Monster Train

Really well designed Slay The Spire-like. Good and unique mechanics, depth, graphics, music (seriously, very good music), etc... There are definitely better builds for each class/character and easily abusable cards, but some of that is just part of the genre and fun to figure out. My only real complaint is that it follows the same difficulty style of Slay the Spire with Ascensions/Covenants, meaning you'd have to do 25 runs with only slight increases in difficulty every time to get to the "hardest" difficulty. Personally, I prefer having easier/less time-consuming access to the hardest difficulty

this game's admittedly lackluster title more than makes up for it with its gameplay. hooked me more than Slay the Spire did. the three-tier combat is so juicy, the character designs are so fun, and every run feels so, so good. the only reason i might not call it a must-get if you enjoy StS is because Monster Train 2 exists, and it looks like it improves on MT1, though I can't say for certain as I don't own it.

개인적으로 슬더스보다 이게 더 재밌음 층이 있는 기차에 몹을 배치한다는 점이 독특함

Its like Counter Strike but with cards instead of guns

Wow. I didn't know how badly I needed this game. Just unlocked the third clan on my first successful run and I'm having a blast. Great progression, fantastic gameplay.

挺上头的，不比杀戮尖塔差

First off, lemme address the "if you're not playing Slay the Spire on max Ascension you're a casual" crowd: You're gonna hate this game. Move along. Monster Train is a roguelite deckbuilder, but it's almost more like an engine builder/auto-battler in a card game format. The satisfaction of drafting cards and building a deck mixes with the satisfaction of getting your setup [i]just[/i] right. Modifying cards directly is part of gameplay, which helps you feel like you can fight back a bit against the RNG. There are also multiple options to ratchet up the difficulty -- you can choose to increase the overall difficulty at the beginning of a run, and before a fight starts, you can choose to accept a challenge condition in exchange for greater rewards. It's not as deep or complex as some of the luminaries of the genre, but it's also less punishing. It's also quite pretty to look at and has surprisingly good music (when's the last time you thought about a deckbuilding game's music?). Monster Train 2 is a very worthy sequel too. If you're not sure whether you'd like either of them, get MT1, and if you like MT1 you can be confident getting MT2.