Always Sometimes Monsters
Skip · RPG · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 38, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hourA
- $1.11/hr
- Reviews▼
- 75% of 2,448
- Critics
- 73 players 2 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 35% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 9h
- To 100%
- 12.1h 1.3x the story
- Achievements
- 10
Price and sales
- Sales
- 86 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 April 2016
- Sale every
- 38d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 38% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 55% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
51% start to 11% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
86 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 35 percent. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Super Lesbian Animal RPG ($14.99, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall ($24.99, scores 31).
More about Always Sometimes Monsters
None of the 231 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $0.99 (90% off). Predictions like this were right 91% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I feel the same about this game, that Peter Griffin feels about "The Godfather."
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
so bad its like all the worst parets of a kevin smith movie. all the boring relationship talk i guess if you know your going into an indie romance movie walking sim. ppl like me played 10 hrs! thinking the story would finally start.... 2/10 nah 1 ... yeah 1
an RPG maker game from 2014 that has great ambitions and surprisingly thought-provoking writing and gameplay. Centering on themes of choice and consequence, your player character is actually the third person you control: after a framing cutscene, Larry is having a party and is about to select a writer whom to make publishing deal with (thats you). Whomever he drinks with is you and before committing to the deal, you...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 1024 x 768 desktop resolution or better, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Always Sometimes Monsters scores 38/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/274310/always-sometimes-monstersReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.