Cassette Beasts | Monster-Fusing Open World RPG | NSW/XB/PC

Adventure. Battle. Transform.

Collect awesome monsters to use during turn-based battles in this open-world RPG. Combine any two monster forms using Cassette Beasts’ Fusion System to create unique and powerful new ones!

Welcome to New Wirral, a remote island inhabited by strange creatures you’ve only dreamed of, nightmares you hopefully haven’t, and a cast of brave folks who use cassette tapes to transform for battle. To find a way home you’ll need to explore every inch of the island, and record monsters to your trusty cassette tapes to gain their abilities!

Transform into monsters...using retro cassette tapes?!
Faced with the constant threat of monster attacks, the residents of Harbourtown, New Wirral choose to fight fire with fire. Record a monster to tape, then play it back to take on its form for battle!

Fuse monster forms!
Getting close to your companion has benefits–while transformed you can combine your strengths to gain the upper hand in battle! Any two monster forms can be fused to produce unique, fully-animated new fusion forms.

Explore a rich open world
Certain monster abilities can be used in human form. You’ll need these to help you get around, solve puzzles, and locate dungeons.

Glide, fly, swim, climb, dash, or turn magnetic!
Travel alongside a diverse cast of human companions

Never fight alone!
Form bonds, spend time together, and help your selected partner complete personal goals to become a better team. The strength of your relationship determines how well you’re able to fuse!

Master a deep battle system
Take advantage of elemental chemistry to apply extra buffs or debuffs alongside your attack, or even alter your opponent’s elemental type!

HaruKazuhira wrote:Have one of our own OG ONM vets who is working on this so can't help but cheer them on with this game...

HaruKazuhira wrote:Have one of our own OG ONM vets who is working on this so can't help but cheer them on with this game. Shaping up to be really neat.

Skarjo wrote:Absolutely gorgeous art style but.... New Wirral?

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Cassette Beasts is simply one of the best Pokémon-like games I've come across, and I'm looking forward to earning a 100% completion. With a massive end-game and modder support built in at release though, I feel like I'm going to get very sidetracked on the way there.

Bytten Studio puts all of its creativity on display in Cassette Beasts. Not only does its sizeable roster of Monsters include some really fun and unique designs, but the thoughtful approach to combat and clever music element really set it apart from most Pokemon-likes. Although the characters weren’t as intriguing as I’d like in an RPG, just about everything else was enough to make up for it. Cassette Beasts is sure to be one of this year’s indie darlings.

Cassette Beasts is the best monster collecting game I've ever played, with sensational combat and a wonderful world to explore.

Cassette Beasts is one of the best and most entertaining monster-collecting games outside of Pokémon.

Cassette Beasts blends the best of JRPGs and monster taming games to create something new, and it pays off incredibly well. While the story may be on the shorter side for JRPG lovers, there's more than enough to love about the game.

Ironhide wrote:Just started this, first impression is that its pretty good if a little derivative.

Annoyingly starts in full screen so I needed assistance to get into the settings and put it onto windowed mode but after that I can use the onscreen keyboard to control the game.

I'm genuinely struggling to find anything negative to say about Cassette Beasts. It crashed once in over twenty hours of play, but that's it. If you're a Pokémon fan, you absolutely need to play this game and even if you aren't, I still want to evangelise for it. Cassette Beasts is a lesson in how to make a game that is delightful, cosy and brimming with nostalgia without being condescending towards your adult audience.