Monster Hunter Stories similar games & best alternatives

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Monster Hunter Stories

Nintendo 3DS, Android, iOS • 2024

Should you play it?

Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG that takes the world of Monster Hunter and expands upon it in new and exciting ways! No longer are you hunting monsters, but raising them! In this deep story featuring heroes known as Monster Riders, you will live alongside monsters and form lifelong bonds with them.

What works

  • Charming monster collection and customization
  • Engaging turn-based combat with strategy
  • Colorful visuals and memorable music
  • Nostalgic and accessible for newcomers
  • Long playtime with post-game content

Things to keep in mind

  • Some grinding and rng elements
  • Story is simple and sometimes cheesy
  • Camera and controls can be awkward
  • Limited multiplayer and social features
  • Graphics show 3ds origins in some areas

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

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  • FINAL FANTASY VI

  • DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition

  • Nexomon: Extinction

  • Phantom Brave PC

  • FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE

More violent

Games that feels like Monster Hunter Stories but with more combat and destruction

  • Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

  • The Alliance Alive HD Remastered

  • Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force

  • BRAVELY DEFAULT II

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

  • Digimon Story Time Stranger

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Monster Hunter Stories but with less leadership over others

  • Okami HD

  • WitchSpring R

  • Voidling Bound

  • Trials of Mana

  • KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-

  • Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

More social

Games that feels like Monster Hunter Stories but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

  • Escape from Ever After

  • Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded-

  • RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army

  • Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

  • BRAVELY DEFAULT FLYING FAIRY HD Remaster

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

  • Okami HD

  • Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

  • Breath of Fire IV

  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

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How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Monster Hunter Stories: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026