MONARK
Skip · RPG · 2022
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 28, under the fair line, at $59.99.
- Length
- 46.7h 70.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.28/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 248 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 111 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Could you face yourself and the threats around you to save the ones you love? Shin Mikado Academy is engulfed in a madness-inducing Mist, and only you can save everyone inside. Develop your Ego to break the pacts set by the Pactbearers and remove the corrupting Mist.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650, 18 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
27 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 35 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 16 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 62 percent. STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN ($39.99, scores 40) outscores it, and so does King Arthur: Knight's Tale ($44.99, scores 62). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about MONARK
2 of the 207 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2022 to August 2026.
The drop-off
70% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 11, 15:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Having 100% the game overall was a fun experience. Was grindy but once you figure out the strats it wasn't that bad. good story but even better music. Not too hard either, some fights were hard but overall not too hard
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This one gets a tepid recommendation. Combat has some interesting bits (like how the resonance ability lets you turn +1 bonus for each team member into +5 just by sharing each bonus between all resonating members), but can feel slow and grindy (higher level enemies can't really be outmaneuvered if you're too low level - and on the other hand, if you are max level, nothing in the game is an actual challenge...
I went into this based on what was basically a dare from a friend who specifically told me this game was very bad. So I went in already not expecting much. And yet I still somehow came out of it disappointed. Great Soundtrack though, especially all the boss themes.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
MONARK scores 28/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1539620/monarkReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.