Always Sometimes Monsters

Buy75%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Vagabond Dog · Indie · May 21, 2014

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
10
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Always Sometimes Monsters?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 187 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 96 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise30% are divided30% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
187 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
3 points for comprehensibility, 3 points for complexity, 3 points for interesting characters, 1 point for sci-fi
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I admit bias, but I’ve always been drawn to RPGs with the art style that RPGMaker programs rely on, and ASM does a nice job with a modern-style setting and sprites that actually do more than just stand in place(smoke a drag, get opened up by a shotgun blast, etc.).
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
3 points for sounding good, 3 points for more than 9 songs, 3 points for thematic soundtrack, 1 point for being on Spotify
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The method of character model selection is ingenious by having you pick out someone to toast their book deal with at a party and having them select their partner from the balcony outside.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story187 reviews
Graphics27 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Characters13 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
71% still recommend
Combat
83% still recommend
Linux compatibility
33% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
65% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$9.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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