Best Monsters Games

The best Monsters games ranked by Belly Score. Browse games with a Monsters theme, scored by The Belly.

Games with a Monsters theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Monsters world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Monsters-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

9.9

Half-Life

FPS · Action · Adventure

Windows · PlayStation 2 · macOS · Linux

Sci-FiAlienWorkplace+1

AtmosphericEerieIntense+2

9.9

ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE

Action · RPG · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Dark FantasyMythologyMonsters+1

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenAtmospheric+3

9.8

Resident Evil 2

Horror · Survival · Action

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Windows · Nintendo Switch · Amazon Luna · iPhone · iPad · Mac

ZombiesMonstersPsychological+1

CreepyTenseIntense+3

9.8

Dead Space 2

Action · Shooter

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PC

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

CreepyEerieTense+3

9.8

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Action · RPG

Nintendo 3DS

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousIntenseChallenging+3

9.8

Elden Ring

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC · Nintendo Switch 2

Dark FantasyMythologyMonsters+1

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenEpic+3

9.8

Dark Souls

Action RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

Dark FantasyPost-ApocalypticMonsters+1

MysteriousDarkChallenging+3

9.8

Doom

FPS · Shooter · Horror

MS-DOS · 32X · Atari Jaguar · PC-98 · Super NES · PlayStation · Mac OS · 3DO · Windows · Sega Saturn · RISC OS · Game Boy Advance · Xbox · Xbox 360 · iOS · PlayStation 3 · Android · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

IntenseFast-PacedAdrenaline-Fueled+3

9.8

DARK SOULS III

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

Dark FantasyPost-ApocalypticMonsters

DarkBleakChallenging+3

9.8

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 2 · PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Dark FantasySupernaturalMonsters

IntenseFast-PacedAdrenaline-Fueled+2

9.8

Slay the Spire

RPG · Strategy · Adventure

PC (Microsoft Windows) · macOS · Linux · Android · iOS · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

FantasyDark FantasyMonsters

ChallengingBrutalStrategic+3

9.8

Terraria

Action · Adventure · Sandbox

PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X · Nintendo Switch · Wii U · Nintendo 3DS · Android · iOS · Linux · macOS · Windows Phone · Stadia

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousExploratoryChallenging+2

9.7

SILENT HILL 2

Horror · Action-Adventure

PlayStation 5 · PC

PsychologicalSupernaturalDark / Grim+1

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

9.7

Monster Hunter Wilds

Action · Adventure · RPG

PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S · PC

MonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousEpicImmersive+3

9.7

Dead Space

Action · Survival

PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

CreepyTenseIntense+3

9.7

CASTLEVANIA: ARIA OF SORROW

Action · Action RPG · Adventure · Platformer

Game Boy Advance · Game Boy Advance SP · Game Boy Micro · Nintendo Wii U · Nintendo

FantasyDark FantasySupernatural+7

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+26

9.6

Monster Hunter: World

Action RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousImmersiveIntense+3

9.6

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

Action RPG

Nintendo Switch · Nintendo 3DS

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousEpicChallenging+3

9.6

ICO

Action-Adventure · Puzzle · Platformer

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3

FantasyAncient / HistoricalMonsters

AtmosphericDreamlikeEmotional+3

9.5

Mushihimesama

Shooter · Action

Arcade · PlayStation 2 · iOS · Xbox 360 · Microsoft Windows · Nintendo Switch

FantasyNature / WildernessMonsters

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.4

Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism

Shooter

Windows

FantasyFolkloreSupernatural+1

IntenseFranticChaotic+3

9.4

Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

Fighting · Action

Arcade · Sega Saturn · PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PSP · PS Vita · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · PC

SupernaturalGothicMonsters+1

Fast-PacedFranticChaotic+2

9.4

MONSTER HUNTER RISE

Action · RPG

Nintendo Switch · PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

FantasyFolkloreMonsters+1

AdventurousFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.4

DOORS

Survival · Horror · Puzzle

Roblox

SupernaturalMonstersPsychological

CreepySuspensefulTense+2