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Don't Make Love

Don't Make Love

Assume the role of a praying mantis in a relationship dilemma. Torn between their mutual love and the instinct to have sex – which could lead to the male mantis’s death – the couple is on the verge of making a decision. Type anything you want in response to your partner during this life-changing con

Released Oct 26, 2017 Developer Maggese Platforms Windows IndieCasualSimulationSexual ContentVisual Novel
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

83.6%positive495 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“. ∧,,,∧ ( ̳• · • ̳) / づ I LOVE U 🦗🌿 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3708187098&fileuploadsuccess=1”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It's an incredibly well-thought-out experiment You're a praying mantis and you have to argue with your partner about whether or not to have sex (dying afterwards). All presented with metaphors for toxic love and hard moments in relationships The big twist is that, tho there are…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Interesting and honest approach to relationship balance and importance of open communication. Does a good job in representing that feeling of intimate anxiety which fill an important talk with a close one, which I think is very relatable to anyone - even if the theme may not be.…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

42achievements
15.9%median completion
6.8%rarest: You broke up with him
74.8% of players 54.1% of players 35.8% of players 34.6% of players 31.6% of players 30.3% of players 29.6% of players 28.4% of players 27.7% of players 25.4% of players 23.9% of players 23.7% of players 22.1% of players 20.9% of players 20.5% of players 19.7% of players 18.3% of players 18.1% of players 17.8% of players 17.1% of players 16.6% of players 15.9% of players 15.3% of players 14.0% of players 13.3% of players 10.2% of players 9.5% of players 9.5% of players 8.9% of players 8.7% of players 8.7% of players 8.6% of players 7.8% of players 7.5% of players 7.5% of players 7.2% of players 7.0% of players 6.9% of players 6.9% of players 6.8% of players 6.8% of players 6.8% of players 74.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.8%I like this place — You played as male.
54.1%A quiet place — You played as female.
35.8%What is love? — You talked about your mutual opinions on love. (Male playthrough)
Rarest badges of honor
6.8%You broke up with him — You asked to break up. (Female playthrough)
6.8%Is this the end — Male mantis hidden endings. (Female playthrough)
6.8%You broke up with her — You asked to break up. (Male playthrough)

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 16, 2020
In Memoriam

Dear all, It’s been three years since the release of Don’t Make Love. Three wonderful years, full of amazing people and all kinds of emotions. This game was developed by a great human being out of the

Aug 18, 2018
Small Patch Released

Hi everyone, We just pushed a small patch with the following changes: Natural language recognition was slightly improved Some minor bug fixes Now the game doesn't comment on the absence of the player

May 04, 2018
Thank You & Roadmap

First of all, thank you very much for all your positive feedback since launch! <3 It's been quite a tough time for us, with our programmer getting seriously ill, but together we managed to pull throug

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsIndie · Casual · Simulation · Sexual Content · Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Romance · Short · Text-Based · Singleplayer · Interactive Fiction (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements42
Official sitehttp://www.maggese-games.com/game/don-t-make-love#game-title
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3 2100 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Storage: 500 MB available space