Fit check
Is Always Sometimes Monsters worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want relationship-centered RPG storytelling instead of combat-led adventuring
- Readers who enjoy ethical decisions with branching consequences
- Players interested in identity-sensitive character routes and mature subject matter
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking frequent combat, character battles, or traditional RPG adventuring may lose interest when the focus stays on relationships and conversation.
- Players who prefer a fixed storyline may hit a wall when choices create diverging routes and different outcomes.
- Players avoiding strong language, discriminatory language, substance use, nudity, violence, or extreme themes should avoid it.
- Players looking for a story centered on fantasy exploration may not find this cross-country relationship journey suitable.
Our take on Always Sometimes Monsters
Players seeking conventional RPG combat will hit the main bounce point when the game places emotional bonds and difficult decisions ahead of battles or traditional adventuring. Those expecting combat-focused character progression may find the conversation-led structure a poor fit.
What is Always Sometimes Monsters?
Always Sometimes Monsters centers on a person dealing with money problems, losing a home, an incomplete manuscript, and a former partner preparing to marry someone else.
A journey across the country becomes an attempt to restore that relationship. The story emphasizes personal connections, dialogue, and moral choices instead of conventional role-playing combat or exploration. Players choose a character’s gender, race, and sexual preference; these selections can shape non-player character reactions and open or close routes. Conversations and actions lead to different story paths, with deliberate and instinctive choices affecting the ending. Depending on those decisions, the game may contain profanity, prejudice targeting racial, gay, or transgender people, substance use, nudity, violence, and highly serious themes.
How Always Sometimes Monsters plays
- 01Branching Story Paths
- Actions and dialogue choices open different routes and shape outcomes across each playthrough.
- 02Identity-Based Routes
- Selected gender, race, and sexual preference can affect character interactions and available paths.
- 03Relationship Focus
- Progress centers on emotional connections and an attempt to repair a lost romance rather than conventional combat.
- 04Mature Subject Matter
- Depending on player choices, the story may include discriminatory language, substance use, nudity, violence, and extreme themes.
Always Sometimes Monsters compared to similar games
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition focuses on an unconventional story and exploration of a strange city, while Always Sometimes Monsters follows a cross-country journey shaped by relationship and ethical choices. Back to the Dawn centers on prison survival, investigation, crime, and escape, whereas Always Sometimes Monsters uses personal hardship and branching conversations as its main structure.
Always Sometimes Monsters: platforms & release
Is Always Sometimes Monsters worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want relationship-centered RPG storytelling instead of combat-led adventuring. Skip it if: players seeking frequent combat, character battles, or traditional RPG adventuring may lose interest when the focus stays on relationships and conversation.
Where can I download Always Sometimes Monsters?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Always Sometimes Monsters's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Always Sometimes Monsters on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
