Cassette Beasts 2002 Launches March 2027 With Over 250 Monsters
The sequel nearly doubles the monster count and multiplies fusion possibilities, building on the original's praised unique mechanics to strengthen its position in a crowded monster-collecting genre.
Key Facts
- 'Cassette Beasts 2002' launches in March 2027 on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
- The game features over 250 monsters and over 57,000 fusion combinations, all animated.
- Twelve companions with unique abilities and romance options appear, double the six in the original 'Cassette Beasts'.
- Neil Newbon, known for Astarion in 'Baldur's Gate 3', participates in the English voice cast.
- The original 'Cassette Beasts' (2023) holds a 'Very Positive' Steam rating with 94% of about 9,000 reviews being favorable.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Game Spark.
Raw Fury and Bytten Studio announced on August 27 that the monster-collecting RPG sequel 'Cassette Beasts 2002' will launch in March 2027. The game is set in 2002 London, where the protagonist is pulled into the monster-inhabited land of Nodnol while investigating the occultist Wersterley and his plan spanning two worlds. Players record monsters onto cassette tapes and transform into them to battle, with over 250 monsters appearing. Fusion combines two transformed monsters into new forms, yielding more than 57,000 combinations, all rendered with animation. Twelve fully voiced companions join the adventure, each with unique abilities, story purposes, and romance options, doubling the previous game's six. Online co-op is built in from the start, allowing players to exchange tapes, record monsters, and cooperate in story battles. The game will be available on PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Japanese display support planned. A trailer introduced the English voice cast, including Neil Newbon, known for Astarion in 'Baldur's Gate 3'. The previous game, 'Cassette Beasts', released in 2023, holds a 'Very Positive' rating on Steam with 94% favorable reviews from about 9,000 user reviews.
- The game was first announced on June 7, and the March 2027 date is the first concrete release schedule.
- Battles give the protagonist and the played-back monster separate HP pools, a feature the original was praised for.
- The type-matching system is deep: a Poison-type move on a Metal-type causes corrosion and adds a damage bonus to contact attacks.
- Some fusion combinations can change an opponent's attribute type.
- Raising intimacy with a companion strengthens fusion forms in battle.
- Ferocious monsters learn your fighting style, adapt their strategies, and challenge you again.
- The original had 141 monsters including DLC, so the 250-plus count is a large jump.
- Online co-op from the original, which was added via update, is built in from the start here.
- The trailer shows 2D pixel-art characters traveling through a 3D world.
- The audio is English only; Neil Newbon, who voiced Astarion in "Baldur's Gate 3", is among the cast.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.