I am not a Monster: First Contact
Skip · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $10.99.
- Length
- 52.4h
- Value
- $0.21/hr
- Reviews
- 76% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce 9600 GT/Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB), 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $1.09. That was April 2025. 67 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 78 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 22 percent on value. It is pricier than 63 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 61 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint ($29.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats The Banner Saga 3 ($24.99, scores 44).
Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 120 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 24 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
29% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Ill give it a thumb up in general. BUT I got it in the 2026 STEAM summer sale, so i cant complain much about the price/value as long as the game just runs. However, "the servers" are dead, so we can no longer enjoy the multiplayer mode. I really wish i had bought it before, as i had considered that for a cple of years every now and then. According to what i heard from others, multiplayer used to be a major part of...
I wouldn't recommend you buy this game just based on how many negatives reviews that there are. I really enjoy this game even with it's flaws. There are over 30 levels and I cannot remember how many episodes. I am currently in the beginning of episode 3 and like 13 missions in total. I picked it up back in 2023 but did not get around to playing it until last year. So mulitplayer was already offline, so that was no...
I just wish, this game was better. I really like the setting, the characters, the items and the possibity to combine them, the story is fun and I really love this vintage sci-fi vibe. But this game is unnecessarily hard and always wants you to solve the missions in one particular way. After multiple tries of a mission with some bugs here and there and a stupid auto save function, it can get really frustrating. Also...
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Cite this score
I am not a Monster: First Contact scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/826600/i-am-not-a-monster-first-contactReviews 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 Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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