I Am Monkey

I Am Monkey is a first-person monkey simulation game where you take control of a monkey confined to an interactive cage. The main task is not to follow one fixed route, but to explore the enclosure, manipulate objects, respond to visitors, and decide how you want to behave. Almost every part of the space can contribute to play, from the fences and floor to cameras, food, gifts, and scattered items. The clearest benefit is freedom: you can create your own situations through movement, object handling, visitor interactions, and tasks from an elephant living beside the cage.

What can you do inside the cage?

The cage works as a sandbox rather than a setting filled only with decoration. In the first-person VR perspective, you can move around the enclosure, climb the bars, jump from side to side, and reach for objects nearby. Fences, the floor, cameras, gifts from visitors, bananas, food, and other scattered items can all be used as part of your interaction with the environment.

When you pick something up, you can choose how to use it. Depending on the item, you may eat it, throw it away, leave it where it is, or throw it toward someone. Bananas are a central part of the environment, but they are not the only objects available. The ability to manipulate the space supports improvised moments instead of requiring every action to follow a predetermined solution.

How do visitors change the experience?

Visitors are an important part of the game because they bring different personalities and alter the atmosphere inside the cage. Some are curious and friendly, some give you items, and others are noisy, sarcastic, or aggressive. Their arrival can change the situation from a calm interaction into a more confrontational encounter, so the same enclosure can feel different depending on who appears.

You decide how to respond. You can try to build cooperative relationships by being friendly, remain indifferent by ignoring visitors and their offerings, or resist through provocation and confrontation. The game also lets you use objects, perform tricks, threaten visitors, or attack characters who come close. These choices support different styles of play, from observing social reactions to creating deliberately chaotic scenes.

What tasks does the elephant provide?

An elephant living next to the cage gives you tasks and provides a separate activity alongside free exploration. Early examples include unlocking doors with a key, retrieving food from machines, and giving a banana to a small monkey companion. The tasks become more complex as the game progresses, giving you objectives to pursue when you want more direction than the open sandbox provides.

Completing tasks can earn rewards, but the source notes that you need to watch advertisements to receive those rewards. The elephant may also go to sleep, and waking it requires watching additional advertisements. This task system therefore combines simple environmental objectives with a reward process tied to ads.

Which tools and items can you use?

Along with food and ordinary objects, I Am Monkey includes tools and weapons that can be acquired and used around other characters. The supplied description specifically mentions guns and a machine gun, as well as the ability to throw items and interact with visitors. These options expand the range of responses available when someone enters the cage.

Items can be used in different ways depending on the situation. You might use them to threaten a visitor, throw something back after it is sent into the cage, or create a trick intended to amuse someone. The game presents these possibilities as part of its exaggerated, controllable chaos rather than as a single required combat path.

How do you begin and reset a session?

After installation, open the game and follow the on-screen prompts to reach the main menu. Select “Start Game” to enter the cage, then use the prompts to look around and interact with objects within reach. Picking up nearby items is an early way to understand how throwing, discarding, and consuming work.

As visitors arrive, watch their reactions before deciding whether to be friendly, stay silent, or take counter-action. If you want to start over, pause the session and restart it. The supplied information states that restarting can produce a new visitor attitude and different item placement, while player actions and feedback help create distinct sessions. The open-ended design may suit players who enjoy short, casual experiments, object interaction, and changing social encounters more than a tightly structured campaign.