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Narcissu 1st & 2nd cover art

Narcissu 1st & 2nd

stage-nana · Sekai Project · 2015-04-24

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 24, 2015 (Linux), Apr 24, 2015 (Mac), Apr 24, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

14
playing now
96%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Narcissu is a free visual novel video game developed by the dōjin group Stage-nana, telling the story of a terminally ill young man and woman. It was made with the NScripter engine.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 342 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
595920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3682026-08-06 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 26 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
20.9%
earned "Finished Narcissu 1st (voiced)"
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Achievements1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,55986%5

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

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeDramaIndieCasualAdventureEmotionalStory RichCrowdfunded

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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