this is a massive recommendation from all of us in here for you to try out cassette beasts. we're only ~10 hours in but holy fuck this game is so great??? if you're into other monster collectors or just wanna try it out, we highly recommend it. seriously, our largest game-specific complaint so far is that the pronoun selector is only he/she/they, and that's such a minor detail that we're willing to say play it.
(although do note that it is a game with an open world structure, in case you find that a negative. personally we found that the hint system and intriguing plot/monsters have helped us manage past this, but this might differ for everyone and it's absolutely a noticeable part of the game design, for better or worse. still an amazing game we highly recommend with partial completion, and we might say more when we finish the entire thing)