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Coming Out on Top cover art

Coming Out on Top

Obscurasoft · 2017-10-12

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 02, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2017 (Linux), Oct 02, 2017 (Mac)

The acclaimed gay dating sim. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice!

Coming Out on Top is a Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 1398 reviews).

2
playing now
95%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Coming Out on Top is a 2014 gay-themed dating sim interactive novel video game developed by Obscura.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 29,058 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–84k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,398 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2019-06-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

812026-09-15 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
513Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 40 · peak 164Jan 2018 — avg 22 · peak 66Apr 2018 — avg 22 · peak 60Jul 2018 — avg 24 · peak 54Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 37Jan 2019 — avg 17 · peak 49Apr 2019 — avg 11 · peak 24Jul 2019 — avg 27 · peak 60Oct 2019 — avg 19 · peak 77Jan 2020 — avg 21 · peak 42Apr 2020 — avg 22 · peak 46Jul 2020 — avg 22 · peak 46Oct 2020 — avg 13 · peak 27Jan 2021 — avg 20 · peak 46Apr 2021 — avg 15 · peak 32Jul 2021 — avg 15 · peak 38Oct 2021 — avg 10 · peak 22Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 34Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 20Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 16Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.492017-10-132026-08-032017-10-13 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-04-24 — best price $14.992018-09-10 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $8.992019-03-11 — best price $14.992019-06-26 — best price $7.492019-09-30 — best price $14.992019-11-11 — best price $11.242020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-03-03 — best price $9.892020-06-08 — best price $14.992020-09-21 — best price $9.892020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-03-01 — best price $8.992021-06-14 — best price $14.992021-09-20 — best price $9.892021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $9.442022-06-23 — best price $8.242022-09-12 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $8.242023-11-06 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $8.992024-04-08 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $9.892024-11-04 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $9.892025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-09-15 — best price $14.992025-12-08 — best price $9.892026-01-26 — best price $14.992026-04-13 — best price $9.892026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-03 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

58142026-05-26 — 48 pageviews2026-05-30 — 28 pageviews2026-06-03 — 42 pageviews2026-06-07 — 27 pageviews2026-06-11 — 38 pageviews2026-06-15 — 23 pageviews2026-06-19 — 22 pageviews2026-06-23 — 33 pageviews2026-06-27 — 28 pageviews2026-07-01 — 29 pageviews2026-07-05 — 28 pageviews2026-07-09 — 27 pageviews2026-07-13 — 17 pageviews2026-07-17 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 25 pageviews2026-07-29 — 19 pageviews2026-08-02 — 26 pageviews2026-08-06 — 29 pageviews2026-08-10 — 28 pageviews2026-08-14 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 23 pageviews2026-08-22 — 34 pageviews2026-08-26 — 25 pageviews2026-08-30 — 30 pageviews2026-09-03 — 35 pageviews2026-09-07 — 45 pageviews2026-09-11 — 31 pageviews2026-09-15 — 34 pageviews2026-09-19 — 35 pageviews2026-09-23 — 19 pageviews2026-09-27 — 23 pageviews2026-10-01 — 23 pageviews2026-10-05 — 14 pageviews2026-10-09 — 31 pageviews2026-10-12 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
85.2%
earned "The Bad Roommate, Part One"
27.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)81321%32

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

Player tags

NSFWIndieCasualLGBTQ+MatureNudityRomanceDating SimSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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