Bernie Needs Love overview

Overview

Bernie Needs Love comes from Protomni Multimedia and is published by Protomni Multimedia. It arrived on Steam on Aug 21, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Bernie Needs Love's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 05:09:41 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 42% positive across 26 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Bernie Needs Love is available in 1 languages including:

2 regional rating boards including esrb and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Bernie Needs Love has sold up to 1,452 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $3,345. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Bernie Needs Love overview details

Bernie Needs Love combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Bernie Needs Love is, in essence, a simple and lighthearted platformer in which the player must guide Bernie, a nice but anguished old man chased by death, towards his girlfriend — while avoiding the many hazards of a poorly maintained yet beautiful city and collecting blue 'love-enhancing' pills to make it an extra-special night! A humorous portrait of social and existential issues in a media where death and sexuality are usually quite one-dimensional, Bernie Needs Love also stands out from the crowd with its charming lo-fi graphics, lovingly composed chiptune music, and hardcore difficulty level — which are sure to satisfy players who grew up in the 8-bit era. Aesthetically, Bernie Needs Love is indeed a loveletter to the games of the 80s and early 90s, but also an experiment on getting the most out of a self-imposed set of limitations: the palette is a mix of CPC, C64, and NES colors with a few odd ones to highlight certain elements, while the original chiptune soundtrack is entirely created with synthesizers that faithfully emulate the hardware of iconic 8-bit and 16-bit machines. Regardless of its nostalgic appeal, Bernie Needs Love is an up-to-date game from the depicted subjects (i.e. the anguish of life in the constant shadow of imminent death, one's need for love and sex, the pharmaceutical industry, etc.) to the modern conveniences it provides, such as automatic support for the Xbox 360 controller, quick and easy switching between the windowed and fullscreen modes, audio options (toggle-enabled and independent controls for Music and SFX), and saving the player pr…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Bernie Needs Love is listed as a game with $2.99. It supports Windows and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Early Access. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 05:09:41 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 42% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionAdventureIndieEarly AccessCasualPlatformer

Support and legal notes

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