# Sometimes Always Monsters

Summer DB entity ID: ef504e7d\-688a\-4cc6\-a439\-40382b45c113

Steam App ID: 441440

Sometimes Always Monsters is a narrative roleplaying life simulator filled with choices\.   You play a recently married author who joins a cross\-country bus tour to promote your next upcoming novel\. Along the way, you hear about vicious rumours claiming you're a total fraud\.  As you journey through five unique cities, meet fans and critics alike, and make friends with your fellow busmates, it'll be your choices that help unravel the conspiracy laid against you\.      Roleplay Creatively  as you navigate the life of your character\. In addition to countless dialogue choices, you'll decide how you want to live\. Whether you like being a diligent workaholic, or prefer the route of a relaxed layabout,  the choice is entirely up to you\.   Import Save Files  from  Always Sometimes Monsters  to continue your story, no matter how tragic or triumphant your ending may have been\. Your entire continuity will be carried over\.   Build Relationships  with your spouse, friends, and more\. Learn how to manage the demands of various social relationships as you maintain a life in the spotlight, and reach for your goals\.   Decline Anything  you don't want to do\. Nearly all of the game's content is optional, including the entirety of the primary narrative\. You're truly in control of the story, with a right to refusal\.    Mature Content Warning    Always Sometimes Monsters deals with serious stuff, depending on your choices\. Including strong language, racist, homophobic, and transphobic language, drug / alcohol use, nudity, violence, and extreme subject matter\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Vagabond Dog

- Publisher: Vagabond Dog

- Release date: Apr 2, 2020

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/441440/ss\_0b0328382a22e5254d53a18622d2f92ab973d833\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729528132, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/441440/ss\_658a9f1ccdf89f7083f5314e34f3187a9f2aef2b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729528132, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/441440/ss\_af1de65e223066226f0ac083b1b7fa0bbc132f5a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729528132, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/441440/ss\_42b3256ea76260864c5c98e0be9abc16b4158600\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729528132, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/441440/ss\_3f9923808d4f38fa71224b969c2ee3ab66843a13\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729528132, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/441440/ss\_6a159b1bbabc141d1df59b76795f13d7acc3dae0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729528132, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/441440/ss\_034ba73d1024631ee4f7a19f41849bc73e8a7bbc\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729528132

- Price: 1499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 161

- Steam positive reviews: 121

- Steam negative reviews: 40

- Steam positive percentage: 75.15527950310559%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:21:41\.595658\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:21:44\.300588\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:21:43\.610516\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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