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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".

Narcissu 1st & 2nd is an Indie game released in 2015, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 5452 reviews).

9
playing now
96%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (3 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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
  • · 9 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 3% of 50,467 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

3152026-09-16 06:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 24 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
863Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 86 · peak 192Aug 2014 — avg 9 · peak 18Dec 2014 — avg 8 · peak 17Apr 2015 — avg 23 · peak 178Aug 2015 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2015 — avg 9 · peak 21Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2016 — avg 5 · peak 12Dec 2016 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2017 — avg 4 · peak 23Aug 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2018 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2018 — avg 7 · peak 16Apr 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 9Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2020 — avg 13 · peak 25Aug 2020 — avg 11 · peak 23Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 20Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2021 — avg 11 · peak 23Dec 2021 — avg 11 · peak 22Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 22Aug 2022 — avg 15 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 25Apr 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Aug 2023 — avg 16 · peak 32Dec 2023 — avg 14 · peak 29Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 35Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 22Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 31Aug 2025 — avg 25 · peak 43Dec 2025 — avg 23 · peak 39Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

46162026-06-02 — 37 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 22 pageviews2026-06-22 — 31 pageviews2026-06-26 — 42 pageviews2026-06-30 — 44 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-08 — 46 pageviews2026-07-12 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 38 pageviews2026-07-24 — 27 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 29 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 26 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-17 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 25 pageviews2026-08-25 — 23 pageviews2026-08-29 — 29 pageviews2026-09-02 — 25 pageviews2026-09-06 — 21 pageviews2026-09-10 — 22 pageviews2026-09-14 — 38 pageviews2026-09-18 — 20 pageviews2026-09-22 — 36 pageviews2026-09-26 — 35 pageviews2026-09-30 — 30 pageviews2026-10-04 — 26 pageviews2026-10-08 — 29 pageviews2026-10-11 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-04-25 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeDramaIndieCasualAdventureEmotionalStory RichCrowdfunded

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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