Temtem: Pioneers has new creature-preview videos showing Tem size differences, petting and bonding, plus notes on which original Tems will and will not appear in the Downbelow.

A new indie monster-catching project pitch imagines a browser-playable world of real-world animal creatures, with pixel art, a regional dex concept, and an educational angle.

A small monster-taming Steam prototype is testing a battle system where faster monsters act more often for lower damage, build energy, and use Time Unit values to decide turn order.

Aniimo's new gameplay showcase trailer runs for more than seven minutes and includes an early look at the PC interface, giving the creature RPG a fresh gameplay-focused update.

Pemkie Island has moved its community monster-design contest into the voting stage, with the winning creature planned to be modeled, animated and added as a playable monster with in-game credit.

Thistle's Path shows its first reveal, introducing a hand-drawn 2D roguelite monster catcher with movement, combat, catching and guidance systems already visible in action.

Digimon Up now has a July 15 release date on Android and iPhone, with pre-registration rewards and partner Digimon including Agumon, Gabumon, Numemon and Wormmon.

JourneyMon: a role playing monster trainer experience is out now on itch.io and DriveThruRPG

Eggbound, a Game Boy-style monster-collecting RPG inspired by Dragon Warrior Monsters, has new player art, a fresh tileset and new systems around its random encounter visuals.

Alchemic Beasts' latest community update adds togglable effect and catch-rate visibility, speed-up options, UI changes and more monster lore as the team prepares for Kickstarter and demo access.

Alchemic Beasts is adding void creatures designed as untameable challenges, alongside its Kickstarter pre-launch push and demo-first notification plan.

Solo dev is making World of Qreatures. A 3D open world monster tamer with some seriously interesting mechanics. Their steam page describes how breeding any 2 monsters will create an entirely new species. This provides infinite monsters to discover. Definitely one to watch.

Stories of Luxia's creator has shown starter evolutions for Avimono, Lufido and Purihorn, alongside a readability tweak to description text for the indie monster-tamer project.

Honkai: Nexus Anima is opening registration for its next closed beta test, giving HoYoverse's creature-collector another round of hands-on testing.

MonCraft 199X is coming to PC via Steam, with the Pokémon-inspired monster-raising survival adventure planned to arrive first in Early Access.

Spectrakin has a new early-region preview, showing a monster-taming RPG inspired by Pokémon gen 3/4 and Digimon World as the indie project builds its Kickstarter and Steam wishlist pages.

Pokémon Pokopia is getting a free 2.0 update and a three-part Expansion Pass, starting with August's underwater-focused Dive move and Bubbly Basin DLC.

Thistle's Path is showing its first look at a hand-drawn monster catcher built around billiards-style battles, endless dungeons, over 100 Nyxians, rare variants, trading and online battling.

Dicebinder has a Steam demo out, mixing monster taming with deck-building dice rolls. Battles use dice values for skills and shields, with mid-fight monster catching and boss-specific rule twists.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World has new screenshots and details, with Bianca and Nera starring in the monster-collecting RPG planned for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and Switch 2 on Dec. 3, 2026.

Solo dev is making World of Qreatures. A 3D open world monster tamer with some seriously interesting mechanics. Their steam page describes how breeding any 2 monsters will create an entirely new species. This provides infinite monsters to discover. Definitely one to watch.

Innacorde: Remember Me has a free test build on itch.io, offering an early look at an upcoming Windows creature-collector project.

Minimon: Tiny Idle Tactics has a major Next Fest update and new trailer, adding Raid battles, Adventures and quality-of-life changes to the tiny idle monster-tamer.

Goobers has launched as a small indie creature collector about finding hand-made pixel-art creatures in a garden, including rare Goobers that the developer says no player has discovered yet.

Stories of Somnia. It’s an exploration-first JRPG set in a dream world called Somnia. You play as Lumia, explore dungeons, unlock spells, collect companions called Dreamkin, and slowly uncover a story about grief, time, memories, and the courage to rest.

