
- 80/100
- Critics1 review
- Player reviews
- 65% positive20 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$49.99
Where to get it

2021 · Experience · Adventure · Role-playing
Mon-Yu
Timed Nintendo exclusive
A first-person, turn-based dungeon crawler from Experience Inc. in the tradition of the original Wizardry. Create your own characters to defeat the seven demon kings. Form your team, clear the dungeons, defeat the monsters, and claim victory.
- Released
- 15 July 2021
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 5Windows
- Genres
- AdventureRole-playing
- Developers
- Experience
- Publishers
- Experience
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- ActionFantasy
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- PEGI 12ESRB TCERO B
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Time to beat
- 27hmain story43hcompletionist
About
Mon-Yu is the shortened title of a first-person dungeon crawler video game developed by Tokyo-based studio Experience, Inc. and published by Aksys Games in the West. It was released in 2023 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and Windows. Its isekai-based story revolves around warriors from other worlds who are summoned to the land of Tir Na Balc in order to defeat the evil Devil King.
The game received mixed reviews from critics, who noted that besides its unusually long name, it was otherwise fairly generic. Decrying its lack of depth, basic story and standard fantasy setting, reviewers called the game likely targeting and best suited for beginners to the genre.
›Story
You have been guided to the land of fairies where the Dragon King’s Tower housed the hidden treasures that had brought peace to the land.
But one day, the Seven Devil Kings stole all of the treasures, and used their powers to turn the tower into a terrible dungeon!
It is up to you to recover the hidden treasures from the Devil Kings, and restore peace to the land!
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Reception
Jenni Lada of Siliconera called the game's Nintendo Switch version "an enjoyable adventure", comparing its high difficulty and use of unique, powerful on-map enemies to the Etrian Odyssey series. She called the game's tone "pleasant", noting the ability to save anywhere made it more forgiving to newcomers. Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade had a differing opinion, calling it far easier than other turn-based dungeon RPGs, though still noting it was "not a walk in the park". He said that despite its beginner-friendly mechanics, its onboarding for new players was weak.
Ben Love of RPGFan gave one of the most negative reviews, calling the game "excruciatingly bog-standard". He described it as "mind-numbingly dull" for experienced players, while giving new players no reason to pick it up. While praising the game's art as "beautiful", he nevertheless called strategies "limited" due to its lack of depth, and criticized death as inconsequential, as the player does not lose anything besides progress in the dungeon. He said that while the game attempts to be more approachable for newcomers, it removed much of what made the genre appealing.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi & Mon-Yu
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