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DRAMAtical Murder

Nitro+CHiRAL · JAST · 2021-04-06

Steam

Adventure

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DRAMAtical Murder is a 2021 Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 4991 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

106
playing now
97%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

106 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Dramatical Murder is a Japanese BL visual novel developed and published by Nitro+chiral. It was originally released on March 23, 2012, for Windows PCs as a first press edition, with a regular edition released on April 27, 2012. A fan disc follow-up titled Dramatical Murder re:connect, also for Windows PCs, was released on April 26, 2013, adding additional scenes, images and songs to the existing routes, as well as four new character routes to play through. On October 30, 2014, a version of the visual novel aimed at ages 15 and above titled Dramatical Murder re:code was released for the PlayStation Vita which removed the sex scenes, toned down the violence, and included an additional route for the character Mizuki.

Trailer

DRAMAtical Murder trailer thumbnail

DRAMAtical Murder Official Trailer

≈123,650 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 106 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 781 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~98/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,761 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 100k–225k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,991 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30830820212026Week of 2021-04-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

209252026-09-15 02:00 — 33 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 27 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 43 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 47 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 39 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 46 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 29 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 70 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 36 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 47 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 73 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 60 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 101 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 186 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 134 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 152 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 145 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 138 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 103 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 149 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 98 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 62 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 106 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11819Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 118 · peak 263Jun 2021 — avg 32 · peak 63Aug 2021 — avg 29 · peak 48Oct 2021 — avg 20 · peak 40Dec 2021 — avg 29 · peak 78Feb 2022 — avg 34 · peak 67Apr 2022 — avg 22 · peak 37Jun 2022 — avg 26 · peak 60Aug 2022 — avg 46 · peak 329Oct 2022 — avg 28 · peak 77Dec 2022 — avg 46 · peak 116Feb 2023 — avg 30 · peak 54Apr 2023 — avg 35 · peak 114Jun 2023 — avg 26 · peak 65Aug 2023 — avg 40 · peak 113Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 41Dec 2023 — avg 36 · peak 89Feb 2024 — avg 38 · peak 107Apr 2024 — avg 28 · peak 69Jun 2024 — avg 34 · peak 107Aug 2024 — avg 35 · peak 62Oct 2024 — avg 52 · peak 188Dec 2024 — avg 53 · peak 115Feb 2025 — avg 48 · peak 107Apr 2025 — avg 38 · peak 79Jun 2025 — avg 42 · peak 116Aug 2025 — avg 37 · peak 62Oct 2025 — avg 46 · peak 127Dec 2025 — avg 46 · peak 133Feb 2026 — avg 58 · peak 145Apr 2026 — avg 56 · peak 161Jun 2026 — avg 51 · peak 164Aug 2026 — avg 67 · peak 140
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$11.992021-04-072026-08-232021-04-07 — best price $17.992021-10-28 — best price $15.992021-12-22 — best price $13.992022-06-24 — best price $12.992022-11-22 — best price $12.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-02-13 — best price $12.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-04-20 — best price $11.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-08-07 — best price $11.992023-10-09 — best price $11.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-04-18 — best price $11.992024-05-08 — best price $19.992024-05-31 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $11.992024-11-05 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $11.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-01-24 — best price $11.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $11.992025-11-17 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-26 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-23 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5041162026-05-30 — 165 pageviews2026-06-03 — 146 pageviews2026-06-07 — 173 pageviews2026-06-11 — 195 pageviews2026-06-15 — 149 pageviews2026-06-19 — 138 pageviews2026-06-23 — 145 pageviews2026-06-27 — 182 pageviews2026-07-01 — 186 pageviews2026-07-05 — 153 pageviews2026-07-09 — 170 pageviews2026-07-13 — 194 pageviews2026-07-17 — 140 pageviews2026-07-21 — 142 pageviews2026-07-25 — 154 pageviews2026-07-29 — 135 pageviews2026-08-02 — 183 pageviews2026-08-06 — 181 pageviews2026-08-10 — 155 pageviews2026-08-14 — 121 pageviews2026-08-18 — 159 pageviews2026-08-22 — 504 pageviews2026-08-26 — 282 pageviews2026-08-30 — 242 pageviews2026-09-03 — 201 pageviews2026-09-07 — 219 pageviews2026-09-11 — 163 pageviews2026-09-15 — 175 pageviews2026-09-19 — 212 pageviews2026-09-23 — 183 pageviews2026-09-27 — 227 pageviews2026-10-01 — 362 pageviews2026-10-05 — 260 pageviews2026-10-09 — 221 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
94.7%
earned "Just a regular guy"
28%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)73330%18

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

2DDarkGoreAnimeDramaLGBTQ+MatureNudityRomanceCyberpunk

Census log

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