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初恋日记 - School Years cover art

初恋日记 - School Years

YEARS · 摸鱼游戏 · 2019-10-04

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 05, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A visual novel adapted from a real story.To tell the most authentic Chinese story in the most simple words

初恋日记 - School Years is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1498 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 37k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,494 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-01-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520192026Week of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.492019-10-052026-08-242019-10-05 — best price $1.992019-12-03 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-01-27 — best price $1.992020-02-24 — best price $1.992020-03-06 — best price $1.992020-04-27 — best price $1.992020-07-10 — best price $2.632020-08-31 — best price $8.392020-10-29 — best price $4.792020-11-04 — best price $4.792020-11-25 — best price $4.792020-12-22 — best price $4.792021-02-11 — best price $3.592021-06-24 — best price $3.592021-10-28 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $7.192021-12-23 — best price $5.992022-05-16 — best price $3.592022-06-23 — best price $2.392022-11-22 — best price $3.592022-12-22 — best price $1.192023-01-20 — best price $3.592023-03-16 — best price $8.392023-06-29 — best price $8.392023-08-07 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $4.792023-12-21 — best price $2.392024-03-14 — best price $3.592024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $1.192024-12-10 — best price $1.192024-12-19 — best price $1.192025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-06-26 — best price $1.192025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-06-25 — best price $1.192026-08-17 — best price $1.192026-08-24 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
49.1%
earned "Good person"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2020-01-08, latest 2022-05-16 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGAnimeDramaIndieHorrorNudityPuzzleRomanceDetectiveSimulation

Census log

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

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