Monopoly gets a major overhaul in 2025, with expansions built for speed

Monopoly, the classic board game that originated more than 100 years ago as an anti-capitalist critique of wealth inequality, is getting a fresh coat of paint and some interesting new features. Hasbro vice president of board games Brian Baker told Polygon in a recent interview that the goal at Hasbro Games was to make the iconic product more inviting to modern players – and that effort started, he said, with the box itself.

The new-look Monopoly, heading to retail on July 15, 2025, features a square box instead of the traditional rectangle. Baker said that brings the game into physical alignment with modern, boutique board games that have by and large settled on the square format. It also makes it easy to fit inside a Kallax shelving unit, the de facto Ikea-made storage unit of choice for tabletop fans.

“When we think about the player experience,” Baker said, “it’s not just about the rules. It is literally from the moment they take the game off their shelf – assuming that the game still fits on their shelf.”’ He also highlighted the revised look of the game’s currency and the shape of the deed, Community Chest, and Chance cards inside the box, which once again can be differentiated by their profiles alone. There’s even a sturdy plastic organizer so that all of the game components have their own little nooks or crannies to occupy on the table and inside the box.

“[It] makes it easy to set up,” Baker said, “and then everything goes back into its place and [gets] put away. That’s the experience we want to consider, start to finish.”

Once out of the box, Baker said the next thing to notice about the new game is the size of its components. The metal movers, including a new moneybag standing in for the classic battleship, are roughly 20% bigger than the originals. The houses and hotels are embiggened as well. But why spend the money on tooling and casting all these new pieces? Well, Baker said it’s for the same reason restaurants spend so much money on their cutlery.

“We just felt like they didn’t hold enough value [when they were so small],” Baker said. “This is the world’s most popular board game, and this is one of the most important components in the box. We need to do that justice by making sure that […] when you hold one of those tokens in your hand, that it holds the value.”

Perhaps the biggest change to the Monopoly product lineup, however, is… that there is a lineup and not just a single SKU. That’s right, this time out the classic real-estate trading game is getting a series of expansions, all of which are designed to speed up the process of playing the game.

Monopoly Free Parking Jackpot Expansion, Baker said, riffs on the traditional house rule that hands out the game’s Luxury Tax as a kind of grand prize. It adds a spinner to the board, granting players a chance to let it ride without adding money back into the in-game economy and slowing down the game.

Meanwhile, Monopoly Go to Jail Expansion, Baker said, removes some of the sting of being sent to the hoosegow by adding corruption cards that are only available to convicted felons. Monopoly Buy Everything Expansion puts literally everything – including the bank itself – up for sale.

“We don’t necessarily need to sell more Monopolys,” Baker said. “Most people already own Monopoly. What they’re looking for is a reason to play it again.”

Expect Monopoly, with its new storage tray and larger components, at Amazon, Target, and Walmart later this year. Pre-orders are available now.