Visual Novel
Steam tag · 18,031 games, 13,305 released · browse all · rank them
Releases per year
Games
18,031
4,387 with a demo (24%)
Median price
$7.99
avg $10.22 · 13% free
Median reviews
27
6.4M total
Score
89%
review-weighted
Revenue (est.)
~$1.6B
lifetime, all games
Median revenue
~$3.3K
per paid game
Owners (est.)
~220M
sum
Updated
18h ago
nightly
Price distribution
Free
1,735 13%
< $5
4,405 33%
$5–10
3,492 26%
$10–20
2,837 21%
$20–40
694 5%
$40+
134 1%
Most reviewed
- 1Doki Doki Literature Club!230K reviews
- 2Dispatch177K reviews
- 3Helltaker128K reviews
- 4Limbus Company124K reviews
- 5Disco Elysium - The Final Cut119K reviews
- 6Mirror 2: Project X111K reviews
- 7Everlasting Summer78.3K reviews
- 8Mirror72.5K reviews
- 9Persona 4 Golden71.9K reviews
- 10Umamusume: Pretty Derby61.9K reviews
Creator leaders
YouTube videos
- 1Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!190 videos
- 2Disco Elysium - The Final Cut118 videos
- 3TOGETHER BnB114 videos
- 4Everlasting Summer103 videos
- 5Dispatch82 videos
Twitch hours (30 d)
- 1Always On1.2M h
- 2Five Hearts Under One Roof season258.5K h
- 3Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair53.9K h
- 4Psycho-Sleuth30.8K h
- 5The Walking Dead20.7K h
By release year
years with at least 3 releases| Year | Games | Free | Median price | Median reviews | Score | Revenue (est.) | Median revenue | Top game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 5 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2028 | 26 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2027 | 818 | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2026 | 3,395 | 11% | $6.99 | 10 | 88% | ~$59.5M | ~$1.5K | Esoteric Ebb 9.4K reviews |
| 2025 | 2,375 | 12% | $6.99 | 19 | 90% | ~$204M | ~$2K | Dispatch 177K reviews |
| 2024 | 1,927 | 15% | $7.99 | 25 | 90% | ~$99.3M | ~$2.7K | The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty 50K reviews |
| 2023 | 1,498 | 14% | $7.99 | 30 | 90% | ~$112M | ~$3.3K | Limbus Company 124K reviews |
| 2022 | 1,262 | 15% | $7.99 | 28 | 73% | ~$90.9M | ~$2.6K | Mirror 2: Project X 111K reviews |
| 2021 | 970 | 14% | $7.99 | 41 | 90% | ~$128M | ~$4.4K | Library Of Ruina 41.7K reviews |
| 2020 | 760 | 16% | $6.99 | 55 | 92% | ~$166M | ~$5.9K | Helltaker 128K reviews |
| 2019 | 536 | 15% | $9.99 | 88 | 90% | ~$201M | ~$14.5K | Disco Elysium - The Final Cut 119K reviews |
| 2018 | 454 | 13% | $7.99 | 76 | 90% | ~$112M | ~$10.3K | Mirror 72.5K reviews |
| 2017 | 306 | 11% | $9.99 | 145 | 92% | ~$133M | ~$22K | Doki Doki Literature Club! 230K reviews |
| 2016 | 259 | 14% | $9.99 | 144 | 91% | ~$135M | ~$32.9K | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 37.3K reviews |
| 2015 | 136 | 13% | $9.99 | 180 | 90% | ~$38.6M | ~$37.6K | Emily is Away 32.4K reviews |
| 2014 | 60 | 7% | $9.99 | 409 | 91% | ~$20.2M | ~$78.9K | Everlasting Summer 78.3K reviews |
| 2013 | 10 | 0% | $9.99 | 718 | 91% | ~$26.3M | ~$214K | The Wolf Among Us 32.7K reviews |
| 2012 | 5 | 0% | $9.99 | 1,585 | 96% | ~$28.2M | ~$523K | The Walking Dead 54.1K reviews |
Released in the last 90 days
 Shao Song IAug 20 | $14.99 | 2,793 80% | 1 | — |
 DRAPLINESep 24 | $12.99 | 2,760 97% | 1 | 3 |
 Isekai: Waifu OverlordSep 25 | Free | 1,897 71% | — | — |
 lily's world XDSep 17 | $11.99 | 1,808 96% | 1 | 8 |
 Hua ManlouAug 21 | $10.99 | 1,462 97% | 3 | — |
 Money for Girls: AmortizedAug 24 | $15.00 | 1,366 98% | 1 | 1 |
 In FalsusSep 9 | $39.99 | 1,365 90% | 3 | 4 |
 Love Nest ~V0.098~Sep 28 | Free | 941 98% | — | — |
 Sengoku RanceOct 2 | $24.99 | 926 94% | 0 | — |
 Sunken EngineSep 10 | $8.84 | 895 79% | 1 | 2 |
 The Wolf Among Us RemasteredOct 29 | $24.99 | 880 91% | 4 | 100 |
 Psycho-SleuthNov 5 | $17.98 | 866 91% | 11 | 47 |
 新世界：暗影成双Sep 23 | $9.99 | 844 76% | 1 | — |
 Galvatein : Adventurers' GuildSep 22 | $13.99 | 805 90% | 1 | 2 |
 The Piper of DawnSep 23 | $12.99 | 777 84% | 4 | 1 |
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Revenue and owners are estimates (how); aggregates are rebuilt nightly (market analytics).