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Monster Harvest
Developer Maple Powered Games
Monster Harvest is a monster collecting and farming action RPG with a twist! Grow, collect and mutate your crops then take them into battle! Filled with places to discover and multiple ways to build your farm, get ready to craft, explore and battle across the vibrant world of Planimal Point. From the Steam store page
196 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Jul 28, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
100 positive · 89 negative
95% range 46–60%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
284 of 540 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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60 of 196 · most liked firstI am going to split this review into three sections. Lets call it the good, the bad, and the ugly. For the good: Ease of game play. The game is really easy to just play through, everything is snappy. The farm is huge, so your really free to plant as much as you want and make huge mega crops and make hundreds of thousands of money. Lots of features. You have lots of activities to do, and goals to work towards. The farm has several upgrades, and there is a weekly arena where you can fight…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My main problem is the math in this game. For the last 8 hours of playing this game I felt like I should be making more money that I actually was so I did a little bit of math. (Note: I'm currently in the wet season). The cost of the crab plant after harvest is $100 which takes 6 days to grow. The $/day is $16.67/day. To pickle it takes 3 days and gives the crop a 50% increase to $150. So the $/day to pickle the crab plant is ($150)/(6 days to grow + 3 days to pickle) = $16.67/day which is the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It really hurts my heart but, I need to make a bad review about this game. I love farming games, reason why I bought it. This game was released about 2 weeks ago, but it still looks like a beta test. I'm about to finish the 1st year of gameplay, and the content is almost over. The battle system is related to your farm in a morbid way, once your planimals need to die in order to improve your farm. It's annoying to let them die, once you spent a lot of time training them. The concept of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello, I am quite conflicted about this game. I really like the concept of Monster Harvest. It's different from the usual. It's like a mix between moonlighter (for the dungon part) but with planimals for fighters (a bit like pokemon) and harvest moon, stardew velley, peaceful days, etc... for the farming / townfolks part. And that is a good idea. But there are a lot of itching little things. Let's start with the + : Three seasons which are different from the usual is nice, 21 days instead of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ok so i cannot recommend this game. dont get me wrong, id love a cross between stardew valley and pokemon, but the way they have done it is just... wrong... let me explain the goods: there are a few goods about this game, graphics: the graphics are lovely and remind me of stardew valley which is a game i love. no time limit: a major point here for me is no time limit, i hated the time limit in stardew valley, here though, no time limit, you can do whatever you want until your character is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Preface: I have gotten a refund, the review is why. Well, I really wish I could say this is a good game. The premise is interesting, the artstyle has a certain charm... But hoooeeeeyyy it's a mess. What is sold as a finished game is anything but. Where to even begin? Battles maybe? You fight slimes yourself, but most monsters (aka planimals) can only be fought with your own planimals. The freebie one aside, you'll need to grow these yourself. And you'll need to grow a ton of them due to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monster Harvest is basic Stardew Valley with creature collection. The premise of the game is great, but it's not been done well. I enjoyed what I played, but after approx 10 hours I'd done everything worth doing. The art style is lovely, and each season looks great. Unfortunately there are several problems. The game feels like an early access game, and if it was I'd be excited to see what was coming next. Sadly it's the full release. There are just 16 monsters in total, and it doesn't matter if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monster Harvest is an interesting and fun concept, but the execution is no more than a 3/10 from any individual perspective. The 'story' is short, and there is a very limited amount of things you can do, which I would not expect from a RPG/Farming Sim that is being compared to Stardew Valley + Pokemon. You can be done with everything within 4 hours or so. And I mean EVERYTHING. There are 3 seasons, and each season only has 4 different crops (which, sure, you can make hybrids from, but the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly, I cannot recommend this title. It is fine idea for a game, but it is 10%-20% or what should be created. There is lack of content in game, no reason to create stronger monsters and this game is NOT FINISHED. I would be able to not create this review and stay neutral, but lack of communication with devs that is visible in the discussions, lack of mod support (which would allow some people to make interesting content for that game) and in the end, not finished sprites. This forced me to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had a lot of fun in this game, until my fckn chest disappeared. Now I'm unable to water my crops and hoeless (just like irl)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been playing Monster Harvest for a week and I must say, it's a nice blend of farming simulation and monster collecting that has kept me entertained. I originally bought Monster Harvest for the achievements, but I discovered a hidden gem that I’ll continue to play even after unlocking them all. Pros: - Unique Gameplay: Monster Harvest stands out with the combination of traditional farming and the ability to mutate crops into creatures (Planimals). It's both relaxing and engaging,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Epic via Prime] *Monster Harvest*, indie farming adventure. > A farming adventure with a twist! > > Set out on an adventure of a lifetime as you start a new life in Planimal Point. Develop your own farm, build and customize your own house, craft your own furniture, make some delicious jams, and mutate your crops to create loyal and fierce companions you can take into battle! > > During your journey through Planimal Point, you'll discover strange Slimes that can mutate your crops in ways you…
