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NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE cover art

NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE

WSS playground · 2022-01-21

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 21, 2022 (Mac), Jan 21, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 21, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Jan 21, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).

260
playing now
94%
positive of 58k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (52 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$15.99
steam price (US)

260 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Needy Streamer Overload is a 2022 denpa-inspired visual novel video game created by Japanese developer Xemono and published by WSS Playground for macOS, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo Switch, and by Alliance Arts Inc. for PS4 and PS5. The player takes on the role of a manager for a female livestreamer, making decisions for her so that she can achieve her goal of reaching one million followers within a month. The game was initially titled Needy Girl Overdose, but this was changed for the English release, while the game kept its original title in Japan.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 260 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,434 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~929/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 57,593 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.43 at Steam (2026-04-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.1k4.1k20222026Week of 2022-01-01: 4,093 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,944 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,182 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,163 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 866 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,074 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,668 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,677 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 873 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,067 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,084 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,071 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,803 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,251 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,164 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,389 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 969 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2991452026-08-06 21:00 — 201 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 202 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 293 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 204 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 219 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 288 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 196 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 215 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 299 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 215 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 214 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 291 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 191 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 210 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 288 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 181 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 172 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 261 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 239 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 183 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 238 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 200 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 176 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 229 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 206 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 173 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 205 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 227 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 189 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 260 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.99$5.432022-01-212026-07-092022-01-21 — best price $14.392022-04-04 — best price $14.392022-05-21 — best price $14.392022-06-24 — best price $14.392022-08-05 — best price $14.392022-09-15 — best price $14.392022-10-31 — best price $12.792022-11-22 — best price $12.792022-12-22 — best price $12.792023-01-20 — best price $11.192023-03-16 — best price $11.192023-04-27 — best price $9.592023-06-19 — best price $7.992023-08-08 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-12-02 — best price $7.992024-02-06 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-04-25 — best price $7.992024-06-08 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-15 — best price $6.392024-09-05 — best price $6.392024-10-28 — best price $6.392024-11-27 — best price $6.392024-12-06 — best price $6.392024-12-19 — best price $6.392025-01-15 — best price $6.392025-03-03 — best price $6.392025-03-13 — best price $6.392025-04-25 — best price $6.392025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-09-18 — best price $7.992025-11-10 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-02-09 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-04-04 — best price $5.432026-06-19 — best price $5.432026-07-09 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k3562026-05-30 — 676 pageviews2026-06-02 — 599 pageviews2026-06-05 — 524 pageviews2026-06-08 — 853 pageviews2026-06-11 — 522 pageviews2026-06-14 — 985 pageviews2026-06-17 — 711 pageviews2026-06-20 — 969 pageviews2026-06-23 — 752 pageviews2026-06-26 — 723 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1,017 pageviews2026-07-02 — 667 pageviews2026-07-05 — 815 pageviews2026-07-08 — 577 pageviews2026-07-11 — 549 pageviews2026-07-14 — 509 pageviews2026-07-17 — 456 pageviews2026-07-20 — 457 pageviews2026-07-23 — 390 pageviews2026-07-26 — 538 pageviews2026-07-29 — 398 pageviews2026-08-01 — 457 pageviews2026-08-04 — 404 pageviews2026-08-07 — 366 pageviews2026-08-10 — 444 pageviews2026-08-13 — 406 pageviews2026-08-16 — 446 pageviews2026-08-19 — 356 pageviews2026-08-22 — 976 pageviews2026-08-25 — 478 pageviews2026-08-27 — 406 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
74.3%
earned "Monetization"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Vietnamese, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,65211%33

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

2DCuteAnimeDark HumorStory RichPsychedelicSingleplayerVisual NovelPoint & ClickPsychological

Census log

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

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