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Friendship with Benefits cover art

Friendship with Benefits

TwistedScarlett60 · 2020-11-04

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 04, 2020 (Mac), Nov 04, 2020 (Linux), Nov 04, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Friendship with Benefits is a unique eroge game that combines free-roaming elements, visual novel, dating simulator and role-playing mechanics. With a cast of over 20+ romanceable characters, where will you begin in this new and wonderful world?

96%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$10.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 92 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (333 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 45,157 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,700 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.49 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days · $5.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32632620202026Week of 2020-11-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.99$5.492020-11-042026-10-082020-11-04 — best price $10.992021-01-05 — best price $10.992021-02-15 — best price $10.992021-07-08 — best price $10.992021-11-01 — best price $10.992021-12-01 — best price $10.992022-07-07 — best price $10.992023-03-23 — best price $10.992023-07-13 — best price $10.992023-08-14 — best price $10.992023-11-28 — best price $10.992024-01-04 — best price $10.992024-03-21 — best price $10.992024-07-11 — best price $10.992024-12-04 — best price $10.992025-01-02 — best price $10.992025-03-20 — best price $10.992025-07-10 — best price $10.992025-10-06 — best price $10.992026-01-05 — best price $10.992026-03-26 — best price $10.992026-07-09 — best price $10.992026-10-08 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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