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Do Not Feed the Monkeys cover art

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Fictiorama Studios · Alawar · 2018-10-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 01, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 23, 2018 (Linux), Dec 09, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 23, 2018 (Mac), Oct 23, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 23, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

51
playing now
94%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (50 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 16h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$15.99
steam price (US)

51 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a 2018 adventure and life simulation video game developed by the Fictiorama Studios and published by Alawar Premium for Windows and PlayStation 4.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 51 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 806 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~101/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 317k–762k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,695 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.59-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.59-90%
Microsoft Store$12.49

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-09-29) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 107 of 156 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44244220182026Week of 2018-10-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

178462026-08-06 22:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 99 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 150 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 82 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 164 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 132 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 175 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 46 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 105 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 167 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 115 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 178 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 56 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 101 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 162 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 66 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 79 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 115 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 59 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 111 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 68 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 59 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 108 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 80 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 51 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.99$1.002018-09-182026-08-302018-09-18 — best price $9.592019-01-08 — best price $11.992019-04-12 — best price $7.192019-08-06 — best price $5.482019-11-07 — best price $4.052020-01-07 — best price $11.992020-03-03 — best price $11.992020-05-09 — best price $3.592020-07-18 — best price $11.992020-09-16 — best price $4.202020-11-03 — best price $4.192021-01-07 — best price $11.992021-03-14 — best price $3.592021-05-24 — best price $5.992021-07-17 — best price $9.982021-09-24 — best price $3.362021-11-28 — best price $4.202022-02-05 — best price $11.992022-04-24 — best price $2.952022-07-25 — best price $2.692022-10-26 — best price $3.592023-01-19 — best price $11.992023-04-10 — best price $11.992023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-10-08 — best price $11.992023-12-25 — best price $11.992024-04-16 — best price $3.992024-07-18 — best price $3.192024-10-28 — best price $3.192025-01-20 — best price $1.992025-04-29 — best price $2.232025-08-01 — best price $11.992025-11-01 — best price $2.882026-01-16 — best price $15.992026-04-10 — best price $1.172026-07-10 — best price $1.792026-08-30 — best price $1.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4972026-05-29 — 18 pageviews2026-06-01 — 20 pageviews2026-06-04 — 34 pageviews2026-06-07 — 18 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 31 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 19 pageviews2026-07-04 — 13 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-10 — 18 pageviews2026-07-13 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-19 — 22 pageviews2026-07-22 — 34 pageviews2026-07-25 — 25 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-15 — 42 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
68.2%
earned "Macaco amateurensis"
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, German, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,9698%33
PS4 (PlayStation)30319%34
Xbox One (Xbox)979%33
PS5 (PlayStation)1811%34
Switch (Nintendo)180%0
PS5 (PlayStation)1421%34
Switch (Nintendo)40%0
PS5 (PlayStation)20%34
PS4 (PlayStation)0—34
PS4 (PlayStation)0—34
PS5 (PlayStation)0—34

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

Player tags

2DFunnyStrategyAdventureDark HumorDystopian ManagementSimulationStory RichPoint & Click

Census log

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

Recent updates

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