quietmoneyMonstersandmemories
A classic-style (EverQuest-like) fantasy MMORPG from an indie team, on a monthly subscription, currently in early access, with an emphasis on grouping and players depending on each other.
Shawn Lord, leaOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: checkout.stripe.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- A classic-style (EverQuest-like) fantasy MMORPG from an indie team, on a monthly subscription, currently in early access, with an emphasis on grouping and players depending on each other.
- Users
- Middle-aged Western players nostalgic for EverQuest and other old-school MMOs who enjoy hardcore group play
- Positioning
- More focused: a low-budget indie team serving the niche of old-school group-based MMOs
- Pricing
- Subscription; the exact monthly fee is not shown on the homepage, not found Billing: subscription Free tier: no
- Prices on site
- subscription-based, amount not shown
- Team
- small team
- Acquisition entry points on site
- Discord community
- Sharing mechanics
- multiplayer rooms 'emphasize player interdependencies, group play, and social interaction'; 'a niche, smaller-budget indie game'; 'join our Discord'
“'emphasize player interdependencies, group play, and social interaction'; 'a niche, smaller-budget indie game'; 'join our Discord'”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). Direct 65.2%, search 27.6% (brand keywords 92.9%, including lookup terms like classes and wiki), social 4.8% (YouTube, Reddit, Facebook), email 2.4%. Referrals come from veteran player communities: somethingawful.com 13.94%, mmorpg.com 5.4%, tallonzektimes.org 2.29%. Multiplayer group gameplay gets players to pull friends in, and veterans come straight back to read dev logs and log in.
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| 5% | |
| 93% | |
| Other | 2% |
Direct + brand search 93%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| United States | 72.27% |
| United Kingdom | 5.56% |
| Canada | 4.41% |
| Germany | 3.1% |
| Denmark | 2.28% |
Countries (Semrush): United States 64.6%, Germany 9.4%, Finland 8.3%, Denmark 4.9%, Canada 2.5%
Language
English
Social sources
YouTube, Reddit, Facebook
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0.18 |
AI referrals (Semrush): ChatGPT 669 (0.18%)
Keywords
375 keywords · brand ~93% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| monsters and memories |
| monsters & memories |
| monster and memories |
| monsters and memories classes |
| monsters and memories wiki |
Referring sites
8 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| somethingawful.com | 13.94% |
| mmorpg.com | 5.4% |
| tallonzektimes.org | 2.29% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Video Games Consoles and Accessories | 59.46% |
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 18.15% |
| Social Media Networks | 0.42% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 360.9K (3 months)
- Visits MoM
- +58.89%
- Country rank
- United States #24845
- Category rank
- Games/Video Games Consoles and Accessories #784
- Bounce rate
- 28.94%
- Pages / visit
- 8.04
- Visit duration
- 00:04:45
- Industry
- Video Games Consoles and Accessories
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Organic Social (top channel 55.55%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 150,644 · 2 months ago 203,191 · Last month 373,604 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 15,967 / 0
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- Direct 60.7%, google.com · Google organic 25.7%, reddit.com 3.2%, mail.google.com 2.2%, youtube.com 1.3%
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Existing audience”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Viral
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Monstersandmemories get per month?
About 21,490 last month (Similarweb estimate), #126 of 606; the month before was 0. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Monstersandmemories's new users come from?
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). The site has invite or share mechanics, and direct plus brand search is the largest source Direct 65.2%, search 27.6% (brand keywords 92.9%, including lookup terms like classes and wiki), social 4.8% (YouTube, Reddit, Facebook), email 2.4%. Referrals come from veteran player communities: somethingawful.com 13.94%, mmorpg.com 5.4%, tallonzektimes.org 2.29%. Multiplayer group gameplay gets players to pull friends in, and veterans come straight back to read dev logs and log in.
How much does Monstersandmemories cost?
Subscription; the exact monthly fee is not shown on the homepage, not found
Dossier confidence: medium. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The number: checkout visits is Similarweb's estimate of visits from the site to a checkout payment page; opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue. Small sites land on fixed buckets.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-26.