Quick answer: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered launches November 3, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC (Steam) for $29.99. Early reviews put it at 72 on Metacritic, one point below the 2002 GameCube original’s 73. Current as of the review embargo on November 2.
Twenty four years after it first let kaiju throw skyscrapers at each other, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is back. Atari’s remaster launches tomorrow, November 3, which also happens to be Godzilla’s 72nd birthday. The reviews landed today, and the verdict is close to the original’s almost to the point.
What the reviews say
As of Monday afternoon the remaster sits at 72 on Metacritic, based on six critic reviews. The 2002 GameCube version holds a 73. Same game, same strengths, same complaints, two decades apart.
- Noisy Pixel: 8/10
- CGMagazine: 7.5/10
- Nintendo Life: 7/10
- Siliconera: 7/10
- COGconnected: 7/10
- Multiplayer.it: 6.5/10
The praise is consistent. Critics like the rebuilt visuals, the city destruction and the local and online multiplayer. The criticism is consistent too. Nintendo Life praised the multiplayer “despite a wafer-thin single-player experience,” CGMagazine pointed to a grindy loop, and Noisy Pixel called the character unlocks tedious, and Nintendo Life asked for remasters of the sequels, Save the Earth and Unleashed, next.
Price, platforms and what is new
The remaster costs $29.99 digitally on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and Steam. Atari also sells physical editions, $29.99 on PS5 and $39.99 for a full Switch 2 cartridge. It comes from Pipeworks, the studio that made the original, and was rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5.
According to Atari and the Steam page, you get:
- 12 kaiju, including the Showa era Mechagodzilla
- 8 arenas, each with day and night versions
- New online multiplayer alongside local versus
- An unlock system that lets you open monsters and stages in any order
- Extra single player campaigns for each kaiju
On PC, Steam lists 8 GB of storage and a GTX 1650 as the minimum graphics card.
Should you buy it?
A 72 for a $29.99 remaster of a cult party brawler is a fair result. If you have a couch and a friend who still argues about whether Destoroyah beats King Ghidorah, this is an easy recommendation. If you play alone and want a deep fighting game, the reviews suggest you will run out of things to do quickly.
Atari is on a remaster run right now. See our story on Thief: The Dark Project Remastered and its December 3 launch.
Sources: Atari press release (June 6, 2026), the official Steam page, Metacritic, Pure Xbox’s review roundup, and reviews from Noisy Pixel, CGMagazine, Nintendo Life, Siliconera, COGconnected and Multiplayer.it.
