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YOU ARE THE MONSTER

YOU ARE THE MONSTER

Ever wanted to be a giant monster rampaging through a city? Experience mindless chaos as you destroy all in your path, earning new abilities, new monsters and new ways to wreak havoc.

Released Jun 18, 2026 Developer Joshua Hughes Platforms Windows ActionCasualSingleplayerPvEArcade
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

69.8%positive493 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Such a fun game! But it still crashes *a lot*, which really kills the vibe”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Im loving it, but this game is genuinely a dumpster fire. I thumbs up the game, because I don't want it to get bad flak, but there are so many early access issues. it crashes, does a weird thing where none of the inputs work sometimes, there are invisible walls, the game is just…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 25 found this helpful

“Hear me out... This game is genuinely FUN, and has the potential to suck you in like a Kraken's Vortex! The problem is.. there are so many problems. You are 30 mins deep into a run, you are absolutely destroying everything in sight and right about to reach that level 150 youve…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

13achievements
40.9%median completion
1.7%rarest: TROPHY HUNTER
74.8% of players 62.8% of players 58.5% of players 46.5% of players 42.5% of players 41.0% of players 40.9% of players 29.7% of players 18.6% of players 8.8% of players 8.6% of players 3.2% of players 1.7% of players 74.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.8%T-83 UNLOCKED — Unlock the T-83 as a playable character
62.8%UNSTOPPABLE — Reach level 50 in a single game
58.5%MECH-X UNLOCKED — Unlock Mech-X as a playable character
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%TROPHY HUNTER — Find all hidden collectables
3.2%THE VISITOR — Find and activate the UFO
8.6%TOTAL ANNIHILATION — Win a game with all playable monsters

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK8.99 GBP
Australia13.99 AUD
Canada11.99 CAD
Japan1,350 JPY
Brazil37.49 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.3 Brazil Canada Japan Australia US EU UK≈$12

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 24, 2026
Patch 1.0.5 - Changes to Building Destruction

Patch notes: - You can now walk through the rubble of any building that you destroy! I saw a lot of people mentioning this, and it's definitely a fun change. - Tanks and trees now scale correctly with

Jun 24, 2026
Patch 1.0.4

Patch notes: - As requested, the gas station is now destroyable with your attacks once you grow large enough, just like other buildings. - Fixed a bug where the T-83 could use Earth Shatter to clip in

Jun 23, 2026
Update 1.0.3

Update notes: - The dividers across the map are now destroyable. This was a highly requested feature, and you can now destroy them once you reached a certain size (just levelling up your size once sho

Jun 21, 2026
Hotfix 1.0.2

Hey everyone, just a few small bits in this update. - Green boxes have been appearing in the level for some players, these are now fixed. - Some enemy spawns around the beach have been adjusted. - Col

Jun 18, 2026
Hotfix 1.0.1

Thanks so much everyone for playing, hope you are enjoying it so far! I've just updated it to patch a bug where Enlil wouldn't unlock, as well as a bug where the Kraken skin cosmetics failed after usi

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Casual, Early Access
Player tagsAction · Casual · Singleplayer · PvE · Arcade · Villain Protagonist · 3D · Action-Adventure · Aliens · Early Access · Violent · Mechs (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements13
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300x Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 3 GB or AMD Radeon RX 580 4 GB Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device