming and want to get back into it but my brain has been terrible rude to me as of late and making me feel discouraged. I hope over come this so I can stream the new Moomin game and Monster Crown Sin Eater. 💜
neutral · AI labelView post →They got an okay thing going here, just think they didn't quite hammer out the details. If you're just into collecting and breeding monsters there is a lot here. Especially if you like snakes. The game is like 50% snakes. If you want a challenge or expect any kind of balance it's just not here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No mouse support Keybinds are set in the worst way possible and unless you have a controller you'll have a hard time figuring them out (nothing tells you which keybind does what until you somehow manage to open settings and change that) No EXP share, making so that apparently you have to train every single monster you catch one by one (I''m not into that soulless grind but willing to change my review as soon as those things get adressed) Played only the time necessary to verify those things,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monster Crown: Sin Eater begins as your bog-standard monster tamer, but quickly develops a depth I've rarely seen in this genre. The Good Audio and visuals are both reminiscent of classic Pokemon games while still having a modern polish. The world is open and non-linear. Loot drops and enemy tamers respawn after 24 hours in-game, or when you reload a save, allowing you to come back and farm an area or dungeon as much as you like. Enemy monsters visibly wander around in the overworld. No…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have not beaten this game yet but as I am near the end, I want to write my review. Monster Crown: Sin Eater is a sequel to the first Monster Crown game. These are monster catcher rpg's with a heavy focus on breeding and fusing the monsters. In concept the first game was great, unfortunately that game was filled with game ruining bugs that really soured the experience. Luckily Sin Eater largely solves all the issues the first game has. It is extremely polished which in turn really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like with Monster Crown what that really is, at it's heart, is a toy. It's a game where you mash different freaks together and use them to blow up bigger freaks. The breeding/fusion component IS the toy, and that's the part I love the most.
positive · AI labelView post →Monster Crown: Sin Eater feels like a game built around one incredible mechanic, with everything else struggling to justify its existence. The fusion system is genuinely fantastic. Experimenting with combinations is addictive, the sprite work is consistently excellent, and there’s a real sense of creativity in seeing what horrors or beauties you can stitch together. The problem is that the game barely does anything meaningful with those strengths once it has your attention. The story is just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gaming redemption story of our generation, Studio Aurum has come back to the Monster Crown well and fixed absolutely every problem I had with the first game. From game breaking bugs to half baked mechanics, Red King was a rocky release and didn't get much better after launch... but I could never say the same about Sin Eater. Everything in this game is polished to a sheen and taken to it's conclusion, be it the battling, the breeding or the fusion. One of my top five creature collecting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1996 Hello there! Welcome to the world of POKEMON! My name is OAK! First, what is your name? [NEW NAME] 2026 Your name is AZUL!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been keeping an eye out on this game's development since the Kickstarter last year, the original Monster Crown, while a little flawed, was a nice experience nonetheless! It's apparent from the word Go that Studio Aurum have improved nearly every aspect of the game from previews alone. The presentation, while not terrible in MC1, is definitely more defined here and gives it more of a standalone identity than what inspired it. The sprite work has been improved tremendously, and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There’s a game I have been wanting to stream for years that is very near and dear to my heart and that is: Jade Cocoon! Once I’ve finished up the demo of Monster Crown Sin Eater, I really want to play it! Hey, there’s monsters in it too and some real good music! Let me know what you think! 💜
neutral · AI labelView post →High highs, mid lows. Starting with the positives: the OST, art direction, and story are all great for a creature collector game — the OST especially, since I've got multiple tracks from it in my regular playlist. I'm also not usually a fan of open world games, but this one had me taking notes while I sank hours into its world, which says a lot. On top of that, combat has real depth thanks to the fusion and breeding mechanics, giving you a lot of room to experiment with team building. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Morning everyone! Really enjoying Monster Crown SE and got a bit further in Still Wakes the Deep. On top of those, I had stopped playing the trial of Shin Megami Tensei V while waiting for my physical copy of the full game and I got it this morning! Just 3 more games on my wishlist to grab! And two
positive · AI labelView post →the worst part about this game is that you only get 8 party slots at a time while the game features some of the coolest designs i've ever seen
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having finally tried the original game, the jump from it to Sin Eater is like night and day. Or - if you're as old as me and remember the feeling - jumping from the GBC Pokemon titles to RSE on GBA. It's still a little primitive in its menu and QoL design, which is part of its aesthetic charm to be fair, but it's a HUGE improvement from the original. As for the game itself, it's become my recent RPG obsession. It's a simplified Pokemon, cutting down the number of attacks and types to a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's very pretty, but unfortunately it's not very good. It's got all the same problems Cassette Beasts did, some even worse. The hardest difficulty was probably untested because the EXP curve is insane, and any amount of fighting gets you super overpowered. The moves are super limited, and anything above really basic attacks have awful accuracy, like the main damaging fire move being 80%, so you just miss all the time. The world map is super small and the game uses an annoying quest system…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid creature collector game that will keep you hooked for a few hours. The mechanics are solid and the game is satisfying, but do not expect the depth of games like Siralim Ultimate. I played on the maximum difficulty reaching all endings. My feedback might not be relevant to story mode, or normal difficulty. What does the game do well? - Exploration feels rewarding. - Aesthetics of the world and monsters are gorgeus. - Story is sufficiently interesting. - No hand holding. What…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a fan of the first game, this game improves on many aspects while also making the problems with the first game even more glaring.... lets start with the positives, i have yet to encounter a bug( YaaaY) the game runs and looks beautiful i enjoy the art direction (very reminiscent of Gold/Silver) I enjoy the story despite the edginess, it is much better then the first game........ as for the Negatives. Like the first game you will not feel attached to your monsters, like many other games of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Anyone who loves the Monster Taming Genre will love this. I think this is an amazing game and I haven't had any issues so far. The animations are beautiful and remind me of the Gen1 Pokemon games. The monsters are really well done and so many unique combinations that you can have! I'm really blown away by being able to find different species in the wild. It's such an amazing feature! The day and night cycles are really cool too and I think I noticed it randomly raining, which is really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made a bunch of guys fused together and one of these may or may not potentially be in the new monster crown game who knows ooooooooo spooky #MonsterCrown #MothMannArt
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