Classic RPG gameplay with top-down perspective, character customization, quests, loot, and turn-based combat against monsters in a retro pixel-art style.
Monster RPG 2 is an open-source, free-to-play 2D role-playing game developed by Nooskewl. It features classic RPG mechanics and gameplay, with a top-down perspective, detailed pixel art graphics with a retro style, character customization through races and classes, stat assignment, and skill trees.
The core gameplay loop involves taking quests in the main town, venturing out into the procedurally generated wilderness and dungeons to battle monsters, collecting loot and gear upgrades in the process. Combat is turn-based, with the player inputting actions each turn like attacking, using skills or items, or moving around the grid-based levels.
Defeating monster groups and completing quests gives experience points to level up your character, allowing you to assign more stat points and progress further down your choice of skill trees. There is also a crafting system, allowing you to create consumables like health potions from materials picked up in the world.
While the gameplay structure remains focused on combat and progression, the game offers quite a bit of content and variety to keep things interesting. With the addition of graphics packs and mod support, fans of old-school 2D RPGs should find a lot to enjoy in Monster RPG 2.