If you like the idea of a Pokémon-inspired Metroidvania, get Monster Sanctuary, due to come to Steam early access later this year, on your radar now.
"The Wakefield-based (the UK) indie games publisher and developer Team 17 and Hamburg-based (Germany) indie games developer moi rai games, today announced with great thrill and joy that they have just released the "Relics of Chaos" update for "Monster Sanctuary" to PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Neil writes: "We were pretty impressed by Monster Sanctuary when it released back in December of 2020, only really letdown by a slightly hollow feel. The new and free Forgotten World DLC should well fix that."
A quick preview of the new features coming to Monster Sanctuary with the first post-launch update.