I Am Monkey Review – Before You Download

If you’ve ever scrolled deep enough on TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts, I’m sure you’ve seen this hilarious VR game.

Now’s your chance to play it on Mobile. With simple controls, and hilarious gameplay and story, it’s an easy game for ANYONE to pick up!

You’re a Monkey. Now What?

You wake up in the monkey cage, and an elephant in the wall gives you missions.

Complete missions given by the all mighty elephant. Advance the story. Free the baby monkey in your enclosure. Ensue chaos.

The First 10 Minutes

The game throws you in. You learn on the fly. You learn to move, interact with the NPCs, and you mess with the visitors in the zoo.

They stick head or foot in the enclosure to tease you. Big mistake!

Grab them by their limb. Steal their personal belongings. Go on a rampage!

And then it strikes.

the ad-pocalypse

You see “Advertisement in 00:05″…

And you’re thrown into an advertisement for another game.

Sure, you skip the advertisement. It’s only 5-10 seconds, what’s the harm?

And then within the next 5 minutes…

Advertisement in 00:05…

Yup, you see the problem now. This game is just an ad farm. While the game is really fun, you get to do crazy things as a monkey, your immersive gaming experience is chopped up into segments from the advertisements.

Even some experiences in the game are locked up behind an advertisement-wall.

Story Progression

You complete missions from the elephant, which are really simple. Basic controls and tutorials. Every mission you complete, you get an unlock. Sometimes you get a skin for your Monkey, and even a pistol at level 5.

But before you even reach level 5, the elephant feels sleepy all of a sudden and you have to literally wait for 15 minutes to receive the next mission, or you can watch an advertisement to bypass this.

Yup.

Monetization reality

If you genuinely enjoy the monkey chaos, there’s a $0.99 option to remove ads.

On paper, that sounds fair.

But here’s the uncertainty: some unlocks are tied to ad interactions. It’s unclear whether paying removes all ad-gated content or just the forced interruptions.

So you’re left with a question:

Is this a cheap one-dollar chaos simulator?

Or a monetization maze disguised as a monkey game?

PROTOsight VERDICT

Fun Factor: 8/10 (for the first 10 minutes)
Time Investment Required: Low
Monetization Pressure: High (Ads, man!)
Innovation Level: Low
Long-Term Engagement: Very Low

Final Call: Fun chaos, very aggressive ads. Worth the $0.99 if you’re genuinely entertained. Otherwise, it’s just a short-lived distraction.

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