Dr. Frank's Build a Boyfriend
| App ID | 742170 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Heiden |
| Publisher | Visual Wordplay |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS Linux |
| Technologies | PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 31911576 |
| Last Record Update | 26 October 2025 – 18:21:35 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 31 May 2018 – 00:45:10 UTC ( |
Dr. Frank's Build-A-Boyfriend is a comedy BL visual-novel mixed with point-and-click adventure elements.
Additional Information
This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game
| Developer | Heiden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | Dr. Frank's Build a Boyfriend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Visual Wordplay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IsFreeApp | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) | 3 (Free Game) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 31 May 2018 – 00:45:10 UTC ( |
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| osarch | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Nudity (72) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Nudity (72), Free to Play (37), Indie (23), Simulation (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 31 May 2018 – 00:45:10 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 9 January 2018 – 02:07:20 UTC ( |
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| Is free on the store? | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_score | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine, Python SDK, SDL SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| restricted_countries | DE Germany |
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| First seen on SteamDB | 24 October 2017 – 01:02:26 UTC ( |
Supported Languages
| 1 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| store_screenshot | ss_ee00c06375983a4590d1ef318bec2e23adc23c82.jpg | ||||||||||||||
| Assets |
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| trailer_name | Trailer |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256701747/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256701747/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256701747/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256701747/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 742170/134618/2d488e1129520f9899965e62718b9e37a8d2fbe6/1751138638/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 742170/134618/2d488e1129520f9899965e62718b9e37a8d2fbe6/1751138638/microtrailer.mp4 |
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| dash_av1 | 742170/134618/2d488e1129520f9899965e62718b9e37a8d2fbe6/1751138638/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 742170/134618/2d488e1129520f9899965e62718b9e37a8d2fbe6/1751138638/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 742170/134618/2d488e1129520f9899965e62718b9e37a8d2fbe6/1751138638/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256701747/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256701747/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 8 February 2018 – 03:04:26 UTC |
Steam charts
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- 0 players right now
- 1 24-hour peak
- 41 all-time peak
31 May 2018
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- 0 viewers right now
- 0 24-hour peak
- 123 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~20.7 k by Gamalytic
- ~35.3 k by VG Insights
- ~299.7 k by PlayTracker
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How many players are playing Dr. Frank's Build a Boyfriend right now on Steam?
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Dr. Frank's Build a Boyfriend had an all-time peak of 41 concurrent players on 31 May 2018.
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