Montabi's Steam Next Fest demo update adds a Subway Station area, Kaibug, a Stickards room, Holo Stickers, charms, equipment, supplies and quality-of-life polish for the monster-taming roguelike deckbuilder.

Spectrakin's developer is comparing one-monster and multi-monster overworld followers for the indie monster tamer, which also blends creature collecting with town development. Maybe have the option for 1, 2 or 3 and let the player choose? What do you think ?

RPGamer reviewed Aniimo: “Catching Aniimo involves using the environment and positional advantages, and while it’s lightly engaging, it felt a bit too easy to just move behind the Aniimo to significantly increase the chance of a catch.” But they did say exploration was fun!

A solo developer is building an original browser-based monster-taming MMO/RPG with catching, levelling, trading, a marketplace and PvP in a persistent online world. Working title: Monster World Online

Montabi is lined up for PC and Xbox this summer, bringing another creature-collector roguelike into the seasonal release mix.

A fan-made Roco Kingdom: World database and PvP team builder is now available, covering spirit info, shiny variants, skills and team planning for the open-world monster-taming game.

Monster Tamer News Palworld is set to leave early access on July 10, marking a full version 1.0 milestone for the creature-collecting survival game.

Monster Tamer News Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have amended the scope of their Palworld lawsuit, narrowing which versions of the game are involved rather than targeting every version.

Monster Tamer News Aniimo has passed 10 million global pre-registrations, giving the upcoming monster-catching RPG another big momentum marker before launch.

Elemera's Kickstarter is live, pitching an elemental open-world monster tamer and giving the project a clear crowdfunding push.

Monster Tamer News Witchspire has a new trailer ahead of its June 10 Early Access launch, mixing co-op crafting and survival with creature-collecting elements and summoned allies.

New Dragon Quest Monsters: Withered World gameplay is getting a first look, with the latest monster-taming roundup also surfacing updates around Cassette Beasts 2002, Elemera and Astra Bestiary.

NeoCom, a two-person creature-collecting passion project, is showing its starter companions while the team works toward a Kickstarter and playable demo this year.

Monster Tamer News Cassette Beasts 2002 has been unveiled by Raw Fury and Bytten Studio, taking the monster-battling RPG to Nodnol with 250+ beasts, character importing and multiplayer features.

Monster Tamer News Aniimo has a new trailer and another closed beta test coming up, with sign-ups routed through its official site.

Monster Tamer News Alchemic Beasts has passed 7,000 wishlists, and the indie monster-taming RPG’s team says a more polished, feature-rich demo is coming soon after its first playable convention build.

Monster Tamer News Cassette Beasts 2002 is taking the monster-catching RPG onto Switch 2, with over 240 beasts to discover and the series’ fusion system returning for turn-based battles.

Monster Tamer News Montabi launches August 6, 2026 on PC and Xbox Series X|S, with a Steam demo update planned for Next Fest for the creature-collecting roguelike deckbuilder.

Monster Tamer News Aniimo now has a Q3 2026 launch window, alongside a new gameplay trailer and an upcoming global closed beta for the free-to-play open-world creature-catching action RPG.

Monster Tamer News Temtem: Swarm has new developer-focused coverage on its scalable ability system, putting the creature-battling spin-off's combat design back in the spotlight.

Monster Tamer News Alchemic Beasts is showing how its monster-taming RPG handles crafting: recipes are discovered through item mixing, saved in a formula book, then upgraded with additives.

Monster Tamer News Pokémon Champions launches on iOS and Android on June 17, bringing the competitive battle game beyond Switch with Pokémon HOME transfers and a Raichu launch campaign.

Monster Tamer News Spectrakin's first trailer is out, showing a new monster-taming RPG inspired by Pokémon Gen 3 and 4 and Digimon World, with a Kickstarter pre-launch page now live.

Monster Tamer News Spectrakin's Kickstarter pre-launch page is live, with the indie monster-taming RPG showing off an animated plant-type fox evolution line in new pixel art.

Eggbound's latest dev update shows Game Boy and Game Boy Color monster-taming systems, including tile-based encounters and a button-input recruitment minigame after battle.