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I Wani Hug that Gator! cover art

I Wani Hug that Gator!

Cavemanon · 2024-02-14

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 14, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 14, 2024 (Mac), Feb 14, 2024 (Linux), Feb 14, 2024 (Android)

I Wani Hug that Gator! Is a choice-driven narrative about teenagers struggling to find their way. Help Inco, loser highschooler extraordinaire, navigate his budding friendships (and romance!) while surviving being the only human in a dinosaur-filled school.

29
playing now
98%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Just great; just when Inco was getting ready to move on into his Senior year, his parents decide to uproot his life and move half-way across the country! Guess it’s time to start all over. Sure, Inco didn’t have many friends (or any) back at his old school, and sure, he was so low on the social ladder that he had to get a deep-sea diving lesson…. Wait, why was he complaining about moving again? I Wani Hug that Gator is a multi-ended, choices-matter visual novel about second chances and the power of accepting who you are. Shape how Inco makes the most of his final year, and how the relationsh(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 451 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~56/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 114k–257k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,717 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2024-10-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
86086020242026Week of 2024-02-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4052026-08-07 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 35 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 33 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 24 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.992024-02-142026-08-242024-02-14 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-10-20 — best price $5.992024-10-27 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-03 — best price $5.992025-03-10 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-21 — best price $7.492025-06-04 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $9.742025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $10.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.942026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-17 — best price $7.942026-08-24 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
59.8%
earned "Gator hugger"
31.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)39151%6

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyCasualComedyRomanceDinosaursDating SimStory RichText-Based

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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