Big Fan Games and Shiny Shoe have confirmed a release date for Monster Train 2 on Nintendo Switch.
The critically acclaimed deckbuilder returns with new playable factions, card types, buff-granting train customisation, an Endless Mode, Daily and Dimensional challenges, run mutators, leaderboards and more, building on what everyone loved about Monster Train: First Class.
Promising that “newcomers and experienced strategists alike are in for a tense new fight brimming with possibility, excitement and deadly discovery,” you must once again build unstoppable decks and synergies to conquer the series’ signature three-floor battlefield.
The publisher has outlined the game’s key features, which include:
- Powerful New Clans and Enemies: You’re in command! Choose from a selection of five brand new clans, each with its own unique strengths and gameplay to forge strategies fitting your personal playstyle. With three vertical levels to defend against dangerous new enemies, you’ll need to recruit powerful new units, upgrade cards, and experiment to survive. Can you defeat the all-new and ultra-challenging Titans?
- New Card Types: Reach your deck’s full build potential with all-new Room and Equipment Cards. Room Cards add impressive boosts to your train, allowing you new strategic advantages over your foes. Equipment Cards can be applied to units, giving them a variety of bonuses to aid you in battle!
- Dynamic Features and Depth: The Covenant Outpost is the bustling hub that you’ll visit after each run. From here, you’ll have access to Monster Train 2’s core features, as well as experience character interactions that move the story forward.
- Pyre Hearts: Each Pyre Heart brings unique functionality to gameplay. Unlocking them not only provides another way to customise your run before departing, but also plays a key role in advancing the story.
- Dimensional Challenges: Ready for a new twist on your adventure? This mode offers handcrafted challenges, new Mutators, and unique cosmetic rewards to be earned as you complete them.
- Train Customisation: Unlock new parts for your train and customise it to suit your personal style.
- The Logbook: In addition to recording completion goals, the improved Logbook also now includes new features, such as enemy information, collection objectives, and more ways to compare your achievements against your friends.
- Daily Challenges: Take on a new challenge every day with a hugely modified run featuring brand new mutators, as well as some returning old favourites. Compete globally and against friends, and climb the leaderboards with a skill-focused scoring system.
- Celestial Alcoves: The rapid expansion of the Rail has attracted many new visitors to Hell. Encounter a wide variety of random events with exciting gameplay and maybe even a few surprises from outside of the Monster Train universe.
- Endless Mode: One of the most requested features by Monster Train players is here! Travel the Rails with ever-increasing difficulty to test your skills and see how long you can survive. You can even compare your stats against your friends!
Monster Train 2 will be released digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch worldwide on 21 May 2025.
