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Desktop Kanojo

Neko Game · 2020-04-23

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

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Desktop Kanojo is a 2020 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 1,633 reviews).

14
playing now
86%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (279 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 29,402 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,633 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25025020202026Week of 2020-04-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1442026-09-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1046May 2020Aug 2026May 2020 — avg 89 · peak 341Jul 2020 — avg 57 · peak 115Sep 2020 — avg 32 · peak 66Nov 2020 — avg 36 · peak 87Jan 2021 — avg 104 · peak 233Mar 2021 — avg 88 · peak 138May 2021 — avg 80 · peak 121Jul 2021 — avg 74 · peak 109Sep 2021 — avg 68 · peak 102Nov 2021 — avg 84 · peak 186Jan 2022 — avg 67 · peak 103Mar 2022 — avg 50 · peak 91May 2022 — avg 37 · peak 61Jul 2022 — avg 35 · peak 54Sep 2022 — avg 29 · peak 48Nov 2022 — avg 28 · peak 42Jan 2023 — avg 27 · peak 43Mar 2023 — avg 18 · peak 32May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 31Jul 2023 — avg 18 · peak 32Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 30Nov 2023 — avg 15 · peak 26Jan 2024 — avg 23 · peak 45Mar 2024 — avg 20 · peak 33May 2024 — avg 15 · peak 33Jul 2024 — avg 19 · peak 33Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 25Nov 2024 — avg 16 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 19 · peak 39Mar 2025 — avg 21 · peak 34May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 28Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 19Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 13 · peak 102Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$1.192020-04-242026-07-272020-04-24 — best price $2.092020-06-25 — best price $2.092020-09-21 — best price $2.092020-11-09 — best price $2.092020-12-22 — best price $2.092021-02-11 — best price $2.092021-04-19 — best price $2.092021-06-25 — best price $2.092021-09-13 — best price $2.092021-11-08 — best price $2.092021-12-23 — best price $2.092022-01-27 — best price $2.092022-04-04 — best price $2.092022-06-13 — best price $2.002022-07-18 — best price $2.002022-09-26 — best price $1.972022-11-22 — best price $1.972022-12-23 — best price $1.912023-03-06 — best price $1.912023-04-17 — best price $1.792023-06-30 — best price $1.642023-09-25 — best price $1.642023-11-21 — best price $1.642024-01-08 — best price $1.492024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-05-13 — best price $1.492024-07-15 — best price $1.492024-10-07 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-01-06 — best price $1.492025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-05-12 — best price $1.492025-07-14 — best price $1.342025-09-29 — best price $1.342025-12-18 — best price $1.342026-03-19 — best price $1.342026-05-11 — best price $1.342026-07-20 — best price $1.192026-07-27 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-04-24 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DCuteJRPGAnimeIndieCasualNudityRelaxingSoftwareUtilities

Census log

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