If you’re a big Monster Train 2 fan, there’s a good chance that you are already playing yesterday’s release, with the fan favourite roguelike deckbuilder getting another big content expansion this month.
The Punished is the name of the new content pack, which dropped on November 10th, and follows on from February’s Destiny of the Railforged expansion by adding a new playable faction that long-time fans will be all too familiar with.
Monster Train 2: The Punished’s new Clan is fronted by the now-playable Archus, who brings his Darkshards from the first game, but this time he’s on your side of the battle. Phew.
This new faction has systems built around a so-called Monolith, which lets you charge up your units with Embers before triggering damaging effects that then unleash hell on your enemies. Pain, but the good kind.
In a post on Steam, there’s an extended blog that shares patch notes and a ton of spoilery details about Archus, the units he brings with him, and how they work together. Basically, the whole deck is there for you to have a good ol’ look at, as well as details surrounding the free update that landed alongside the DLC (there’s quite a lot of stuff, but nothing really stands out).
After having read through some press releases for the new content to make sure that I’ve got my facts straight, The Punished is also likely to be the final DLC of significance for Monster Train 2.
Speaking of which, the new faction is currently available on PC (Mac, Win), PS5, and Xbox Series, while the Switch version of The Punished is still yet to surface on the eShop, as far as I can tell.
Finally, new ports of Monster Train 2 are still coming to Android, iOS, and Switch 2, probably in the next couple of months. As soon as I have a confirmed release date, I’ll let you know here. Now… behold the official launch trailer for the new expansion!