unlabelledView post →Can't recommend this title. The controls are counter-intuitive. You have to actually click on an individual to talk to them, you don't swing your sword in the direction you're facing but instead towards wherever the cursor is. As others have pointed out, the in-game economics is downright spiteful and the limited battle mechanics are unbalanced. Procedurally generated dungeons are the norm but clearly these were not balance tested. I lost three monsters just trying to get through the first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I downloaded this because I thought I hadn't played it. I had actually played it for 20 hours years ago. As I loaded it up, I sort of remembered. It's utterly forgettable. It's not a bad game, but is solidly mediocre. Imagine Stardew without any interesting npcs or characterization, and you have this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR: Don't purchase it even if its on sale. Its really not worth it. Could've been a really nice game. The game devs gave up on updating the game and it has many many bugs. After the first few days of gameplay its honestly not that hard to level your character up to max. With the pipe system it makes watering plants easier but they don't tell you that until much later. The dungeon is only about five levels with not much variation only that you may encounter slimes or you may not. Its not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to give this game a chance, because the idea is great! However, the execution of it is just poorly. The city NPC's and so on lack soul, like the world itself. The events that are shown on the calendar do not add any extra gameplay value, and nothing interactive is really happening. The combat values are questionable, because it feels like there is no use in making your planimals stronger since a level 20 can get wiped by a level 2. It's more effective to go through every dungeon…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great idea with horrible execution. Save your money and play Pokemon or Stardew instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another group of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ devs with abandonware
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game needs many updates and fixes. It feels incomplete. I personally got it because it reminded me so much of stardew valley and a bit of pokemon but the bugs and glitches are obnoxious. I dont expect any game to be 100% perfect but I feel they should have waited a bit before officially releasing it. Should be early access. Right now I rate it 6 out of 10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played the game for about 17 hours at this point. It has become very shallow and redundant. Maybe I am mission something, but nothing feels like its done. The plantimals levels go up quicker if you let your pets die and regrow. I have more incentive to kill my on plantimals, instead of leveling them. Ridden with bugs. Basically, most of the time, you will be walking north and south. To and from the farm and cave. Am I missing something? Very shallow and not worth the money. I would give…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game definitely has/had potential, but unfortunately seems to be abandoned. It's fun for an hour or two, but ultimately runs out of content very quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My experience has been mixed. Let me start with, I bought this game on a 70% off sale - and thank goodness, because otherwise I'd feel a bit cheated. But on the other hand, I cannot say I didn't enjoy playing it. To elaborate, Monster Harvest is a charming game with a charming 2,5D pixel graphic style and a pretty fun, unique gimmick to the tried and true farm game formula. The "planimals" as the game calls the creatures resulting from applying varied slime to regular crops have fun…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: Super cute, relaxing, great concept Cons: Short game, unfinished game, wasted great concept, leaves you unsatisfied/disappointed This is a super cute game but you will never feel finished or satisfied with it. You can beat the game and get all the achievements in a few hours. Unlike a lot of farming/life sims, there are no real connections you build in the game. You essentially grow your planimals and level them up to beat the bad guy who just leaves. The game play is simple and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a lot of bugs and weird behaviours (black screen/crash on transitions, items disappearing... etc). But even without the bugs, it is boring. There is little to do overall: bit of crafting, "slime your crops" to turn into fighting pets or cattle or grow instantly), chat with the people, go in the dungeon and let your pets do the fighting (essentially a turn-based 1v1, if your monster dies, the next one takes over) and gather ore. That is it: Farm, Town, dungeon... you can pickup…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd like to be able to recommend this game, but as several others have said, it feels very unfinished. This problem is compounded by the fact that, as far as I've been able to find, the devs haven't really been communicating what's going on with the game on their end either. The last post I've been able to find from them is from months ago saying that the Switch version may finally be playable. This version is (mostly) playable, but the with the lack of content and what content there is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY JUST PLAY THE DEMO. YOU CAN GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE IN THE DEMO. THE FULL GAME HAS NOTHING MORE TO OFFER. Games feels like its in Alpha. Needs a lot more everything. Quality of life updates: mass mutant seed crafting, map tab and a social tab to check friendship levels. Festivals have no point and no mini-games; festivals are just a waste of a day. Make that town full of people from