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Renai Karichaimashita: Koikari - Love For Hire

ASa Project · NekoNyan Ltd. · 2021-10-22

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 21, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Due to family circumstances, Yuki has only one belief: money will make his little sister happy. And thus, he works part-time jobs late into the night. His plan is to start working full-time after graduation, but his little sister tells him that if he won't go to university, then she won't either.

2
playing now
96%
positive of 365 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

"Please go out with me!" "I want you to be my 'paramour.'" "Okay, here's your friend fee." "Why'd it turn out like this?" Shinkai Yuki is a siscon. Due to family circumstances, Yuki has only one belief: money will make his little sister happy. And thus, he works part-time jobs late into the night. His original plan was to start working full-time immediately after graduation, but one day, his little sister tells him that if he won't go to university, then she won't either. But Yuki can't let her suffer like that. Suddenly tasked with earning money for university tuition, Yuki signs up to be (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.3k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 365 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$14.992021-10-222026-07-092021-10-22 — best price $26.992021-12-22 — best price $25.492022-01-27 — best price $25.492022-06-23 — best price $20.992022-11-22 — best price $17.992022-12-22 — best price $17.992023-03-16 — best price $17.992023-05-01 — best price $17.992023-06-30 — best price $17.992023-08-07 — best price $17.992023-10-09 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $17.992023-12-21 — best price $17.992024-02-05 — best price $17.992024-03-14 — best price $17.992024-05-06 — best price $17.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-08-19 — best price $17.992024-09-30 — best price $17.992024-11-11 — best price $17.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992024-12-19 — best price $17.992025-01-24 — best price $17.992025-03-03 — best price $17.992025-03-13 — best price $17.992025-05-30 — best price $17.092025-06-27 — best price $17.092025-08-25 — best price $17.092025-09-29 — best price $17.092025-11-10 — best price $17.092025-12-18 — best price $17.092026-02-13 — best price $16.492026-03-19 — best price $16.492026-05-11 — best price $16.492026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeCasualComedyHentaiNudityRomanceStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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