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LOVE BAKUDAN

Noodletub Games · 2021-01-25

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Jan 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

LOVE BAKUDAN is an 18+ yuri visual novel about Haruka Mishima, a young woman who inherits an erotic bookstore - and all of the drama, romance and daily life that comes with it. With six unique romance routes, erotic books to read and a special extra route, who will be the love bomb of your choice?

LOVE BAKUDAN is an Indie game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive (93% of 75 reviews) sentiment.

94%
positive of 77 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

LOVE BAKUDAN is an 18+ erotic yuri dramedy, focusing on the life of Haruka Mishima. When she returns to her coastal hometown of Akiyama after a long time away, she finds that there’s much more waiting for her than just inheriting her family’s erotic bookstore, Bakudan Books. But between romancing girls and selling erotica to the locals, Haruka finds that she’s in for an even wilder ride than she expected... With the option of dating the beautiful lovelorn bartender, your cheerful best friend, a dangerous mobster, a drop-dead gorgeous firefighter, a mysterious Korean idol or a shy mangaka in t(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620212026Week of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.992021-01-252026-07-292021-01-25 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992022-12-23 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $13.992023-06-29 — best price $13.992023-08-07 — best price $11.992023-09-18 — best price $12.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-03-14 — best price $13.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-20 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-22 — best price $9.992026-07-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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