The Game Census
The Language of Love cover art

The Language of Love

ebi-hime · 2019-05-28

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 28, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 30, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 28, 2019 (Linux), May 28, 2019 (Mac), May 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mitsuki, an aimless young man studying to take his university entrance exams, falls for a young single mother who lives in his apartment complex. A relationship develops between these mismatched social outcasts, and then...

95%
positive of 172 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (378 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 21,641 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 172 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days · $7.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420192026Week of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$4.792019-05-292026-09-062019-05-29 — best price $10.792019-12-03 — best price $11.992020-01-23 — best price $9.592020-03-06 — best price $11.992020-06-25 — best price $9.592020-11-02 — best price $11.992020-12-22 — best price $8.392021-02-15 — best price $11.992021-10-28 — best price $9.592021-12-01 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $8.392022-05-09 — best price $11.992022-11-22 — best price $8.392023-01-05 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $8.392023-08-14 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $7.192024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-05-13 — best price $7.192024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-11-07 — best price $11.992024-12-20 — best price $4.792025-02-24 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-02-19 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-09-06 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
73.2%
earned "Introductions"
53.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Player tags

CuteNSFWAnimeIndieCasualHentaiMatureNudityRomanceRelaxing

Census log

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

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