Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• action role-playing game

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• role-playing video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• Co-op^*
• Shared/Split Screen Co-op^*
• Shared/Split Screen^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Remote Play Together^*
• Family Sharing^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Local co-op^*

Interface languages

• Traditional Chinese^*
• Korean^*
• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• Japanese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Japanese^*

Community tags · historical

• JRPG^*

  Votes · historical

  74^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  63^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  63^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  55^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  54^*

• Beautiful^*

  Votes · historical

  42^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  33^*

• Colorful^*

  Votes · historical

  31^*

• Drama^*

  Votes · historical

  30^*

• Anime^*

  Votes · historical

  29^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  27^*

• 3D^*

  Votes · historical

  25^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  10^*

• Hack and Slash^*

  Votes · historical

  9^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  6^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 10/8.1 64-bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz^*

  Memory

  8 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Geforce GTX 650 Ti^*

  Graphics API

  Version 11^*

  Storage

  10 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  Onboard^*

  Conditions

  Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD FX-8320 8-Core^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Radeon R7 370^*

  Memory

  16 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  16 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  26^*

  Community confidence

  good^*

Developers

• Nihon Falcom^*
• PH3 GmbH^*
• Engine Software BV^*

Publishers

• NIS America
• Clouded Leopard Entertainment^*
• NIS America, Inc.^*

• 2019-09-26

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Japan

• 2021-07-06 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2021-07-06^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jul 6, 2021^*

Detailed specifications