Air vs Love Is All Around
Air is an action-adventure platformer game from Key (2000) while Love Is All Around is an RPG simulation game from intiny (2023).
What each one is
Steam files Air under Action-Adventure and Platformer. In contrast, it files Love Is All Around under RPG and Simulation.
Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits— AIR, the second game released by visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring the side story novel, "First Sky Chapter" and full voice support!
The player becomes Gu Yi, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting six beauties, and embarks on a joyful and sweet love journey with them. Six girls that are charming, innocent, intelligent, wild, sexy, glamorous, who will go to the end with you is up to you to decide.
At a glance
| Air | Love Is All Around | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.2/10 | 8.1/10 |
| Steam rating | Overwhelmingly Positive (98%, 848) | Very Positive (93%, 45,888) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | $29.99 | $9.99 |
| Install size | 3 GB | 16 GB |
| Steam Deck | verified | playable |
| Released | 2000 | 2023 |
| Developer | Key | intiny |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Air vs Love Is All Around, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
AirAction-adventure platformer gameLove Is All AroundRPG simulation gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
AirAdventure, Casual, SimulationLove Is All AroundDating Sim, Sexual Content, FMVThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
AirScore 7.2 · 98% on SteamLove Is All Around ✓Score 8.1 · 93% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Air848 reviews · 3 GBLove Is All Around45,888 reviews · 2 add-ons · 16 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Air$29.99Love Is All Around ✓$9.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Air ✓VerifiedLove Is All AroundPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Love Is All Around takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueAir and Love Is All Around on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
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Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Love Is All Around (GamingPickz Score 8.1)
- The cheaper right now: Love Is All Around ($9.99)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Air (verified)
- Lighter on storage: Air (3 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Love Is All Around (45,888 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
SimulationVisual NovelDating SimChoose Your Own AdventureDramaRomanceEmotionalMultiple Endings
Where they differ
AdventureCasual2D Platformer2DCuteAnime
Sexual ContentFMVFirst-PersonInteractive FictionStory RichImmersive Sim
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Air is relaxed, easy to pick up. Love Is All Around is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| Air | Love Is All Around | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | 512MB Video | Discrete graphics card |
| Minimum CPU | intel® Core™ i3 | Intel Core i3 |
| Minimum RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Install size | 3 GB | 16 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Air · Love Is All Around.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Air and 1 for Love Is All Around. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Air and Love Is All Around in scope?
Air has drawn 848 Steam reviews and installs in 3 GB. Love Is All Around has drawn 45,888 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 16 GB.
Is Air or Love Is All Around better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Love Is All Around rates higher (8.1 to 7.2). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Air or Love Is All Around?
Love Is All Around is cheaper right now at $9.99, against $29.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.