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Princess Maker Refine cover art

Princess Maker Refine

CFK Co., Ltd. · Bliss Brain · 2017-02-17

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Mar 03, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 28, 2004 (PlayStation 2)

"Princess Maker" pioneered the raising simulation genre with its innovative "raising a daughter" system. The concept of taking in a 10-year-old girl and nurturing her into a mature woman through the player's love and care was groundbreaking at the time and remains popular today.

Princess Maker Refine is a Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (62% of 435 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 435 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 435 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2021-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek 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 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
281Feb 2017Aug 2026Feb 2017 — avg 28 · peak 70May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.992017-02-182026-07-092017-02-18 — best price $8.992017-06-22 — best price $7.992017-10-26 — best price $6.492017-12-21 — best price $6.492018-04-28 — best price $6.492018-07-19 — best price $5.492018-10-30 — best price $5.492018-12-20 — best price $5.492019-03-22 — best price $5.492019-06-26 — best price $5.492019-09-27 — best price $5.492019-11-26 — best price $5.492020-01-23 — best price $5.492020-03-03 — best price $5.492020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-09-24 — best price $4.992020-11-07 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-10-07 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-04-28 — best price $4.992025-08-04 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
79.7%
earned "The Hope"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7585%39

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteAnimeNudityClassicManagementSimulationSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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