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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! cover art

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

Team Salvato · Serenity Forge · 2021-06-30

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CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 30, 2021 (Mac), Jun 30, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jun 30, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 30, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 07, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.

178
playing now
97%
positive of 32k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (123 ratings)
6.5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

178 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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, 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 178 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~388/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 643k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 32,157 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.04 at Steam (2022-06-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 29 observed days · $4.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.7k6.7k20212026Week of 2021-06-01: 772 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6,725 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,174 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,812 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2251022026-08-06 22:00 — 170 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 150 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 162 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 163 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 140 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 199 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 204 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 198 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 203 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 189 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 145 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 181 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 165 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 150 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 164 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 167 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 121 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 174 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 199 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 143 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 154 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 150 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 136 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 107 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 136 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 144 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 115 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 155 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 161 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 178 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002021-06-262026-08-272021-06-26 — best price $13.492021-09-09 — best price $13.492021-10-28 — best price $12.742021-12-16 — best price $13.492022-05-02 — best price $11.992022-06-17 — best price $14.992022-08-23 — best price $11.992022-10-18 — best price $11.992022-12-08 — best price $11.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $11.992023-05-04 — best price $11.992023-06-15 — best price $14.992023-07-24 — best price $10.042023-09-09 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $10.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-08 — best price $0.002024-03-22 — best price $11.242024-05-09 — best price $11.242024-06-27 — best price $10.042024-08-19 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $10.492024-12-10 — best price $11.242025-01-10 — best price $14.992025-02-24 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-15 — best price $11.242025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-12 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-09 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $10.492026-02-01 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-08-16 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.2k1.1k2026-05-29 — 1,383 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1,206 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,401 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,275 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,357 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,277 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,344 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,193 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,401 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,187 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,336 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,425 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,365 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,404 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1,508 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,380 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,340 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,177 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1,282 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,318 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,399 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1,354 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1,383 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,369 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,315 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,332 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1,285 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,535 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,655 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,616 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,537 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4702026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
61.3%
earned "Start a New Game"
25.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)8,36635%19
PS5 (PlayStation)8,15436%19
Steam (Steam)7,57426%19
PS4 (PlayStation)5,93135%19
Xbox One (Xbox)4,55221%18
PS4 (PlayStation)4,26741%19
PS5 (PlayStation)1,38861%19
PS4 (PlayStation)57771%19
PS4 (PlayStation)49273%19
Switch (Nintendo)4840%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCuteGoreAnimeRomanceViolentDating SimStory RichText-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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