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Bound by Love

RetroLab · Kagura Games · 2022-01-07

Steam

CasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

When Yokoshima finds out his office crush, Hazuki Ichinose, is transferring overseas, he realizes that he needs to act and finally ask her out.

Bound by Love is a Casual Indie RPG game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 633 reviews).

1
playing now
84%
positive of 633 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (188 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 633 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15015020222026Week of 2022-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$10.492022-01-082026-07-242022-01-08 — best price $13.492022-04-11 — best price $14.992022-06-20 — best price $11.992022-08-15 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992022-12-09 — best price $14.992023-01-08 — best price $11.992023-02-20 — best price $14.992023-03-27 — best price $11.992023-05-26 — best price $14.992023-07-31 — best price $11.992023-09-18 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $11.992023-12-06 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $10.492024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-03-25 — best price $10.492024-05-08 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $10.492024-07-27 — best price $14.992024-10-01 — best price $10.492024-11-26 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $10.492025-03-01 — best price $14.992025-03-31 — best price $10.492025-05-28 — best price $14.992025-07-14 — best price $10.492025-09-10 — best price $14.992025-10-10 — best price $10.492025-12-07 — best price $14.992026-01-06 — best price $10.492026-03-05 — best price $14.992026-04-04 — best price $10.492026-06-01 — best price $14.992026-07-10 — best price $10.492026-07-24 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

RPGJRPGNSFWAnimeIndieMemesCasualHentaiMatureNudity

Census log

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

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