Best Friend Forever

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App ID	1034850
App Type	Game
Developer	Starcolt
Publisher	Alliance
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	29676584
Last Record Update	20 June 2025 – 22:39:09 UTC ()
Release Date	27 August 2020 – 07:01:00 UTC ()

❓ 66.48%

214 reviews

In-Game

Pat the dogs... and then their owners. Step into the world of Rainbow Bay in Best Friend Forever, a dating sim-meets-dog care sim where you pat, pamper and train your pup while you search for your own forever friend.

Additional Information

Developer

Starcolt

metacritic_name

Best Friend Forever

controller_support

partial

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Alliance

Store Release Date

27 August 2020 – 07:01:10 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

Primary Genre

Simulation (28)

Store Genres

Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

27 August 2020 – 07:01:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

6 May 2021 – 05:07:58 UTC () (1620277678)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	CenterCenter
width_pct	95.14644351464432
height_pct	81.5972222222222

osextended

macos64,macosnotarized

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine, UnityIL2CPP SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
This game doesn't support Steam Deck's native display resolution and may experience degraded performance
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: This game's launcher/setup tool may require a touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 27 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 7237318

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	1
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

14 February 2019 – 21:46:05 UTC (), in changelist #5819190

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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clienticon

b9068bd2580fabc3f20153cd47ac241967013b77

clienttga

4c62459f1d92e9772fb07cb3b413139bcc3d258b

icon

bffdf55f7ec30bd41f8207f611255801f3d658cb

logo

821c2641d11c765ca96847c00c771327ef9341ac

logo_small

821c2641d11c765ca96847c00c771327ef9341ac_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	CenterCenter
logo_position/width_pct	95.14644351464432
logo_position/height_pct	81.5972222222222

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	bffdf55f7ec30bd41f8207f611255801f3d658cb.jpg
page_background_path	app/1034850
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	7 May 2021 – 04:37:53 UTC

Trailers

256796000 ↴
trailer_name	Best Friend Forever Gameplay Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256796000/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256796000/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256796000/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256796000/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	256796000/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	256796000/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256796000/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256796000/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	303797
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1597285023

User File System

Key

Value

quota

9.54 MiB (10000000)

maxnumfiles

savefiles

0 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
path	Starcolt\Best Friend Forever
pattern	playersave_*
1 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
path	Starcolt\Best Friend Forever
pattern	settings
2 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
path	Starcolt\bff
pattern	playersave_*
3 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
path	Starcolt\bff
pattern	settings
4 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
path	Starcolt\bff
pattern	read_history
5 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
path	Starcolt\bff
pattern	cg_unlocks

rootoverrides

0 ↴
root	WinAppDataLocalLow
os	MacOS
oscompare	=
useinstead	MacAppSupport
pathtransforms/0/find	Starcolt\Best Friend Forever
pathtransforms/0/replace	com.starcolt.bff

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Platform	Path	Pattern
[All OSes]	%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Starcolt\Best Friend Forever	playersave_*
[All OSes]	%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Starcolt\Best Friend Forever	settings
[All OSes]	%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Starcolt\bff	playersave_*
[All OSes]	%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Starcolt\bff	settings
[All OSes]	%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Starcolt\bff	read_history
[All OSes]	%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Starcolt\bff	cg_unlocks
MacOS (Override)	~/Library/Application Support/com.starcolt.bff ~/Library/Application Support/com.starcolt.bff

Best Friend Forever

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