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Kill or Love

Andy Church · 2020-02-07

Steam

CasualFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 17, 2019 (Mac), Aug 17, 2019 (Linux), Aug 17, 2019 (Android), Aug 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

Kill or Love is a Casual, Free To Play, and Indie game released in 2020, free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2182 reviews).

2
playing now
89%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Jack, a man with no memory of his childhood, is stuck in a hospital following a near-fatal injury. His girlfriend, meanwhile, is being held captive. To make matters worse, Jack's nurse is Anna, the woman who kidnapped his girlfriend and who put Jack in the hospital in the first place. Anna is obsessed with him to an unhealthy degree, and the answer to why lies somewhere in the past.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (326 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29129120202026Week of 2020-02-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
621Feb 2020Apr 2024Feb 2020 — avg 62 · peak 148Apr 2020 — avg 39 · peak 79Jun 2020 — avg 10 · peak 20Aug 2020 — avg 9 · peak 19Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2021 — avg 8 · peak 17Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

AnimeIndieCasualHorrorNudityMysteryRomanceViolentThrillerFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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