Games like I am not a Monster: First Contact
If I am not a Monster: First Contact is your kind of game, the closest matches are Into the Breach, Xenonauts and Hard West — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and retro. 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 →About I am not a Monster: First Contact: 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.
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Into the Breach
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Shares a challenging mood with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Top pick for I am not a Monster: First Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Xenonauts
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Shares an atmospheric mood with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Second-strongest match for I am not a Monster: First Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
Hard West
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Shares an atmospheric mood with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Third-strongest match for I am not a Monster: First Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
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Shares a challenging mood with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Ranked #4 for I am not a Monster: First Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?
Hard West 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Ranked #5 for I am not a Monster: First Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Horizon
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Shares an atmospheric mood with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Ranked #6 for I am not a Monster: First Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
Company of Crime
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Shares an atmospheric mood with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Ranked #7 for I am not a Monster: First Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
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Shares an atmospheric mood with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Ranked #8 for I am not a Monster: First Contact fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below I am not a Monster: First Contact at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~55% under I am not a Monster: First Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
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
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Priced ~55% under I am not a Monster: First Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
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!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~43% under I am not a Monster: First Contact on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~55% under I am not a Monster: First Contact on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
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 ~55% under I am not a Monster: First Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~91% under I am not a Monster: First Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~55% under I am not a Monster: First Contact on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~73% under I am not a Monster: First Contact on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
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 I am not a Monster: First Contact.
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 I am not a Monster: First Contact.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I am not a Monster: First Contact.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about I am not a Monster: First Contact
- Does I am not a Monster: First Contact run on Steam Deck?
- I am not a Monster: First Contact 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 I am not a Monster: First Contact cost?
- I am not a Monster: First Contact is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to I am not a Monster: First Contact?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I am not a Monster: First Contact are Into the Breach, Xenonauts, Hard West.
- Who developed I am not a Monster: First Contact?
- I am not a Monster: First Contact was developed by Cheerdealers and published by Alawar.
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