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Boyfriend Dungeon

Kitfox Games · 2021-08-11

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IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 11, 2021 (Linux), Aug 11, 2021 (Mac), Aug 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 14, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 14, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.

9
playing now
92%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
9.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Boyfriend Dungeon is a dungeon crawler-dating sim developed and published by Kitfox Games. Taking place in an urban fantasy setting, the player character must fight through dungeons with the help of a human partner who can transform into a sentient weapon. Outside of dungeons, the player can date their partner in visual novel-style sequences that increase their power in combat. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows on August 11, 2021, followed by a PlayStation 5 version on February 14, 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 105 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (639 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 54k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,683 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 30 of 48 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57457420212026Week of 2021-08-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1322026-08-11 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.992021-08-112026-08-272021-08-11 — best price $17.992021-12-08 — best price $19.992022-03-11 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $14.992022-10-18 — best price $19.992023-01-18 — best price $14.692023-03-08 — best price $14.692023-04-18 — best price $17.992023-06-19 — best price $19.992023-09-06 — best price $14.692023-10-25 — best price $17.992023-12-09 — best price $14.692024-01-10 — best price $14.692024-02-19 — best price $14.692024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-04-08 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $19.992024-06-08 — best price $17.992024-06-22 — best price $19.992024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-08-28 — best price $17.992024-10-03 — best price $14.692024-10-26 — best price $17.992024-11-21 — best price $14.692024-12-14 — best price $17.992025-01-29 — best price $17.992025-02-24 — best price $19.992025-03-26 — best price $7.992025-04-16 — best price $14.692025-05-04 — best price $14.692025-05-24 — best price $17.992025-06-19 — best price $17.992025-07-26 — best price $14.692025-08-22 — best price $17.992025-09-14 — best price $14.692025-10-24 — best price $14.692026-01-17 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $14.692026-08-10 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

68162026-05-30 — 52 pageviews2026-06-02 — 64 pageviews2026-06-05 — 51 pageviews2026-06-08 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 45 pageviews2026-06-14 — 50 pageviews2026-06-17 — 45 pageviews2026-06-20 — 43 pageviews2026-06-23 — 37 pageviews2026-06-26 — 46 pageviews2026-06-29 — 41 pageviews2026-07-02 — 41 pageviews2026-07-05 — 42 pageviews2026-07-08 — 44 pageviews2026-07-11 — 28 pageviews2026-07-14 — 46 pageviews2026-07-17 — 42 pageviews2026-07-20 — 28 pageviews2026-07-23 — 30 pageviews2026-07-26 — 34 pageviews2026-07-29 — 37 pageviews2026-08-01 — 35 pageviews2026-08-04 — 50 pageviews2026-08-07 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 42 pageviews2026-08-13 — 39 pageviews2026-08-16 — 42 pageviews2026-08-19 — 29 pageviews2026-08-22 — 36 pageviews2026-08-25 — 41 pageviews2026-08-27 — 49 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
89.6%
earned "Duct Tape"
34.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)5,6913%45
Steam (Steam)1,60214%45
PS5 (PlayStation)11548%38
Switch (Nintendo)340%0

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

Player tags

RPGCuteFunnyActionCombatComedyLGBTQ+RomanceDating SimRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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