
Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!
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Prices
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.57/day in the week to Sep 1 → 0.57/day in the week after.
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Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!

Cursed into a half-human, half-lizard monstrosity by the Meka-Dragon, you are in search for a cure! The only way you can return to human form is to find the Salamander Cross, a magical item with the power to remove curses...

With each dragon slain, the curse intensifies, transforming you into different animals! Explore large, interconnected locations populated with grumpy monsters and exotic dragons!

Play as the game’s classic character, Hu-Man, or as his brand-new, long-awaited co-star Hu-Girl. You can also inhabit Lizard-Man, Mouse-Man, Piranha-Man, Lion-Man, and Hawk-Man, and use their unique abilities to uncover the land’s deepest secrets.
Enjoy 3 difficulty levels catering to players of all types, and switch from modern graphics and sound to 8-bit graphics/audio at any time - even during gameplay!
Genres
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox, GOG, Nintendo publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 2.6Kreviews | 85% | — | $1.1M |
| $19.99 | 2.4Kratings | 90% | — | not modelled | |
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 70 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Gameplay accessible for all level of gamers, lovely graphics and animations, relaxing soundtrack. My sunday afternoon tasted just like my childhood holidays thanks to this love letter to the Arcade and Megadrive titles.
♥♥♥♥ game
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Every market we collect.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.25/day in the week to Jul 21 → 0.4/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,402 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
| $4.99−75% |
| 586ratings |
| 90% |
| — |
| not modelled |
| $4.99−75% | 215ratings | 86% | — | not modelled |
| $19.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 70 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
The best possible version of a classic platformer. The new artstyle is gorgeous, but if you prefer you can switch to the old style and music at will. This was one of the first games I'd ever play to take what Metroid established and iterate on it, using different monster types to gate areas and content. The game still holds up. Worth a buy.
Simplesmente o jogo mais lindo já feito.
游戏还行,不过建议打折买,和魔界村是同一种类型的替身,人物受击后像忍者龙剑传和波斯王子合体,离谱的僵直和受击距离,被敌人攻击后能一直挨揍,比波斯王子唯一好一点的地方在于,有无敌帧,虽然会被一直连击但不至于像王子那样被活生生打死,我真搞不懂无敌帧虽然不掉血但会被连击挨揍出僵直,这到底是什么天才设计。
Genial! J'y reviendrai!
it's missing one thing we5t 0ne but happy times
Bonitos graficos
Quick Summary: A classic game from a wonderful series, remade with a lot of heart and beauty. The graphics, music all re-done, but retraining the spirit of the original a action-platformer with a little MetroidVania thrown in. It might be short, but it's worth the nostalgia trip. Story: Having defeated the Mecha-Dragon in the last game "Wonder Boy in Monster Land" The Hu-man is transformed into a dragon. Now, you're off to return yourself back to normal. It's barebones, but for a last 80's/early 90's game what can you ask for? Gameplay: Like I said early, it's a action platformer with metroidvania style gameplay. You start off a dragon that can shoot fire balls, and you wonder around the areas until you find a boss defeat it and get changed into the next one a Mouse-man. There's 5 different "creatures" you'll turn into each with their own style of gameplay and abilities along with the 6th Hu-man form. Along the way you'll earn coin to buy different swords, shields, and armor that change the amount of defense and damage you can dish out. The bosses for the most part are not horrible, but the last boss if you don't explore and get the right equipment can take forever and drive you to quit, but overall the game has a fun adventure flair to it. Graphics: Wow, did they do a great job with the art style. The game is done in a hand drawn animated style that let's you on the fly switch back to the retro graphics at anytime. It's great. Everything in the game moves with fluidity and style. The upgraded designs look detailed and amazing and even from the small pixel art they had to work with, make characters stand out far larger than they could be. The game is worth it just to see the thing in motion and how far it came. Sound/Music: Fantastic, everything here is recreated with such care and love. All the tracks from the original are there along with the ability to swap between modern and retro on the fly just like the graphics. You can't help but stop and listen at times and notice the difference. Final Thoughts: I grew up with the Wonderboy/Monster series. I have found memories playing it both on the original hardware, along with other means over the years. To see it come to life in the way it has here, makes me wish the entire series got the treatment, along with a few others games. The game is pretty short, and you have to realize you're getting into, a retro game with a shiny coat. The gallery you can look at from the main menu is filled with art, animation, videos of the music being made and you can see how hard they put themselves into this game. Highly Highly recommended for any fan of retro games or people who have a soft spot for charm.
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