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Always Sometimes Monsters

Vagabond Dog · 2014-05-21

SteamGOGAmazon

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 08, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), May 27, 2015 (Android), May 28, 2015 (iOS), Jan 10, 2015 (Mac), Oct 10, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 21, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Always Sometimes Monsters is an Indie and RPG game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 2445 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
17h
to beat · completionist 17h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Always Sometimes Monsters is a 2014 role-playing video game developed by Canadian studio Vagabond Dog and published by Devolver Digital for Microsoft Windows. A later update using the MonoGame framework brought the game to OS X and Linux on 8 January 2015, iOS and Android on 28 May 2015 and PlayStation 4 on 10 October 2017. After Vagabond Dog acquired the publishing rights to the game, a port to the Nintendo Switch were released.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 61k–147k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,448 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.50 at Nuuvem (2021-10-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 32 of 67 observed days · $9.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1490Apr 2014Oct 2024Apr 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2014 — avg 29 · peak 127Oct 2014 — avg 9 · peak 25Jan 2015 — avg 64 · peak 283Apr 2015 — avg 17 · peak 37Jul 2015 — avg 19 · peak 41Oct 2015 — avg 13 · peak 29Jan 2016 — avg 24 · peak 56Apr 2016 — avg 22 · peak 83Jul 2016 — avg 14 · peak 42Oct 2016 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2017 — avg 12 · peak 41Apr 2017 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2017 — avg 11 · peak 32Oct 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2018 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 51Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.89$0.502015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-09 — best price $9.992015-05-04 — best price $2.492015-06-29 — best price $2.492015-08-31 — best price $2.492015-12-19 — best price $2.492016-03-14 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-19 — best price $9.992017-01-23 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-30 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $2.002018-07-17 — best price $8.492018-12-04 — best price $1.492019-04-26 — best price $9.992019-09-27 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $1.692020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-07-17 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-05-01 — best price $9.992021-09-06 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-07-09 — best price $9.992022-12-23 — best price $1.992023-05-12 — best price $0.502023-12-22 — best price $0.992024-06-17 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-08-23 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $0.992026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-19 — best price $0.992026-10-04 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2872026-05-30 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 16 pageviews2026-06-11 — 16 pageviews2026-06-15 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 18 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 15 pageviews2026-07-21 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 17 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 24 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-22 — 18 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-30 — 19 pageviews2026-09-03 — 12 pageviews2026-09-07 — 15 pageviews2026-09-11 — 8 pageviews2026-09-15 — 13 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 8 pageviews2026-09-27 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 10 pageviews2026-10-09 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
50.5%
earned "Nothing Left to Lose"
14.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-05-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,98721%10
PS4 (PlayStation)33230%10
PS4 (PlayStation)7034%10
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieCasualLGBTQ+RomanceRPGMakerAdventureStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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