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Crush Crush

Crush Crush

Sad Panda Studios · released Oct 17, 2016

CasualIndieFree To PlayPCNintendo Switch

Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim! Meet, flirt, and fall in love with a motley cast of girls in this heartfelt and hilarious game.

83
VGC Score
Improvinghigh confidence
83%
At launch
89%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
44%
Player sentiment
92%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 300 sampled Steam reviews (276 positive / 24 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Story & writing7% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Grind & repetition13% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

91%

154 reviews

5-15h

93%

55 reviews

15-40h

100%

30 reviews

40-100h

92%

25 reviews

100h+

89%

36 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews89%831000
Metacritic user ratings832
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)92%8798
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 266 reviews sampled · 279 total reviews in window · weighted 128 up / 10.4 down · computed 8h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

No patch announcements found on Steam yet.