I love the monster capture/training genre (cough cough Pokemon games), but it's quite difficult to find such games on PC and even more so on Steam, please mention/link more games with this type of setup (hell in general it just needs monster capturing or battling in order to qualify really).

Created a SteamGroup to be able to manage this a bit better there as well :) Monster Taming Games Group
The group also has a curator if you want to easily see the tagged games (we've tagged them based on the type of monster taming elements they have) : Monster Taming Games Curator

I would also like to implement a steam tag for this type of game on steam, if enough people tag the games with the tag and we get the devs involved (I have spoken to a few that are very keen on doing this) then we can maybe make this a reality and through doing this make finding games of this sub-genre extremely easy :).

The main idea I got from communicating with the devs is to call the tag "Monster Taming" as this will encompass all the games that have anything to do with capturing, nurturing, raising, evolving, and/or fighting with monsters, it's vague enough to encompass a lot of game thus making it more viable to be an actual tag. If anyone has a better idea please feel free to comment on my first comment in order to add it to a vote in the future, until then let's find some more games in this genre on Steam :).

So the main consensus was reached, let's all go ahead and tag the games with "Monster Taming" !!!

The following games I am aware of that share this "mechanic":

9th Dawn III
A Legend In Zormore
Abomi Nation
Adore
Aeternum Quest
Aethermancer
After The End: The Harvest
Alchemic Cutie
Alekon
Amber Island
Anima Island
Anitons
Anode Heart
Army of Tentacles: (Not) A Cthulhu Dating Sim 2
Athenian Rhapsody
Atrio: The Dark Wild
Baby Dragon Rancher
Bastard Bonds
Beastie Bay DX
Beasties
Beastmancer
Bloomtown: A Different Story
Bugaboo Pocket
Bugsnax
Calculator and monsters
Capture Creatures
Card X Monster
CARDMON
Cartridge Monsters
Cassette Beasts
Chainmonsters
Chimera Island
Chronomon
Collectamon
Cornucopia
Coromon
Costume Kingdom
Creature Keeper
Creatures Inc
Deity Quest
Desktop Dinosaurs
Dicefolk
Digimon Masters Online
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition
Digimon Survive
Digimon World Next Order
Dinogotchi
Disc Creatures
Doodle Dice Monsters
Dr Derks Mutant Battleground
Dragon Creek
DRAGON QUEST TREASURES
Dragon Spirits
Dragon Spirits : Prologue
Dragon Spirits 2
Dream Catcher
Duel Revolution
Entodrive
Eternal Exodus
Evolings
EvoMon
Expert on Domestication
Extravaganza Rising
Fae & Fauna
Fae Tactics
Familiars.io
Fantasy World Souls
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark - Missions and Monsters DLC
Fera Knight
Final Stardust
Fusion Relics
Geneforge 1
Geneforge 1 Mutagen
Geneforge 2
Geneforge 2 - Infestation
Geneforge 3
Geneforge 4
Geneforge 5
Genetic Fluff
Genome Genetic Monsters
Genso Chronicles
Ghostlords
GladiEATers
Glitched
GlyphBound Kotodama
Gorit
Grimmlins Tale
Grow Your Pets
Growbots: Battle Academy
Haypi Monster 3
HoloFist
Idle Monster Frontier
INUMEDA
Kaardik
Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers
Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers Prologue
Kindred Fates
Kindred Fates Combat Arena Alpha
Kins Chronicle
Kittens in Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy San Francisco: Battle School for Only the Most Awesome Monsters
Kobold Garden
Kodama Battles
Kubberz
Lamina Island
Let Them Fight
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise
Ludoria
LumenTale: Memories of Trey
Luster Beasts
Magia Story
Malice Greed
Mebula
Memoryland Prelude
Mewgenics
Minimon
Miolhr
Mirrored Soul
Monster Battle Quest
Monster Capture King
Monster Crown
Monster Evo
Monster Harvest
Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin
Monster Path
Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX
Monster Sanctuary
Monster Tamer
Monster Tribe
Monster Viator
Monsters Idle RPG
Monsters of Seabrook
Monsters of the North
MonsterTamer
MonTamer
Moonsters
Moonstone Island
Murgles
My Fantastic Ranch
My Personal Hilopet
My Singing Monsters
My Universe My Baby Dragon
Myth Caller The Nightmare Shaman
Mython Island
Nanomon Virtual Pet
Necromancer's Gift
NecroStory
New Town Needs Tamer
Nexomon
Nexomon 3
Nexomon Extinction
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered
Nights of Azure
Norpon
Notemon
Nova Odessa The Demon Trainer
Nuumonsters
Oni Hunters
ONINAKI
Ooblets
Ova Magica
Oztrich An Adventure
Paleo Pines
Palladise Island
Palworld
Paracreat
Patch Quest
Pedigree Tactics
Persona 5 Royal
Phantom Beasts Redemption
Pixacrea
PIXELS Digital Creatures
Portal Fantasy
Procemon: You Must Catch Them
PROJECT SURVIVAL #Working title
Pry Into The Void
Rainbow Billy The Curse of the Leviathan
Re Summon
ReLegend
Renditions of the Awakening
Safari Zone
School of Dragons
Scripted Souls
Secret Summoner
Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster
Siralim
Siralim 2
Siralim 3
Siralim Ultimate
Skyclimbers
Skyseeker
Slime Rancher
Slime Rancher 2
Soul Hackers 2
Soul of Giga
Soul Reaper
Spawn Kings
Spherix
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
Spirit Mancer
SpiriTales
Summoners Tale
Super Auto Pets
Synth Beasts
TemTem
Temtem: Showdown
Terra Maega
The Capture Worlds
The Corpsmen
The Dragoness Command of the Flame
The Last Monsters
The Monster Breeder
The Thaumaturge
The Vision Of The Ant
Theogony Crystal Water Blue
Time to Morp
Time To Morp: First Contact
Timmy's adventures : Verbmon
Tinker Spell
Toby's Island
Tomomon
Tournament of Tamers
Train'em
Unleashed
Untamed Isles
Via Mortis
Vilmonic
Virtual Beepic
Void Monsters Spring City Tales
Volseons
Volzerk : Monsters and Lands Unknown
Voxelotl Garden
VR Animal Kids Rumble
Weirdlands
Witchery Academy
World of Final Fantasy
Xander the Monster Morpher Universe Breaker
Yōdanji
Zanzarah
そこへ向かう(GO THERE)
百煉登神 Immortal Tales of Rebirth

