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I am not a Monster: First Contact cover art

I am not a Monster: First Contact

Cheerdealers · Alawar · 2018-09-27

SteamGOG

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

0
playing now
76%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$10.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 32k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,296 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.09-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.09-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.83 at GamersGate (2025-06-23) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 109 of 151 observed days · $0.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.832018-09-272026-08-302018-09-27 — best price $9.452019-01-10 — best price $12.992019-06-07 — best price $6.492019-10-11 — best price $3.992019-12-28 — best price $8.792020-02-16 — best price $8.762020-05-11 — best price $4.392020-07-19 — best price $9.782020-09-10 — best price $9.782020-10-21 — best price $10.992020-12-14 — best price $10.992021-02-22 — best price $9.242021-04-12 — best price $10.992021-06-18 — best price $3.852021-09-16 — best price $12.992021-11-22 — best price $2.192022-01-31 — best price $10.992022-04-25 — best price $7.882022-07-07 — best price $7.882022-10-18 — best price $2.742023-01-05 — best price $10.992023-04-10 — best price $10.992023-06-30 — best price $1.642023-09-26 — best price $2.192024-01-05 — best price $1.642024-04-19 — best price $1.432024-07-22 — best price $1.242024-10-24 — best price $1.642025-01-11 — best price $10.992025-04-10 — best price $3.302025-07-02 — best price $1.652025-09-19 — best price $10.992025-11-24 — best price $1.092026-02-16 — best price $10.992026-04-22 — best price $1.292026-07-14 — best price $1.092026-08-30 — best price $1.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
28.9%
earned "Shooter"
25%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)0—74

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

Player tags

1980sRetroSpaceSci-fiStrategyStylizedTacticalIsometricTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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