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Boy Next Door

Nikita "Ghost_RUS" · Ghost_RUS Games · 2017-10-16

Steam

NudityAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Escape from the gay boys and bodybuilders and get it to the gay club at any cost.

55%
positive of 100 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–6.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-07-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.282017-10-172026-08-312017-10-17 — best price $0.792018-01-15 — best price $0.492018-05-21 — best price $0.492018-09-24 — best price $0.492018-12-10 — best price $0.492019-04-15 — best price $0.492019-08-05 — best price $0.492019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-10-19 — best price $0.492020-12-07 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-03-07 — best price $0.492022-07-18 — best price $0.492022-10-31 — best price $0.492022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-06-30 — best price $0.492023-10-30 — best price $0.492024-01-08 — best price $0.492024-04-01 — best price $0.492024-07-15 — best price $0.492024-11-18 — best price $0.492025-01-13 — best price $0.492025-04-07 — best price $0.492025-07-14 — best price $0.492025-10-27 — best price $0.492026-01-19 — best price $0.492026-04-13 — best price $0.492026-07-13 — best price $0.492026-08-31 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "YOU"
69.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

IndieCasualLGBTQ+NudityAdventure

Census log

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

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