Journey to Monolith

About this game

Journey to Monolith is a strategic, turn-based roguelite game. Choose a general to lead your team, recruit fighters from six unique regions, and customize your fighters' stats and abilities with powerful spells.

• Create a different team every time with over 50 different units from six distinctive factions: Lyonar Kingdoms, Songhai Empire, Vetruvian Imperium, Abyssian Host, Magmar Aspects, and Vanar Kindred.
  
  
• Discover formidable and synergistic spells to enhance your units, find emergent combos, and overwhelm the enemy.
  
• Travel through 6 different regions and attempt to reach the Monolith where your final foe awaits.

Journey to Monolith has no affiliation with Counterplay Games. I want to thank them for releasing so much of the original Duelyst source code under a Creative Commons license in 2022

Latest news

• Patch Notes·27 May 2025Official

  Small Update 2025-05

  Added a dynamic camera that zooms in on the action during battle! Updated various fonts to hopefully look a bit cleaner on higher res and/or bigger screens! Bug fixes!
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• Patch Notes·20 Sept 2024Official

  Post-launch Update!

  Check out what's new in Journey to Monolith's first post-launch update! New Units {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/4eb4ac5f6f0a44dc7d5e11a8a72f3b633bdafe3c.gif Silverguard Knight This LYONAR support unit boasts a decent DEFENSE stat and immediately gives a temporary boost to your leading fighter's ATTACK stat with its ability Rallying Charge at the start of Combat. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/12f3950bb5e675beec2d2c719d96bf371cf89f70.gif Silithar Egg Nurse this defenseless MAGMAR egg through a handful of turns during Combat, and it will evolve into a Young Silithar! Once it hatches it's ready to fight, but you can also keep it on the backline until it evolves again... and again! Keep it safe by powering up its HP or ARMOR stat, or pair it with attacks like Overgrowth to accelerate its growth. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/621592b5266f525026491dab6c7c834d3b17ce89.gif Snowchaser The new VANAR fighter doesn't have a lot of DEFENSE or HP, but its ability Shielded Entry, gives it some ARMOR each time it switches in. Use that extra staying power to lauch support moves like Protective Field, Weapon Lock, or Icestorm. New Enemies {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/fe253865a571b902e92bbe72106dc2316d7e7065.gif Silvertongue Corsair Watch out for this pirate's ability, Fight Dirty, which gives a temporary debuff to your active unit's ATTACK stat when it switches in. Hopefully you aren't putting all your eggs in one basket and can switch out to remove the stat drop! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/65daef5c1b81333f4d4e1a211142e14170764e00.gif Deathblighter This dangerous cat serves as a hard-counter to strategies centering around Mini-Jax - while it's still alive, it reduces the damage of ALL Mini-Jax to ZERO! Good thing it doesn't have a ton of HP or DEFENSE, so once you get it in the active spot it should come down easily. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/3fc872fff230fdd0c3d1e7408d2bffc86cec0542.gif Mirrorrim If you like buffing up one strong fighter and then cleaning up, watch out for Mirrorrim! When...
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• Announcements·14 Jul 2024Official

  Journey to Monolith will release August 1st, 2024!

  Start planning your trek and crafting your perfect team, because Journey to Monolith is set to release August 1st, 2024! Choose your general, build your team, customize your fighters, and battle your way to the Monolith in this strategic, turn-based roguelite game. While the game will launch with over 50 different playable units and 60 spells across six unique factions, I plan to keep working on the game after release with new fighters, new enemies, new spells, and new attacks so that each run will truly feel unique! Want to talk with me directly about the game? Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/MsS2m4t8Hp
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• Announcements·11 Jun 2024Official

  Steam NextFest Livestream

  Tune in for a special broadcast of the Developer playthrough and commentary! Get an inside look into the design of the game, as well as tactics and strategies for building a successful team and reaching the Monolith. Journey to Monolith is a strategic, turn-based roguelite game. Choose a general to lead your team, recruit fighters from six unique regions, and customize your fighters' stats and abilities with powerful spells.
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• Patch Notes·9 Jun 2024Official

  Demo Update!

  - Updated UI (additional tooltips, progress bar updates, "switch" button rework {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/f3fa97f5cff2c90899402bff3377c696f7351cef.png - New COMBAT LOG for easy reference during battle! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/799c125a0a77afd1763e656da58a4d05879b8351.png This new quality of life feature will show the last several turns of the battle, in case you missed what attack was used by the enemy, or want to show off that perfect switch to your friends. Easily toggle-able on the right-hand side of the combat screen! - New early game enemy, the "Dragonlark" {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44797047/854aa04b1fcbf8e6940700a62b2b8783cdccb12d.gif This fearless flyer has good speed and moderate attack, but not a ton of healthpoints or defense. Take it out quickly before it can support its teammates with its Mayhem attack, which gives a random ally more Attack power!
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