Monster Train 1 vs Monster Train 2

Both full-price Steam pages showed $24.99 on 9 November 2026. You do not need the first game installed to buy the second.

I would buy Monster Train 2 first if I want the larger roster and I already have a PC or a current console. I would buy Monster Train 1 first only if I specifically want the phone versions or the 2020 clan set. That is a buying judgment from the store pages, not a score I invented.

First Class is not a sequel

Monster Train First Class is the Switch edition of the 2020 game. Wikipedia dates it 19 August 2021 and describes it as the complete edition: base game, The Last Divinity, and the eight-player Hell Rush mode. I will not file it as Monster Train 3 or as a rival to Monster Train 2. The price I am willing to print is the one on a store page; I am not inventing a 2026 discount.

Monster Train 2 adds rooms, equipment, and pyre hearts, which the 2020 game does not use those names for. The difficulty ladder people ask about, Covenant 10, is a Monster Train 2 system. The 2020 game's extra campaign is The Last Divinity, with Pact Shards. If a friend asks which is 'much better reviewed,' I refuse that phrase: the Metacritic gap I saw was one point.