Critical Load
| App ID | 4804750 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Creamhouse |
| Publisher | Creamhouse |
| Franchise | Short Term Girlfriends |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS Linux Android |
| Technologies | PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 37977358 |
| Last Record Update | 12 August 2026 – 19:56:46 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 9 July 2026 – 18:10:48 UTC ( |
Critical Load is an adult romance visual novel set at a desert AI data center during a record heat dome. As the director who decides who keeps power, romance three women: a cooling engineer, a county hydrologist, and the grid operator who can cut you dark. Contains explicit adult content.
Additional Information
| Developer | Creamhouse | |||||||||||||
| controller_support | full | |||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Creamhouse | |||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 9 July 2026 – 18:10:50 UTC ( |
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| osarch | 64 | |||||||||||||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Simulation (28) | |||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Adventure (25), Simulation (28) | |||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 9 July 2026 – 18:10:48 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 2 June 2026 – 03:08:38 UTC ( |
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| osextended | macos64 | |||||||||||||
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| Detected Technologies | PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine | |||||||||||||
| restricted_countries | CN,DE,SA China,  Germany,  Saudi Arabia |
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| Content Descriptors | Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Adult Only Sexual Content (3), Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content (4), General Mature Content (5) | |||||||||||||
| controllertagwizard | Yes | |||||||||||||
| AI Content Type | 1 | |||||||||||||
| First seen on SteamDB | 1 June 2026 – 12:13:52 UTC ( |
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| Content Descriptors (Including DLC) | Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Adult Only Sexual Content (3), Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content (4), General Mature Content (5) |
Supported Languages
| 7 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Korean | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Russian | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Spanish - Latin America | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Assets
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| trailer_name | Game Trailer |
| trailer_category | 3 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 4804750/517615177/6c97149e687a39895614cc4c74a9cb886130152e/1780368587/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 4804750/517615177/6c97149e687a39895614cc4c74a9cb886130152e/1780368587/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 4804750/517615177/6c97149e687a39895614cc4c74a9cb886130152e/1780368587/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 4804750/517615177/6c97149e687a39895614cc4c74a9cb886130152e/1780368587/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 4804750/517615177/6c97149e687a39895614cc4c74a9cb886130152e/1780368587/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 257348101/7d06adde84613eedc847f144e898ba9387ef913e/movie_600x337.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 257348101/7d06adde84613eedc847f144e898ba9387ef913e/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | false |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 6 June 2026 – 18:10:59 UTC |
Depots
| ID | Configuration | Size | DL. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4804751 | 951.16 MiB | 774.02 MiB | |
| 4804752 | Android | 807.97 MiB | 752.39 MiB |
Total size on disk is 1.72 GiB and total download size is 1.49 GiB.
Total size on disk is 951.16 MiB and total download size is 774.02 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.
Branches
| Name | Description | Build ID | Time Built | Time Updated |
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| public | 24130160 |
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| Name | Value |
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| baselanguages | English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Simplified Chinese |