Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Fair · Action · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $29.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 18.1h
- Value
- $1.66/hr
- Reviews
- 88% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GPU with 2GB VRAM available., 4.9 GB of storage. Windows only.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $7.49. That was September 2023. 66 discounts in the 7 years on record. They run about 67 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gato Roboto ($7.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap ($19.99, scores 48).
3 of the 547 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 157 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
90% start to 16% 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
20 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 07:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game is criminally underrated and it saddens me to see this game wasn't more popular. This is one of the best Metroidvania games I've played over the years alongside Shantae, Ori, Hollow Knight, Nine Sols, and The Messenger. I played this on the Switch when it released and am finally playing it again on Steam for 100% completion. The level of polish in the animations and the artwork is insane and you can tell...
A really good surprise! As a big metroidvania fan, I had tried the game some time ago, but for some reason, put it on shelf pretty quickly (so I hadn't played much). I'm glad I gave the game a second chance, as it is actually a fantastic metroidvania: fun gameplay and exploration, good original ideas, and quality graphics/music. Frankly, if you love this genre (especially the non-souls-like ones), this is a...
Much better than I expected, and grew up playing wonder boy. This game deserves way more love
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/449610/monster-boy-and-the-cursed-kingdomReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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