Monsters
Creatures theme
Includes any kind of creatures with terrifying or otherwise horribly deformed/repulsive (monstrous) appearance, regardless if their personality matches this. Commonly assumed to be mindless savages.
3059
games
124platforms

OCS 1989

LIN 2015

LIN 2001

WIN 2011-03-23

NES 1988-10-21

MAC 1995

MSX2 1987

SG1K 1986

IIGS 1987

WIN 2004-05-25

WIN 2013-04-19

C64 1988
Children:
* Monster protagonist
* Giant monsters
* Tentacle monsters
Conditional children:
* Insectoids
* Parasites
* Aliens
* Monster protagonist
* Giant monsters
* Tentacle monsters
Conditional children:
* Insectoids
* Parasites
* Aliens
This is for creatures that physically resemble something that could be labeled as monster, not people whose personality is monstrous.
Gamers and game makers tend to label anything that opposes the player as monsters but this tag is NOT for such broad definition of it.
Gamers and game makers tend to label anything that opposes the player as monsters but this tag is NOT for such broad definition of it.
The first Monsters video game was released in 1974.
Sega, Electronic Arts and Konami published most of these games.
Child groups
Giant monsters, Monster protagonist, Abominations, Monster girls
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Platforms
Windows | ![]() | 611 | |
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Linux | ![]() | 581 | |
MS-DOS | ![]() | 155 | |
NES | ![]() | 127 | |
Mac OS X | ![]() | 110 | |
Apple II E | ![]() | 82 | |
X360 | ![]() | 73 | |
C64 | ![]() | 72 | |
PS3 | ![]() | 72 | |
Amiga | ![]() | 54 | |
Mac OS Classic | ![]() | 45 | |
PS2 | ![]() | 42 | |
Atari ST | ![]() | 41 | |
NEC PC9801 | ![]() | 40 | |
NEC PC8801 | ![]() | 37 | |
MSX2 | ![]() | 36 | |
ZX Spectrum | ![]() | 35 | |
Famicom Disk System | ![]() | 34 | |
PS4 | ![]() | 32 | |
Amstrad CPC | ![]() | 28 | |
PS | ![]() | 26 | |
Sharp X1 | ![]() | 26 | |
MICRO 7 - FM7 | ![]() | 24 | |
Mega Drive | ![]() | 24 | |
PSP | ![]() | 23 | |
Tandy Coco | ![]() | 22 | |
MSX | ![]() | 22 | |
PC Engine | ![]() | 21 | |
SNES | ![]() | 21 | |
Arcade | ![]() | 20 |