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Butterfly's Poison; Blood Chains

PROTOTYPE · 2023-06-13

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Apr 20, 2020 (Android), Nov 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 06, 2014 (PlayStation Portable), Feb 20, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Jun 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2020 (iOS)

Tokyo, 1918. World War I is coming to an end. Yuriko Nomiya, aristocratic by birth, is suddenly struck by a series of misfortunes. Is this fate brought about by the changing times, or is someone plotting against her? The dark, bittersweet tale of Yuriko and five young men is about to unfold...

94%
positive of 105 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$44.99
steam price (US)

Yuriko, a noblewoman in the Taisho Era, has a big party on her birthday. She then discovers her father is trying to find her a rich husband at the party, but she doesn't want to have that fate. Suddenly, some rogues break into her place and start trashing the place. She grabs a wooden sword so she can fight them, but a man saves her...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 15,582 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 105 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $29.24 at Steam (2023-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220232026Week of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$44.99$29.242023-06-142026-07-092023-06-14 — best price $38.242023-08-07 — best price $31.492023-08-14 — best price $44.992023-11-21 — best price $29.242023-11-28 — best price $44.992023-12-21 — best price $29.242024-01-04 — best price $44.992024-03-14 — best price $29.242024-03-21 — best price $44.992024-06-27 — best price $29.242024-07-11 — best price $44.992024-11-27 — best price $29.242024-12-04 — best price $44.992024-12-19 — best price $29.242025-01-02 — best price $44.992025-03-03 — best price $29.242025-03-10 — best price $44.992025-03-13 — best price $29.242025-03-20 — best price $44.992025-06-26 — best price $29.242025-07-10 — best price $44.992025-09-29 — best price $29.242025-10-06 — best price $44.992025-12-18 — best price $29.242026-01-05 — best price $44.992026-02-15 — best price $29.242026-03-01 — best price $44.992026-03-19 — best price $29.242026-03-26 — best price $44.992026-06-25 — best price $29.242026-07-09 — best price $44.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
32.5%
earned "A Kind Man"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DAnimeDramaOtomeRomanceAdventureSingleplayerVisual NovelSexual ContentMultiple Endings

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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