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Sucker for Love: First Date

Akabaka · DreadXP · 2022-01-20

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jan 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 19, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!

Sucker for Love: First Date is a $9.99 Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2022, with Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 3020 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

1
playing now
98%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Sucker for Love: First Date is a parodic dating sim and horror-themed visual novel developed by indie developer Joseph "Akabaka" Hunter, and published by DreadXP. It was released on January 20, 2022, for Windows and December 19, 2022, for Nintendo Switch. The game revolves around a young man who obtains a pink version of the Necronomicon, and begins performing rituals to summon moe anthropomorphic beings from the Cthulhu Mythos, such as Ln'eta, a female version of Cthulhu, sacrificing his body parts and ultimately threatening the world with annihilation. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its writing, voice acting and artwork, but criticized its short length, glitches, and low emphasis on romance for a dating sim. A sequel further exploring the Cthulhu Mythos, Sucker for Love: Date to Die For, was announced later in 2022.

Trailer

Sucker for Love: First Date trailer thumbnail

Sucker for Love: First Date Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 161 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (501 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 60k–136k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,020 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 61 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49849820222026Week of 2022-01-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
763Jan 2022Aug 2026Jan 2022 — avg 76 · peak 226Mar 2022 — avg 28 · peak 69May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 34Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 33Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 31Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 25Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 23May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 34Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 23Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 35Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$3.992022-01-202026-10-142022-01-20 — best price $8.992022-06-24 — best price $6.692022-10-27 — best price $8.492022-12-23 — best price $7.492023-04-02 — best price $9.992023-06-13 — best price $9.992023-08-01 — best price $9.992023-10-09 — best price $9.992023-10-27 — best price $9.992023-11-22 — best price $9.992024-01-18 — best price $6.692024-02-14 — best price $6.692024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $9.992024-08-15 — best price $6.692024-10-28 — best price $6.492024-12-19 — best price $6.492025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-06-20 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-09-02 — best price $9.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-14 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-09-26 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-04 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-12 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

179302026-05-31 — 44 pageviews2026-06-04 — 58 pageviews2026-06-08 — 60 pageviews2026-06-12 — 66 pageviews2026-06-16 — 48 pageviews2026-06-20 — 58 pageviews2026-06-24 — 51 pageviews2026-06-28 — 52 pageviews2026-07-02 — 38 pageviews2026-07-06 — 62 pageviews2026-07-10 — 40 pageviews2026-07-14 — 58 pageviews2026-07-18 — 32 pageviews2026-07-22 — 46 pageviews2026-07-26 — 44 pageviews2026-07-30 — 33 pageviews2026-08-03 — 44 pageviews2026-08-07 — 36 pageviews2026-08-11 — 137 pageviews2026-08-15 — 72 pageviews2026-08-19 — 47 pageviews2026-08-23 — 68 pageviews2026-08-27 — 62 pageviews2026-08-31 — 87 pageviews2026-09-04 — 112 pageviews2026-09-08 — 49 pageviews2026-09-12 — 56 pageviews2026-09-16 — 93 pageviews2026-09-20 — 33 pageviews2026-09-24 — 48 pageviews2026-09-28 — 34 pageviews2026-10-02 — 42 pageviews2026-10-06 — 30 pageviews2026-10-09 — 58 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCuteAnimeComedyHorrorRomanceDating SimStory RichLovecraftian

Census log

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

Recent updates

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