The Game Census
boyfriend or cake?? cover art

boyfriend or cake??

Nolan Taylor · Tactical Toad LLC · 2025-08-05

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 05, 2025 (Linux), Aug 05, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

alternatively: caring romantic partner or delicious confectionery dessert?

94%
positive of 129 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 13,059 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420252026Week of 2025-08-05: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-08: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

8
achievements tracked
32.6%
earned "putting descartes before deshorse"
25.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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