I am not a Monster: First Contact (2018)

Developer

Cheerdealers

Publisher

Alawar

Platforms

Windows

Genres

Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Strategy

Rating

3.8 of 5, 1,294 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 1.3 hours

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

A tense, retro-flavored tactical game where you methodically clear a spaceship of alien threats with a team of quirky heroes.

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What players say

Players praise the retro sci-fi aesthetic, tense tactical combat and episodic story, often comparing the turn-based play to XCOM. But the multiplayer servers are dead, so most achievements are locked and co-op is gone, which long-time reviewers consistently call out.

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