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Don't Make Love

Maggese · 2017-10-26

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Assume the role of a praying mantis in a relationship dilemma. Torn between their mutual love and the instinct to have sex – which could lead to the male mantis’s death – the couple is on the verge of making a decision. Type anything you want in response to your partner during this life-changing conversation.

Don't Make Love is a free-to-play Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 495 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 495 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (85 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420172026Week of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.002017-10-272021-01-162017-10-27 — best price $5.942017-12-21 — best price $5.592018-03-20 — best price $3.492018-05-04 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-08-28 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992018-11-20 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-01-29 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-04-09 — best price $4.992019-06-05 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-10-18 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-11-12 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-02-01 — best price $2.492020-05-12 — best price $2.492020-06-25 — best price $0.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
74.8%
earned "I like this place"
15.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0592%42

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

Player tags

2DIndieShortCasualRomanceSimulationText-BasedReplay ValueSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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