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LOVE cover art

LOVE

Fred Wood · 2014-02-07

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 07, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 01, 2020 (Linux), Apr 09, 2020 (Xbox One), Feb 14, 2014 (Android), Apr 09, 2020 (Windows Phone), Apr 09, 2020 (Windows Mixed Reality)

Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.

1
playing now
91%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-29 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Love is a platformer developed and published by American indie developer Fred Wood. It was originally released in May 2008, exclusively to the game's website, but was later released as an enhanced version entitled Love+ on February 7, 2014 to Early Access, with its final release being on February 14, 2014. For the game's fifth anniversary, it was released on Nintendo Switch on February 14, 2019.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–72k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,195 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2019-10-28) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.002015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.012015-06-11 — best price $1.042015-11-02 — best price $2.992016-01-04 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $2.992016-06-15 — best price $2.992016-09-21 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $1.492017-01-15 — best price $2.002017-05-09 — best price $1.222017-06-22 — best price $0.982017-09-07 — best price $0.922017-11-16 — best price $0.742018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-05-24 — best price $2.992018-09-11 — best price $1.042018-11-01 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-12-03 — best price $2.992020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-04-21 — best price $2.582020-05-25 — best price $2.992020-08-24 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-06-26 — best price $2.992021-11-06 — best price $2.992023-04-24 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-25 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
48.1%
earned "Bouncer"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Ukrainian

Player tags

2DIndieRetroShortActionDifficultMinimalistPlatformerSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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