Honorable Mentions (for games that have monster capture or training mechanics but it isn't what the game is built around)
ARK: Survival Ascended
ARK Survival Evolved
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Assassin's Creed Origins
BALAN WONDERWORLD
Balrum
Beasts of Maravilla Island
Berry People
Chimeraland
Chrysalis
Citadel: Forged with Fire
Conan Exiles
Craftopia
Crashland
De'Vine: Heavenly Acres
Delares
Dino System
Don't Starve
Don't Starve Together
Dungeon Village 2
Fallout 4 - Wasteland Workshop DLC
Fallout76
Far Away From Home
Far Cry Primal
Final Fantasy 10-2
Final Fantasy 13-2
Force of Nature
HEARTBEAT
Heroes of Might & Magic III HD Edition
Heroes of Might & Magic V
Heroes of Might & Magic VI
Heroes of Might & Magic VII
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
Kainga
KoboldKroniken
Legend of Mana
Loddlenaut
Lunaela
MiddleEarth Shadow of Mordor
MiddleEarth Shadow of War
Monark
Monster Museum
No Man's Sky
Octopath Traveler
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
Penko Park
Persona 4 Golden
PitPeople
PixArk
Planet Centauri
Planet Explorers
Ragnarok Online
Rappelz
Research Story
Riftbound
RimWorld
Rune Factory 3 Special
Rune Factory 4 Special
Rune Factory 5
Serin Fate
Sonic Adventures 1
Sonic Adventures 2
Soul Locus
Starbound
Sun Harvest
Tangledeep
The Binding of Isaac
The Serpent Rogue
Valheim
Wayward
Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles

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Would you want a steam tag for Pokemonlike games to be implemented on Steam?

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Yes - Monster Taming
Maybe - Something other than Monster Taming
Meh - No tag :(

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Anitons
Nuumonsters

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If I'm not wrong TemTem has home building/decorating in it that they added with the last content update
Still haven't touched TemTem though since I'm waiting for the game to get achievements before I get invested in it :P

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Patch Quest

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Renditions of the Awakening
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Dragon Creek added to the main list, the game is basically Monster Rancher but with dragons :) you generate a random dragon through a code and then you need to train it in order to win battles with it so that you can upgrade your farm.
Dragon Creek

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What about Coromon? Its to be expected this year and based on the demo, it looks pretty promising!

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Already on the list :P
The game looks really promising, people are loving the demo so I am definitely looking forward to its full release.

