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Boyfriend Dungeon

Kitfox Games · 2021-08-11

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IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Boyfriend Dungeon is an Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 2692 reviews).

11
playing now
92%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (76 ratings)
9.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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
  • · 11 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 6% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 54k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,692 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 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 40 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

1712026-09-15 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2435Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 243 · peak 1,083Oct 2021 — avg 18 · peak 47Dec 2021 — avg 26 · peak 71Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 37Apr 2022 — avg 18 · peak 69Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 39Aug 2022 — avg 45 · peak 258Oct 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Dec 2022 — avg 17 · peak 52Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 55Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 33Jun 2023 — avg 29 · peak 73Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 43Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 26Dec 2023 — avg 15 · peak 40Feb 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 35Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 42Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 38Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 30Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 33Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 29Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 26Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 29
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.992021-08-112026-10-152021-08-11 — 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 $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

66282026-05-30 — 52 pageviews2026-06-03 — 41 pageviews2026-06-07 — 54 pageviews2026-06-11 — 45 pageviews2026-06-15 — 43 pageviews2026-06-19 — 47 pageviews2026-06-23 — 37 pageviews2026-06-27 — 36 pageviews2026-07-01 — 47 pageviews2026-07-05 — 42 pageviews2026-07-09 — 40 pageviews2026-07-13 — 33 pageviews2026-07-17 — 42 pageviews2026-07-21 — 29 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-29 — 37 pageviews2026-08-02 — 42 pageviews2026-08-06 — 37 pageviews2026-08-10 — 42 pageviews2026-08-14 — 56 pageviews2026-08-18 — 45 pageviews2026-08-22 — 36 pageviews2026-08-26 — 52 pageviews2026-08-30 — 42 pageviews2026-09-03 — 36 pageviews2026-09-07 — 41 pageviews2026-09-11 — 45 pageviews2026-09-15 — 35 pageviews2026-09-19 — 37 pageviews2026-09-23 — 42 pageviews2026-09-27 — 34 pageviews2026-10-01 — 31 pageviews2026-10-05 — 33 pageviews2026-10-08 — 30 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-12-02, latest 2024-01-18 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCuteFunnyActionCombatComedyLGBTQ+RomanceDating SimRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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