Sometimes Always Monsters

Buy75%

Mostly Positive · 161 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Vagabond Dog · RPG · Apr 2, 2020

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
59
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Sometimes Always Monsters?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 46 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 161 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 144 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
80 of 144 sampled reviews raised it
This opt-in experience applies to most plot points and character interactions, which means you can really tailor how you play to a specific character.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
16 of 144 sampled reviews raised it
When the first trailer for SAM was dropped, I was worried the change in art style was going to be really jarring, but the fact that all of the characters look significantly more realistic made them a lot more endearing.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 144 sampled reviews raised it
I'm definitely going to get the soundtrack, it's perfect background music for studying / working.
Bugs
Players who bring up Bugs mostly praise it.
13 of 144 sampled reviews raised it
I didn't find any bugs or glitches so far, but maybe because I started playing after the last update.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story80 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Bugs13 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
92% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Difficulty
67% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
65% still recommend
Interface
40% 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

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$14.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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