out of town like Stardew Valley so it feels more like a festival. just play Stardew for a good…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The current state of the game would be acceptable if it was released as an early access, but it was released as full release. I can't recommend this game as it is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/10 - This is one of those games you'd give a neutral rating if possible :b Good for achievement hunters who like collector games. Can easily get all achievements in 10-20 hours, depending on how much you want to enjoy the game. All the creatures are cute and fun to collect, the dungeons and farming mechanics are decent, but the townspeople feel shallow and the grind to the end is unbelievably slow and boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monster Harvest is a fascinating union of creature collection and farming simulation. I played longer than is really needed, because I did some truly suboptimal things early on, yet wanted to experience all the content. I enjoyed playing. I suspect for many, however, it could prove a disappointment. The creature battles are simple, arguably to a fault. The farming, mining, and even fishing are all fun and relaxing; they're exactly what you might expect if you've played similar titles.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's very fun in the beginning but after some time, it gets tedious and you're essentially just waiting to the next season to see the new planimals. That's really about it. It's something to kill time but if you want a more in depth farming sim that you can make friends with the NPCs, there's not much here for you
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There were 2 reasons I got this game. 1. cool concept 2. achievements sadly the game is beatable quickly and every achievement gotten within 10 hours or less of gameplay, the trick to this game is buy about 5 of each seed to make a planimal and only make planimals, forage everyday for money, buy the 2 unlockable areas for more forage to get more seeds. and just waste your planimals in the dungeon till they get super strong and beat everyone at rec center. however i think the game is bugged…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fallout 76 of farming sims I can't recommend this game in its current form. Like other's have already said its lacking some heavy elements, not just bugs, it lacks story, interaction and what it means to play a farming sim. Everything is the same price, there's no point in events, battling is challenging and fun but it stops progressing after 10 levels. It feels like they didn't want this game to live long. Every response from the developers has been, oh just wait for our upcoming content!…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The foundation of the game is really interesting. I love the concept of mashing Stardew Valley and Pokemon together. But as many others have said, the battle mechanics are just completely underdeveloped. And the mechanic that necessitates you to sacrifice grown monsters to improve the farm just hurts. It makes training the little lads completely unrewarded. If the devs keep at it and polish everything up, change some systems, add content, and re-balance the length of the seasons and a few…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its lacking depth, there's nothing beyond the base idea. And I really like the idea for the game plus the "planimals" are super cute, so its a shame that its so underdeveloped.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has an interesting base to start with but its lacking in content with basic npcs and bothersome gardening.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Echoing the sentiment of many other reviews here. The game is so close to something unique but falls flat. With more content updates I would be able to recommend it. Perhaps worth it on sale but not worth the full price in its current state. I do really want to see this concept flushed out.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay is very light and unfulfilling. It's an excellent concept but unfortunately it plays like an early access and not a finished game. I pretty much beat the game within the first season and first 10 hours of gameplay. I hope they'll add more content to this in the future.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edit: Please note how old this review is. I've noticed there have been several updates to the game since I wrote this and made the video review. I'd like to revisit the game and see what may have improved but I haven't had the time yet. Anyway, what may be written here might not be indicative of how the game plays anymore. This game has a great concept and a foundation for more, but it's just not that fun as it is now. Many of the systems in the game seem barebones and don't add that much.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just don't. It looks like a lovely stardew valley/pokemon type crossover, but it's not. The characters have no character. There's no passage of time (you go to bed and rest to switch to evening or the next day) and you usually have no idea what day it is. There's no reason to. With a total of four crops a season (unless there's more content to look forward to later, in which case, they really need to hint to it earlier), there's really no sense that there's something ahead to work towards.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a confused as you are. At first glance this seems like a great idea. Your first 20 minutes into the game you'll find yourself thinking: was this originally a mobile game?? 2nd glance you think, huh seems like a lot of simple problems that could have been patched out by now (not glitches, QOL stuff). Anyway, don't waste your time, even for a few bucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea behind this game is really interesting, but sadly it does not feel well executed in terms of content. It doesn't take long to finish the main storyline, without much else to offer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm gonna go with Recommend, but with a caveat: I do not think this game is worth the sticker price. Hefty sale? Go nuts. There's a lot of issues but the TL:DR is that this feels like a great idea that the devs got overwhelmed with and abandoned. I put about 18 hours in and completed everything but the fish thing. (squid where are you?) but I think that's about all I will spend. It was fun but mostly kind of boring unless you really just want to grind money that you cant really spend on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is not worth the 17 bucks. Just buy Stardew valley at this point
