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WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT

TYPE-MOON · Aniplex Inc. · 2023-12-14

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Dec 08, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 07, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A tale told with vivid colors and rich sound in a classic TYPE-MOON visual novel.

WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT is an Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 8568 reviews).

185
playing now
98%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
98/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.86★
PlayStation Store rating (1,045 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

185 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Witch on the Holy Night is a Japanese visual novel developed and published by Type-Moon. It was first released for Windows on April 12, 2012, in Japan. An enhanced remastered version with voice acting and updated graphics was released by Aniplex worldwide for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on December 8, 2022, and was released for Windows via Steam on December 14, 2023. The game is often regarded as a kinetic novel: the user experiences a linear plotline with little variation and few player choices. The game is a prequel to Tsukihime and explores the backstory of Shiki Tohno's master Aoko Aozaki.

Trailer

WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT trailer thumbnail

Witch on the Holy Night | Official Trailer | Only in Theatres January 29

≈424,885 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 185 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,290 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~161/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 176k–397k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,821 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20232026Week of 2023-12-01: 1,181 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

396702026-09-15 02:00 — 75 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 129 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 82 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 89 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 206 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 167 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 89 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 139 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 268 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 92 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 141 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 300 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 92 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 212 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 396 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 158 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 225 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 320 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 128 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 163 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 342 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 188 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 99 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 185 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
34648Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 346 · peak 1,031Jan 2024 — avg 181 · peak 653Feb 2024 — avg 111 · peak 265Mar 2024 — avg 77 · peak 212Apr 2024 — avg 112 · peak 531May 2024 — avg 187 · peak 696Jun 2024 — avg 76 · peak 276Jul 2024 — avg 127 · peak 308Aug 2024 — avg 91 · peak 197Sep 2024 — avg 102 · peak 279Oct 2024 — avg 56 · peak 148Nov 2024 — avg 48 · peak 215Dec 2024 — avg 101 · peak 264Jan 2025 — avg 111 · peak 277Feb 2025 — avg 85 · peak 251Mar 2025 — avg 131 · peak 440Apr 2025 — avg 122 · peak 398May 2025 — avg 98 · peak 320Jun 2025 — avg 83 · peak 213Jul 2025 — avg 87 · peak 213Aug 2025 — avg 119 · peak 300Sep 2025 — avg 74 · peak 199Oct 2025 — avg 93 · peak 250Nov 2025 — avg 99 · peak 266Dec 2025 — avg 114 · peak 364Jan 2026 — avg 133 · peak 440Feb 2026 — avg 148 · peak 560Mar 2026 — avg 153 · peak 434Apr 2026 — avg 145 · peak 382May 2026 — avg 112 · peak 335Jun 2026 — avg 106 · peak 299Jul 2026 — avg 160 · peak 378Aug 2026 — avg 181 · peak 447
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
88882026-09-252026-10-112026-09-25: 88 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 12 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 10 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 21 new positive2026-10-01: 16 new positive2026-10-03: 13 new positive2026-10-05: 18 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 32 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 13 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 22 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$19.992023-12-142026-08-142023-12-14 — best price $35.992024-02-09 — best price $31.992024-03-14 — best price $31.992024-04-25 — best price $31.992024-06-27 — best price $29.992024-08-31 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $27.992024-12-19 — best price $27.992025-01-18 — best price $27.992025-03-03 — best price $25.992025-03-13 — best price $25.992025-04-10 — best price $25.992025-06-12 — best price $25.992025-08-06 — best price $25.992025-09-29 — best price $23.992025-10-27 — best price $23.992025-12-18 — best price $23.992026-02-14 — best price $23.992026-03-25 — best price $23.992026-03-30 — best price $23.992026-05-17 — best price $23.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-07-31 — best price $19.992026-08-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.7k1842026-05-30 — 293 pageviews2026-06-03 — 259 pageviews2026-06-07 — 259 pageviews2026-06-11 — 210 pageviews2026-06-15 — 216 pageviews2026-06-19 — 217 pageviews2026-06-23 — 184 pageviews2026-06-27 — 218 pageviews2026-07-01 — 264 pageviews2026-07-05 — 284 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,348 pageviews2026-07-13 — 463 pageviews2026-07-17 — 414 pageviews2026-07-21 — 483 pageviews2026-07-25 — 303 pageviews2026-07-29 — 345 pageviews2026-08-02 — 524 pageviews2026-08-06 — 334 pageviews2026-08-10 — 313 pageviews2026-08-14 — 290 pageviews2026-08-18 — 290 pageviews2026-08-22 — 342 pageviews2026-08-26 — 284 pageviews2026-08-30 — 286 pageviews2026-09-03 — 283 pageviews2026-09-07 — 317 pageviews2026-09-11 — 2,102 pageviews2026-09-15 — 674 pageviews2026-09-19 — 530 pageviews2026-09-23 — 418 pageviews2026-09-27 — 435 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1,470 pageviews2026-10-05 — 600 pageviews2026-10-09 — 444 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2902026-10-01 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
68.6%
earned "It Doesn't Have to Be Normal"
32.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,16777%27
Steam (Steam)1,10835%27
Switch (Nintendo)1090%0
Switch (Nintendo)800%0

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

2DAnimeDramaMagicNudityFantasyAdventureEmotionalStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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