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The Monster Within

GMO Free Games · 2022-10-22

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 22, 2021 (Windows Phone), Oct 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A 50's horror comic themed deck building card game with roguelike progression elements. Stop yourself from turning into a monster, or embrace your inner evil and use your new gifts. Choose from a roster of classic monsters and duke it out in The Monster Within!

79%
positive of 96 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 33,258 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 96 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2026-05-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120212026Week of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.242021-10-222026-07-092021-10-22 — best price $13.492021-12-22 — best price $11.992022-03-07 — best price $11.992022-05-09 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-09-11 — best price $14.992022-10-29 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-01 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-03 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-11 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieComedyHorrorVampireStrategyStylizedCard GameComic BookHand-drawn

Census log

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

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