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Doki Doki Literature Club! cover art

Doki Doki Literature Club!

Team Salvato · 2017-10-06

Steam

CasualFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 22, 2017 (Mac), Dec 10, 2025 (iOS), Sep 22, 2017 (Linux), Sep 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 03, 2025 (Android)

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

922
playing now
96%
positive of 227k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
811
twitch viewers (latest)
95/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (534 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 71% recommend
8.4h
to beat · rushed 9.3h · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

922 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Doki Doki Literature Club! (DDLC) is a 2017 visual novel video game developed by Team Salvato for personal computers and mobile phones. The story follows a student who reluctantly joins his high school's literature club at the insistence of his friend Sayori, and is given the option to pursue her or the other club members, Yuri and Natsuki, romantically. Club president Monika also features heavily in the game's plot. The game features a non-traditional plot structure with multiple endings and unlockable cutscenes with each of the main characters. Although it initially appears to be a light-hearted dating simulator, it is a metafictional psychological horror game that extensively breaks the fourth wall.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 922 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14,346 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,793/week).
  • · Review velocity up 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 9,503 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19k19k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18,508 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 628 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7,115 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4,495 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2,860 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2,216 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,279 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2,603 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,776 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,480 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,114 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,183 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,385 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,510 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,078 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,488 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,838 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,844 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,826 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,031 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,343 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,145 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,056 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,890 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,667 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,931 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,494 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,730 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,969 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,311 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,461 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,865 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,506 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,204 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,125 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,953 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3,323 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,457 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,593 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,437 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,363 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,889 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,881 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,044 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,702 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,516 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,336 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,309 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,553 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,561 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,403 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,361 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,135 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,274 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,298 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,411 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,175 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,185 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,077 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,309 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,825 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,698 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,161 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,204 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,313 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,481 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,625 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,265 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,338 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,550 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,679 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,388 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,587 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,116 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,307 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,353 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,056 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,103 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,345 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,021 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,013 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,105 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,557 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,812 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,479 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,533 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,808 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,821 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,342 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,311 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 99 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k5462026-08-06 21:00 — 983 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 751 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 783 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 933 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 772 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 692 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 972 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 742 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 722 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 926 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 662 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 769 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 882 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 596 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 721 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 787 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 607 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 657 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 925 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 766 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 744 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 952 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 857 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 685 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,002 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 768 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 596 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 845 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 922 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

81102026-08-29 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 589 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 471 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 448 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 453 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 802 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 789 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 811 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CuteDarkGoreAnimeIndieHorrorRomanceViolentDating SimStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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