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Little Busters! English Edition cover art

Little Busters! English Edition

VisualArts/Key · VisualArts · 2017-11-01

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Franchise: Little Busters · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Nov 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Capturing the hearts of countless fans since 2007, Little Busters! is an emotional visual novel from Key, the minds behind Angel Beats! and CLANNAD. This special English release supports touch controls and dynamic switching between English and Japanese text, and is in HD for the first time on PC.

98%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)
Little Busters! is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key. It was released on July 27, 2007, for Windows PCs and is rated for all ages. Little Busters! is Key's sixth game, following titles such as Kanon, Air, and Clannad. An adult version of the game titled Little Busters! Ecstasy was released on July 25, 2008, for Windows, unlike Kanon and Air, which were first released with adult content and then had later versions with such content removed. Ecstasy was later ported to the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Switch with the adult content removed under the title Little Busters! Converted Edition. An English version for Windows was released on Steam in 2017. The story follows a group of childhood friends now attending high school called the Little Busters, as they decide to form a baseball team. Riki, who is diagnosed with narcolepsy, is tasked with recruiting more girls in preparation for a baseball game, and he bonds with each of them on account of their internal conflicts. Meanwhile, Rin gets mysterious letters from her cat Lennon to complete various tasks to learn the "secret to this world".

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 143 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 16,321 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,235 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.24 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020182026Week of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$12.242017-11-022026-09-072017-11-02 — best price $27.992018-01-04 — best price $34.992018-06-21 — best price $24.492018-11-01 — best price $34.992018-12-20 — best price $24.492019-02-12 — best price $34.992019-06-26 — best price $20.992019-11-01 — best price $34.992019-12-19 — best price $20.992021-01-05 — best price $34.992021-04-20 — best price $24.492021-05-06 — best price $34.992021-10-28 — best price $24.492021-12-01 — best price $34.992022-01-27 — best price $26.242022-03-31 — best price $34.992022-10-24 — best price $27.992022-11-29 — best price $34.992023-03-16 — best price $24.492023-05-15 — best price $34.992023-08-07 — best price $20.992023-10-02 — best price $34.992023-12-21 — best price $20.992024-03-21 — best price $34.992024-06-27 — best price $20.992024-12-04 — best price $34.992025-03-03 — best price $20.992025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-06-25 — best price $12.242026-07-27 — best price $34.992026-09-07 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

631962026-06-16 — 122 pageviews2026-06-19 — 111 pageviews2026-06-22 — 124 pageviews2026-06-25 — 134 pageviews2026-06-28 — 137 pageviews2026-07-01 — 133 pageviews2026-07-04 — 129 pageviews2026-07-07 — 182 pageviews2026-07-10 — 117 pageviews2026-07-13 — 151 pageviews2026-07-16 — 134 pageviews2026-07-19 — 109 pageviews2026-07-22 — 176 pageviews2026-07-25 — 114 pageviews2026-07-28 — 127 pageviews2026-07-31 — 123 pageviews2026-08-03 — 136 pageviews2026-08-06 — 107 pageviews2026-08-09 — 172 pageviews2026-08-12 — 119 pageviews2026-08-15 — 125 pageviews2026-08-18 — 125 pageviews2026-08-21 — 127 pageviews2026-08-24 — 132 pageviews2026-08-27 — 115 pageviews2026-08-30 — 116 pageviews2026-09-02 — 128 pageviews2026-09-05 — 164 pageviews2026-09-08 — 119 pageviews2026-09-11 — 120 pageviews2026-09-13 — 129 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
67.1%
earned "The Team Name Will Be... Little Busters"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2017-11-08, latest 2018-10-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)84117%27

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeDramaCasualComedySportsRomanceAdventureDating SimSimulation

Census log

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

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