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BUSTAFELLOWS

NIPPON CULTURAL BROADCASTING EXTEND INC. · PQube · 2021-07-30

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Jul 30, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing dangerous romance with murder mystery, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!

BUSTAFELLOWS is a 2021 Adventure game priced at $39.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 1043 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

6
playing now
86%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
92/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Bustafellows is a 2019 otome game and visual novel developed by Tokyo-based studio eXtend. It was released for Nintendo Switch and mobile devices in Japan, and an English version was released for Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows in 2021. A sequel titled Bustafellows Season 2 was released in 2023 in Japan, and an English version was released in 2025. A third game called BUSTAFELLOWS FULLCIRCLE has been announced.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 29,291 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,042 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020212026Week of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1222026-09-15 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
607Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 35 · peak 118Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 27Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 35Feb 2022 — avg 17 · peak 48Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2022 — avg 9 · peak 28Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 18Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 39Feb 2023 — avg 13 · peak 36Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 36Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2024 — avg 23 · peak 79Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 34Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 42Dec 2024 — avg 60 · peak 208Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 53Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 30Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 39Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 19Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 31Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$1.992021-07-302026-07-302021-07-30 — best price $35.992021-09-29 — best price $35.992021-10-28 — best price $33.992021-11-24 — best price $31.992021-12-22 — best price $29.992022-01-27 — best price $27.992022-05-09 — best price $27.992022-06-24 — best price $26.792022-09-08 — best price $25.992022-11-22 — best price $25.992022-12-22 — best price $23.992023-02-14 — best price $21.992023-03-16 — best price $21.992023-05-09 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $19.992023-08-07 — best price $17.992023-09-14 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $15.992023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-01-29 — best price $13.192024-03-06 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-05-22 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-09-12 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-03-03 — best price $31.992025-03-13 — best price $31.992025-05-19 — best price $31.992025-06-26 — best price $31.992025-09-24 — best price $31.992025-11-24 — best price $31.992025-12-18 — best price $31.992026-02-13 — best price $31.992026-03-19 — best price $31.992026-05-04 — best price $31.992026-06-25 — best price $31.992026-07-23 — best price $31.992026-07-30 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2732026-05-29 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 18 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 14 pageviews2026-09-10 — 13 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 17 pageviews2026-09-22 — 15 pageviews2026-09-26 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 13 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)1410%0
Switch (Nintendo)1240%0
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

NoirAnimeCrimeOtomePuzzleRomanceColorfulAdventureDating SimStory Rich

Census log

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

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