- 68/100
- Players8 ratings
- 66/100
- Critics2 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic10 critic reviews
- 72/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 70/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 4/5
- Player reviews
- 65% positive277 reviews
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$14.99
Where to get it
2018 · Q-Games Ltd. · Indie · Real-time strategy
PixelJunk Monsters 2
Get ready to experience the next generation of real-time tower defense gameplay in the globally acclaimed PixelJunk Monsters series!
- Released
- 24 May 2018
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4Windows
- Genres
- IndieReal-time strategyStrategy
- Developers
- Q-Games Ltd.NQ Games
- Publishers
- Spike Chunsoft
- Modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- ActionFantasyKids
- Age ratings
- PEGI 7ESRB E10+CERO A
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 8.5hmain story30hcompletionist
About
PixelJunk Monsters is a tower defense video game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3. The second game in the PixelJunk series, it was originally released in Japan on December 6, 2007 and worldwide by Sony Computer Entertainment on the PlayStation Store on January 24, 2008. The game was released for the PlayStation Portable under the title PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe.
PixelJunk Monsters Encore, an expansion pack for the game, was released on April 24, 2008 in Japan; May 8, 2008 in North America; and May 15, 2008 in Europe.
›Story
The spirit of the forest, Tikiman, is in trouble. An army of mysterious monsters has invaded his peaceful forest! Repel the fire and fury of your assaulting foes! Build towers within the woods and level them up to vanquish the invaders! Protect the Chibis, the future of the Tiki tribe!
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Gameplay in PixelJunk Monsters has similarities to various tower defense titles. The objective is to build defense towers along the enemies' path to keep them from reaching a hut, or base. Several small creatures dwell at the base. For each enemy that survives the defense towers and reaches the hut, one offspring is killed. If all offspring are wiped out, the level is failed.
Towers have distinct attributes, such as rapid fire, long range, air-focused, etc. Destroyed enemies usually drop coins and occasionally give gems, which then can be used to upgrade and research new towers.
Reception
The PlayStation 3 version of PixelJunk Monsters, Encore, Deluxe, and the Vita version of Ultimate received "favorable" reviews, while the PC version of Ultimate and the Wii U version of PixelJunk Monsters received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Expansions
- PixelJunk Monsters 2: Encore PackPixelJunk Monsters 2: Danganronpa Pack
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