Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Point-and-click surveillance sim balancing deduction, choices, and daily survival

Fictiorama Studios · Published by Alawar · Released Oct 23, 2018

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 13K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 97% of 67 in 30 days
Playing now: 126; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Do Not Feed the Monkeys?

A single-player, 2D point-and-click surveillance and management game set largely at a computer in a run-down apartment. As a new member of a secret observation club, you monitor strangers through compromised cameras, analyze what you learn, and choose whether to leave them alone or interfere in their lives.

For you if...

+you enjoy deduction through watching conversations and researching clues
+you like dark humor and choices with varied outcomes
+you want management systems mixed into point-and-click puzzles

Not for you if...

−you dislike surveillance themes and morally dubious interference
−you prefer a relaxed pace with forgiving mistakes
−you want every replay to use entirely new scenes

What players say

94% of 12,757 reviews are positive · 97% of 67 in the last 30 days

Players praise the surveillance premise, clue-based investigation, dark humor, and freedom to help or exploit subjects. The most common complaints are that managing rent, hunger, sleep, and work creates too much time pressure, small mistakes are hard to recover from, and later runs repeat scenes.

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Do Not Feed the Monkeys system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 SP1
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS, ATI Radeon HD 3470
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Notes: Using the Minimum Configuration, we strongly recommend to use minimal settings in order to not experience low frame rates.