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Oh, it is? In that case, I am sorry, I swear I did not notice it. I wear glasess, but what for if this could avoid my gaze? XD
Anyway, first I was sceptical, but the demo was surprisingly good. Its rare nowadays that someone is positiveoy disappointed about a game.

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Persona 4, Slime Rancher

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persona 4 i think doesn't necessarily qualify since its more of a standard jrpg but with the personas restricted to mc, it doesn't really have a taming or or capturing aspect at all? i think it probably fits into the honourable mentions tho, im sure the oc of the thread will probably have a better idea than me ^^'

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you are wrong, you spend half of the game collecting monsters in Person 4

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i see where you're coming from totally! and i don't fully disagree, but from my playthroughs i dont (personally) think it necessarily qualifies for the main section of the list, but im sure we can have our differing opinions and still enjoy the game ^^

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Oh damn I didn't know a person can collect monsters in Persona 4, can you summon them to battle or replace your persona with them?

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Mainline SMT is a moster taming game but Persona 4(and 3) can be at least an honorable mention, if a fight ends in certain conditions you can play a minigame that let's you choose some persona or small bonuses, after that you can use your new persona in a fight or fuse them to form new personas. Persona 5 is closer to a monster taming since you fight the demons you recruit (and there's even a limited demon negotiation system). If SMT Nocturne really comes to Steam you already have at least my recommendation here. Dunno exactly how to classify Persona 1 & 2.

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By monsters, I meant Personas, there are about 150 of them in the game. Yes, you call them in the game during the battle, but you can have a limited number of personas in battle. Other personas that you have already opened can be called from the compendium for money.

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Slime Rancher doesn't qualify as your just catching and breeding creatures, you aren't taming or using them for battle.
Their just cattle but in slime form.

But feel free to change my mind :)

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Added Persona 4 Golden to the honorable mentions list as you can capture Personas later on, but it isn't the key focus of the game :)

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Added No Man's Sky to the honorable mentions ist as they just added creature taming into the game (it's under honorable mentions because the game doesn't revolve around the mechanic but you CAN do it)

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Completely forgot that this existed, thank you veebles :)

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Hmmmmm, will need more info regarding Drabidiboo, at the moment it sort of looks like the dice game from Yu-Gi-Oh where you have monsters in dice that get summoned to the field and they have different attack range and health. There aren't any monster taming elements to that, so if that's the case then the game won't qualify.

It's like how in Impossible Creatures you create creatures to use in battle but it's 100% a strategy game and there are not taming elements with the creatures, they are just units to be used in battle and live a few minutes or in the case of the YuGiOh game a few turns. They are pawns and not "creatures" if my explanation makes sense...

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Gorit is a full monster taming experience, thank you for bringing this to my attention :)
Glutton just looks like Spore yeah, you play as a creature but couldn't see any mention of taming other creatures

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1175830/Legend_of_Mana/
You can raise monster pets and use them in combat.

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Thank you, will add it to the honorable mentions list, it doesn't look like the game focuses on it and that it's a side thing that you CAN do.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong :)

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Thank you :)

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Added the following to the list
Main:
School of Dragons
Gorit
Honorable mentions:
Legend of Mana
De'Vine: Heavenly Acres

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Definitely already on the list, the game looks amazing

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New Town Needs Tamer
It's an odd one, the games main focus is romance and monster taming, very weird combo haha

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For honorable mentions
https://store.steampowered.com/app/424250/Balrum/
Lets you trap and tame monsters to fight alongside you.

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Thank you :)
The game looks really good, surprised this hasn't blown up before

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Added to the main list:
After The End: The Harvest
Soul of Giga
Witchery Academy

Added to honorable mentions:
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Assassin's Creed Odysset

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Why dishonorable? I think this will go onto the main list as the main mechanic seems to be taking care of and breeding the little puff dragons.

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Damn that 😏 emoji had me thinking it was going to be some sketchy game haha, glad it isn't haha.
When the game gets a Steam Page I will add it to the list, I've been following its progress and it looks really good

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Me dumb dumb, I already have it on the list
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1362000/Skyclimbers/?curator_clanid=35805717

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Added the following two games to the main list:
Baby Dragon Rancher
Genome Genetic Monsters

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Monster Hunter Stories 2 is coming to Steam on the 9th of July!!! Hell yeah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QyrzJcKEM

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Thank you for mentioning these games, sorry I only got to this now haha.
Will add them to the list

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