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A Gay's Life

橙光游戏 · 2019-11-20

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In the game, players will be the first perspective to a male homosexual. Through the game experience a gay's childhood, adolescence, prime and leap year through the whole life stage. During the game, the player can influence the entire life track of the protagonist through different choices made by himself.

1
playing now
94%
positive of 398 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.9k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 398 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2019-11-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 2 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720192026Week of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$1.792019-11-202026-08-172019-11-20 — best price $1.792020-01-23 — best price $2.392020-02-17 — best price $1.792020-03-06 — best price $1.792020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-08-24 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-08-30 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-10-03 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-01-30 — best price $2.992023-03-13 — best price $2.992023-05-08 — best price $2.992023-06-19 — best price $2.992023-07-31 — best price $2.992023-10-02 — best price $2.992024-02-19 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-04-15 — best price $2.992024-06-03 — best price $2.992024-07-22 — best price $2.992025-03-03 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-17 — best price $2.992026-01-19 — best price $2.992026-03-02 — best price $2.992026-05-04 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-08-17 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
34.7%
earned "婚姻的承诺"
17.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8328%8

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualLGBTQ+StrategyAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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