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Making*Lovers

Smee · NekoNyan Ltd. · 2020-04-03

Steam

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Jul 25, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jul 25, 2019 (PlayStation Vita), Apr 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Making*Lovers A story about the way love can bloom after dating begins. The focus in Making*Lovers is on the things that come after a relationship's beginning. With "start dating, then fall in love" as the concept, you will work towards the moment when love truly blooms.

Making*Lovers is a Casual, Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 660 reviews).

0
playing now
97%
positive of 660 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

"For my whole life, I never had a girlfriend. People could laugh at me all they want, but I refused to give up on my ideals when it came to love. I had always pictured a first encounter where I knew right away she was my destined one. After several chance run-ins, we would exchange numbers. Then we would hang out together on the weekends. Only once we've grown close enough would it be time for a real date. I wouldn't have accepted any love that didn't develop like a storybook romance. Picking up girls at a club or going on blind dates was out of the question for me. And so was arranged da(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (141 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 29,402 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 660 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14114120202026Week of 2020-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
682Apr 2020Aug 2026Apr 2020 — avg 68 · peak 177Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 43Aug 2020 — avg 13 · peak 26Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 16Dec 2020 — avg 8 · peak 22Feb 2021 — avg 11 · peak 24Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2021 — avg 9 · peak 30Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 20Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 9 · peak 22Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Apr 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 34Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Feb 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 11Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$13.492020-04-032026-07-092020-04-03 — best price $26.992020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-11-25 — best price $23.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-06-24 — best price $20.992021-09-20 — best price $29.992021-11-24 — best price $20.992022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-06-23 — best price $14.992022-09-02 — best price $29.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-08-07 — best price $14.992023-10-16 — best price $29.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $29.992024-05-06 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-30 — best price $14.992024-11-18 — best price $29.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-31 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-06-06 — best price $29.992025-08-25 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-02-27 — best price $29.992026-05-11 — best price $14.392026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "A Coy Sister"
32.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)97297%15

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

Player tags

NSFWAnimeCasualRomanceDating SimSimulationStory RichVisual Novel

Census log

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

Players also track

If My Heart Had WingsEverlasting SummerThe Eden of GrisaiaDream Daddy: A Dad Dating SimulatorThe Song of SayaSankaku Renai: Love Triangle TroubleThe Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the HeartYukikoi Melt

Similarity via IGDB.

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