Doki Doki Literature Club!

Doki Doki Literature Club!

BANGER · Short indie · 2017

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

A BANGER, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
96% of 229,725
Genre rank
Top 1% Short indie

Time and effort

Main story
4.2h
To 100%
7.7h 1.8x the story

Players and genre

Online
516 now
Recent reviews
96% 30 days
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Perfect Vermin (free, scores 80) and My Friend is a Raven (free, scores 74) both come in lower.

It is still busy. 516 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 3, 02:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about Doki Doki Literature Club!

229,725 people have reviewed it, which is a big enough crowd to settle the number.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach7.5M+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Integrated graphics, 348 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Doki Doki Literature Club! scores 95/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/698780/doki-doki-literature-club
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperTeam Salvato
PublisherTeam Salvato
GenreShort indie
Released2017
Players7.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate