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DRAMAtical Murder

Nitro+CHiRAL · JAST · 2021-04-06

Steam

Adventure

Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.

81
playing now
97%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

81 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 81 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 12% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 99k–223k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,954 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 16 of 33 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

104342026-08-11 22:00 — 64 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 104 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 68 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 93 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 60 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 82 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 52 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 51 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 51 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 53 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 52 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 43 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 40 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 56 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 69 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 82 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 54 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 69 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 87 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 56 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 81 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 67 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 73 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 52 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 91 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 81 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

6221162026-05-30 — 165 pageviews2026-06-02 — 169 pageviews2026-06-05 — 156 pageviews2026-06-08 — 137 pageviews2026-06-11 — 195 pageviews2026-06-14 — 145 pageviews2026-06-17 — 154 pageviews2026-06-20 — 145 pageviews2026-06-23 — 145 pageviews2026-06-26 — 176 pageviews2026-06-29 — 167 pageviews2026-07-02 — 163 pageviews2026-07-05 — 153 pageviews2026-07-08 — 170 pageviews2026-07-11 — 166 pageviews2026-07-14 — 166 pageviews2026-07-17 — 140 pageviews2026-07-20 — 161 pageviews2026-07-23 — 152 pageviews2026-07-26 — 155 pageviews2026-07-29 — 135 pageviews2026-08-01 — 147 pageviews2026-08-04 — 237 pageviews2026-08-07 — 176 pageviews2026-08-10 — 155 pageviews2026-08-13 — 158 pageviews2026-08-16 — 167 pageviews2026-08-19 — 133 pageviews2026-08-22 — 504 pageviews2026-08-25 — 468 pageviews2026-08-27 — 259 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.

Player tags

2DDarkGoreAnimeDramaLGBTQ+MatureNudityRomanceCyberpunk

Census log

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