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LOVE cover art

LOVE

Fred Wood · 2014-02-07

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

LOVE is a 2014 Action Indie game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 1195 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–72k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,193 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 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 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).

Attention

1102026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 5 pageviews2026-09-05 — 3 pageviews2026-09-09 — 10 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 9 pageviews2026-09-25 — 4 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-11 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2015-10-08, latest 2020-08-17 (Steam store data)

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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