Developed By: Yanako RPGs
Published By: REDDEER.GAMES
Category: RPG
Release Date: 11.27.25
Price: $12.99
I adore all kinds of monster catching and summoning RPG’s, and I’m not just talking about Pokemon. I love Digimon, Persona, Nexomon, and all the other smaller ones too. At the end of November, I was browsing the eshop and saw a game called Doki Monsters: Quest, but I didn’t put too much thought into it. But then I recently saw the developer talking about the game and noticed how cheap it was, so I decided to try it.
Doki Monsters: Quest is a very nostalgic experience that would have fit in very well during the Game Boy Color era. It looks exactly like the older Pokemon games and has a similar flair. But unlike those classic games, this one features a bunch of accessibility features to help bring it to a modern audience. You can change the color palette and music style, there’s an option to speed up battles, and you can even teleport back to your home whenever you want.
The game takes place in a world where an apocalyptic event wiped out most humans and created Doki monsters. This took place a really long time ago, so humans and monsters have been co-existing somewhat peacefully since then. Now some people even catch and train them to keep as pets, and to battle them. You know, the usual shtick for this kind of game.
When you first start the game, you get to choose between one of nine characters to play as, and then your adventure across a huge world begins. Your goal is to find your missing childhood friend, but the plat eventually evolves into so much more. When I saw how big the world was and how many monsters there were, I was really impressed that it was all by one person.
My favorite thing about monster catching games is the catching of the monsters. I just love collecting everything in RPG’sand Doki Monsters: Quest is great at this aspect. There are more than 140 monsters to catch and train, and each one has seven variants. This is a similar mechanic to shiny Pokemon and it means that are nearly 1,000 unique monsters, including rare versions.
Everything else about this game is pretty standard, but that’s not a bad thing considering how cheap the game is. Battles are very simple and sometimes the fast forward option doesn’t help much. The story is rather simple as well, and sometimes it’s confusing in regards to telling you what to do. Don’t even get me started on the clunky controls.
But those are all expected and reasonable shortcomings. The game is nowhere near as big as other monster catching games and franchises, but it gets the job done. If you like this RPG subgenre, you’ll like Doki Monsters: Quest. If you grew up with RPG’s of the 1990’s, you’re also going to love the nostalgic feel. The game is definitely worth checking out.
4/5
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