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game. It has so much potential, but the bugs are killing me. My planimals randomly change species or just disappear entirely. In the dungeon I'll have 3 in my party and then for no reason I'll only have 2. It hasn't died, I don't get any hearts from it, no money, it just straight up ceases to exist. Such a bummer when they're high level too.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cross between a farming simulator and a monster catching game.... it's very barebones, but the idea shows promise. You need your Planimals to venture in the caves for the rarer seeds and materials with a boss at the end of each floor that gives you a TON of seeds. It feels like there aren't that many monsters, but too many barn animals? They try to fix this by making the animals produce not only milk and eggs, but spices and truffles for cooking. These items don't really sell for much and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, though seems like it might be on the short side. The Slime Co. Part adds nothing good and is instead a drawback. Buy on sale, not full price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This makes me petty as heck, but I refunded the game after 20 minutes. I just couldn't take the constant sounds of the cicadas. It's jarring, ear piercing, and completely removes any immersion for me every single time the sound comes on (about every ten seconds). The only way to get the cicadas to stop is to turn the sound effects completely off (because even just lowering them the cicada sound is still distracting). So, because of this, you have to completely turn off the sound effects in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i'm just dissapointed. it's the combination of stardew valley and pokemon, and the dev used key aspects of both games, like farming, the npc relationships and the pokemon-like fighting style. though, the npc's lack character, and they all seem kinda boring. for example when they say "the evening is good for relaxing", it doesnt add character like stardew valley did. and with the dungeon, it's a fun idea, but you lack options, a planimal has only 3 attacks, and at the start you can only spam 1…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a lot of potential & very good, enjoyable mechanics, but unfortunately it was abandoned & it shows in the lack of scenes in the "ending", among other things. It’s still enjoyable but you have to keep in mind that it’s abandoned.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3.5 stars. love it good game over all, but i just spent hours to re get my crops because it changed seasons but turns out they were dead. so a recommendation wold be if you put in an indicator that the crops are dead
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice idea with monster harvesting. So bad balance. And so boring grind.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good premise and could be fun, but poorly executed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is ok, you can get 5h, 10h or more hours of gameplay based on how you play, but it feels like the game need more quality of life, balance and more development to become a really good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Say what you want about it being abandoned or not, the game overall is still pretty good. In my opinion it was worth what I paid as it is, though I sincerely hope its still being worked on and would willingly pay more for the full 1.0 vs. Either way, the game is great to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, it's a cute concept, really. But it feels like that might've been what they banked on when making this, is that the cute concept of Pokemon-esque/monster-catcher + farming sim would tick enough boxes for people and get them to buy the game despite it being unfinished. I mean, it worked on me, though I'm hoping I won't make that mistake again anytime soon. Should've read the reviews much more carefully (something I am quickly learning is necessary before any purchase, especially because…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is okay.... Completed the game (and all achievements) in one sitting in about six hours. If the game explained some mechanics better I could have done it sub five hours. The game has some cool mechanics, but none of it is really fleshed out. Each planimal (Pokemon) has a total of three attacks. Across sixteen different planimals there's roughly eight different attacks in the entire game. Pretty disappointing because of the potential there. Furthermore, if there was an evolution…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game seems like an amazing idea pokemon+stardew valley i was only ever able to get one mutated plant to grow! used my one mutant plant to fight in the cave 3 times until it died and was never able to get another one to grow i dont know what im doing wrong... the game feels really empty and unfinished. will come back if they ever make a huge update
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stardew Valley + Pokemon its alright, it has all basics but they need to be refined
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is kind of fun but they stopped doing anything with it. I would strongly advise skipping this game unless it goes down to under $5 maybe less. Perhaps if the devs decide to actually put work into the game expand on the content a lot it will become a good game. But i have the feeling its just a cash grab.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a farming game like Stardew Valley but u get Monsters out of your plants which you can train and let them fight! Even if i like the concept and already played it through i have to say that it has to less content. After the first year you're able to achieved like everything in this game. The only reason i give it a thumb up is because i really like the concept and wish for more content (like a evolution-system) so it is worth to play more hours. It simply doesn't feel like a completed game.…
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