Games like Always Sometimes Monsters
If Always Sometimes Monsters is your kind of game, the closest matches are Desert Blossom, Odd Job Angel and Sometimes Always Monsters — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its writing quality is exceptional, dark and emotional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Always Sometimes Monsters is a 2014 indie RPG developed by Vagabond Dog that presents a choice-driven narrative across a cross-country journey. The game centers on character development through dialogue, where consequence-based decisions shape both the protagonist and those they encounter. Players describe the experience as dark and emotional, with reviewers highlighting deeply personal storylines and the appeal of multiple playthroughs offering varied outcomes. The game runs at a chill difficulty with medium-length sessions designed for solo play. Currently available for $9.99 USD, it holds a 79% positive rating from 1,199 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.
About Always Sometimes Monsters: Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
Players who liked Always Sometimes Monsters also play
Steam players who put hours into Always Sometimes Monsters also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Desert Blossom
WHY THIS
Top pick for Always Sometimes Monsters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
In the deserts of the Baihe Continent, a girl named Mars was born, breaking the curse. -- Embarking on a journey, composing an epic adventure about courage, life and love.
Odd Job Angel
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Always Sometimes Monsters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
A bitter adventure game where you travel the globe helping people.
Sometimes Always Monsters
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative and an emotional mood with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Third-strongest match for Always Sometimes Monsters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Join a cross-country bus tour as a newlywed author, and combat vicious rumors that you're a plagiarist. Truth isn't important, when you control the narrative.
Sarissa and the Legendary Sword
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Always Sometimes Monsters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Sarissa and the Legendary Sword is a Brazilian turn-based RPG, with a simple and beautiful story. In it, you will follow friends, Sarissa, Dandara, Elaine and Patricia, as they go on an adventurous journey, where love and friendship, and a fated destiny will change their lives forever.
黎明为歌 - Melody before the Dawn
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Ranked #5 for Always Sometimes Monsters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
居住在极北之地的少女瑟里卡，每晚都会在睡梦中进入另一个世界—— 这里有着她未曾见过的风景，鲜活的友人，以及一场奇迹般的邂逅。 懵懂的感情为之觉醒，却被提醒一切只是幻梦…… 梦与现实究竟有什么联系，她们的命运又会发生怎样的转变呢？ 迷雾笼罩身周，她将舒展梦境的羽翼，为黎明献上歌唱。
Knight Bewitched
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Ranked #6 for Always Sometimes Monsters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Knight Bewitched is a turn-based jRPG that follows the love story of innocent witch Gwen and Ruth, the stalwart knight tasked to slay her. The Enhanced Edition includes new features and new content.
Super Lesbian Animal RPG
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Ranked #7 for Always Sometimes Monsters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Melody has decided to become a healer in this classic-inspired turn-based RPG about love, anxiety, and fighting funny-looking monsters in dungeons.
After I met that catgirl, my questlist got too long!
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Ranked #8 for Always Sometimes Monsters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Find love and establish your adventurers' guild in this yuri RPG / visual novel hybrid!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Always Sometimes Monsters at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Always Sometimes Monsters on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Always Sometimes Monsters on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Always Sometimes Monsters on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Always Sometimes Monsters on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Always Sometimes Monsters on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Always Sometimes Monsters on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Always Sometimes Monsters on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Always Sometimes Monsters on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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More from Vagabond Dog
Other recommendable Steam games by Vagabond Dog, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Karen: An Outrage Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Another title from Vagabond Dog, the studio behind Always Sometimes Monsters. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
You are Karen - Argue your way through ridiculous scenarios, and get everything you rightfully deserve in this short comedic game about entitlement.
Sometimes Always Monsters
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative and an emotional mood with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Another title from Vagabond Dog, the studio behind Always Sometimes Monsters. Shares Indie and RPG with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Join a cross-country bus tour as a newlywed author, and combat vicious rumors that you're a plagiarist. Truth isn't important, when you control the narrative.
Burger Patrol
WHY THIS
Another title from Vagabond Dog, the studio behind Always Sometimes Monsters. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Burger Patrol is an arcade puzzle game where you match tiles to create unique burger combos. Keep the food pile from reaching the top as you aim for a high score!
DOG GONE GOLFING
WHY THIS
Another title from Vagabond Dog, the studio behind Always Sometimes Monsters. Shares Indie with Always Sometimes Monsters.
Featuring up to 8 Players at once via local Co-op or Steam Remote Play, DOG GONE GOLFING is a fun pick up and play Arcade golf game where cute dogs slap hockey pucks around procedurallly generated worlds. Compete on the Leaderboards for top scores, or find some buddies for some multiplayer madness.
The Stonks Market
WHY THIS
Another title from Vagabond Dog, the studio behind Always Sometimes Monsters.
Gamble your entire life savings on ludicrous stock trades hoping to get rich or die trying in this hilarious narrative misadventure about winning at capitalism.
Frequently asked about Always Sometimes Monsters
- Does Always Sometimes Monsters run on Steam Deck?
- Always Sometimes Monsters is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Always Sometimes Monsters cost?
- Always Sometimes Monsters is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Always Sometimes Monsters?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Always Sometimes Monsters are Desert Blossom, Odd Job Angel, Sometimes Always Monsters.
- Who developed Always Sometimes Monsters?
- Always Sometimes Monsters was developed by Vagabond Dog.
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