# I Love You, Colonel Sanders!

> KFC’s free dating simulator reached a Steam Charts peak of 4,263 concurrent players.

- Owner: KFC
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Food & beverage
- Seed date: 2019-09-24
- Peak date: 2019-09-25
- Spread Score: 48 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Transgression, Platform jump, Controversy, Response chain, Press loop, Maker origin

## Summary

KFC's announcement drew coverage and criticism of free advertising. The free Steam release reached Reddit, Twitch and YouTube, including a sponsored Game Grumps video. Valve ranked it first among September's free releases by peak concurrent players.

## Timeline

- 2019-09-10 — KFC Gaming (X) — KFC Gaming announced a dating simulator featuring Colonel Sanders.
- 2019-09-11 — Marketing Dive (Press) — Marketing Dive covered the game before its playable release.
- 2019-09-11 — The Daily Dot (Press) — The Daily Dot criticized games journalists for giving the announced game free advertising.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/i-love-you-colonel-sanders

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “I Love You, Colonel Sanders!.” Case HIS-00223. Spread Score v1.2: 48/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00223