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Crush Crush

Sad Panda Studios · 2016-10-18

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 19, 2016 (Mac), Oct 04, 2016 (Web browser), Jan 07, 2021 (iOS), Oct 19, 2016 (Linux), Oct 29, 2019 (Android), Jan 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim! Meet, flirt, and fall in love with a motley cast of girls in this heartfelt and hilarious game.

Crush Crush is a Casual, Indie, Free To Play game released in 2016, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 28523 reviews).

645
playing now
89%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

645 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Crush Crush is a free-to-play incremental dating sim created by Canadian game developer Sad Panda Studios. The game features a number of characters that the protagonist can date and win over. Crush Crush is live serviced, and continues to receive updates and new content from its developer. Over the years many large new features have been added, such as phone flings, limited time events, parallel events system, animated segments, voice acting and cross platform voting.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 645 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,373 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~172/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,159 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k6312026-09-15 12:00 — 1,623 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 851 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 876 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 742 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 778 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 914 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 679 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 667 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 984 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 744 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 727 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 752 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 705 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 696 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 637 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 707 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 674 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 675 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 784 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 730 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 698 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 848 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 645 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k349May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 873 · peak 1,708Sep 2016 — avg 418 · peak 728Jan 2017 — avg 853 · peak 1,185May 2017 — avg 512 · peak 701Sep 2017 — avg 349 · peak 511Jan 2018 — avg 806 · peak 1,102May 2018 — avg 738 · peak 1,059Sep 2018 — avg 648 · peak 907Jan 2019 — avg 629 · peak 994May 2019 — avg 557 · peak 1,103Sep 2019 — avg 951 · peak 1,481Jan 2020 — avg 1,317 · peak 1,883May 2020 — avg 1,497 · peak 2,334Sep 2020 — avg 1,291 · peak 2,128Jan 2021 — avg 1,252 · peak 2,120May 2021 — avg 1,346 · peak 2,226Sep 2021 — avg 1,133 · peak 1,869Jan 2022 — avg 1,215 · peak 1,723May 2022 — avg 1,148 · peak 1,686Sep 2022 — avg 1,036 · peak 1,592Jan 2023 — avg 1,025 · peak 1,445May 2023 — avg 1,106 · peak 1,611Sep 2023 — avg 1,161 · peak 3,199Jan 2024 — avg 1,311 · peak 3,053May 2024 — avg 1,226 · peak 3,106Sep 2024 — avg 1,353 · peak 2,930Jan 2025 — avg 1,440 · peak 4,508May 2025 — avg 1,215 · peak 2,806Sep 2025 — avg 1,505 · peak 4,114Jan 2026 — avg 1,304 · peak 3,468May 2026 — avg 1,001 · peak 2,668Aug 2026 — avg 1,032 · peak 2,930
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
772026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 7 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

132282026-05-30 — 50 pageviews2026-06-03 — 56 pageviews2026-06-07 — 60 pageviews2026-06-11 — 47 pageviews2026-06-15 — 42 pageviews2026-06-19 — 36 pageviews2026-06-23 — 43 pageviews2026-06-27 — 40 pageviews2026-07-01 — 58 pageviews2026-07-05 — 62 pageviews2026-07-09 — 65 pageviews2026-07-13 — 52 pageviews2026-07-17 — 55 pageviews2026-07-21 — 41 pageviews2026-07-25 — 40 pageviews2026-07-29 — 92 pageviews2026-08-02 — 75 pageviews2026-08-06 — 67 pageviews2026-08-10 — 60 pageviews2026-08-14 — 65 pageviews2026-08-18 — 52 pageviews2026-08-22 — 57 pageviews2026-08-26 — 47 pageviews2026-08-30 — 59 pageviews2026-09-03 — 50 pageviews2026-09-07 — 67 pageviews2026-09-11 — 61 pageviews2026-09-15 — 44 pageviews2026-09-19 — 43 pageviews2026-09-23 — 71 pageviews2026-09-27 — 66 pageviews2026-10-01 — 37 pageviews2026-10-05 — 34 pageviews2026-10-08 — 62 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
56.4%
earned "In The Bank!"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing5 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, French, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2018-09-26, latest 2026-07-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17,88926%25
Switch (Nintendo)2330%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

CuteNSFWAnimeFunnyCasualHentaiMatureNudityClickerRomance

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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