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Sucker for Love: Date to Die For

Akabaka · DreadXP · 2024-04-23

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Apr 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!

Sucker for Love: Date to Die For is an Indie, RPG, Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 1353 reviews).

3
playing now
95%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

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

Sucker for Love: Date to Die For is a parodic horror dating sim visual novel developed by Joseph "Akabaka" Hunter and published by DreadXP. The sequel to Sucker for Love: First Date, it was released April 23, 2024, for Microsoft Windows. A loose adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth, its main character, Stardust, enters an isolated town while investigating a series of mysterious disappearances. She soon discovers that a goat-like fertility goddess known as Rhok'zan has been trapped by cultists, who are misusing her for dark rituals, and must help free her from them while keeping her unharmed. The game's aesthetic takes heavy inspiration from 1990s anime. It received positive reviews from critics, who cited its gameplay, graphics and writing, considering it a more polished and newcomer-friendly entry than its predecessor and praising its inclusiveness.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (402 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,353 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38138120242026Week of 2024-04-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1232Apr 2024Aug 2026Apr 2024 — avg 123 · peak 253May 2024 — avg 27 · peak 110Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 36Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 30Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 19Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 30May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 24Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$6.492024-04-232026-07-092024-04-23 — best price $11.692024-04-30 — best price $12.992024-06-27 — best price $10.392024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-07-22 — best price $10.392024-07-29 — best price $12.992024-09-18 — best price $10.392024-09-24 — best price $12.992024-10-28 — best price $10.392024-11-04 — best price $12.992024-11-27 — best price $10.392024-12-04 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $10.392025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-02-17 — best price $12.992025-03-03 — best price $9.092025-03-10 — best price $12.992025-03-13 — best price $9.092025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-04-23 — best price $7.792025-05-07 — best price $12.992025-06-27 — best price $7.792025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-09-16 — best price $7.792025-09-24 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $6.492025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-10-27 — best price $6.492025-11-03 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-02-13 — best price $6.492026-02-20 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $6.492026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-04-09 — best price $6.492026-04-16 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

115182026-05-31 — 27 pageviews2026-06-04 — 39 pageviews2026-06-08 — 45 pageviews2026-06-12 — 32 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-02 — 25 pageviews2026-07-06 — 32 pageviews2026-07-10 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 36 pageviews2026-07-18 — 34 pageviews2026-07-22 — 30 pageviews2026-07-26 — 26 pageviews2026-07-30 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-07 — 30 pageviews2026-08-11 — 90 pageviews2026-08-15 — 58 pageviews2026-08-19 — 48 pageviews2026-08-23 — 43 pageviews2026-08-27 — 46 pageviews2026-08-31 — 58 pageviews2026-09-04 — 82 pageviews2026-09-08 — 33 pageviews2026-09-12 — 39 pageviews2026-09-16 — 48 pageviews2026-09-20 — 25 pageviews2026-09-24 — 28 pageviews2026-09-28 — 29 pageviews2026-10-02 — 32 pageviews2026-10-06 — 28 pageviews2026-10-09 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
79.5%
earned "Welcome to Sacramen-Cho"
53.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)44531%11

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteAnime1990'sComedyHorrorDating SimHand-drawnSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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