How many people are playing Doki Doki Literature Club! right now?

383 people are playing Doki Doki Literature Club! on Steam right now, making it the 1100th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 715 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Doki Doki Literature Club!'s all-time peak player count?

Doki Doki Literature Club!'s highest concurrent player count on Steam is 7,402, reached in December 2017.

Is Doki Doki Literature Club! good? What do Steam reviews say?

96% of 229,814 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).

How much does Doki Doki Literature Club! cost on Steam?

Doki Doki Literature Club! is free to play on Steam.

Does Doki Doki Literature Club! work on Steam Deck?

Doki Doki Literature Club! is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Doki Doki Literature Club!

by Team Salvato · Released Oct 6, 2017

Steam Deck PlayableLinux & Deck: Platinum

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Players now

#1,100

383

▼ 11.8%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

96% positive

Overwhelmingly Positive229,814 reviews

Owners (est.)5M–10M

24h peak

715

Highest seen7,402

Dec 20178.9 years ago

Price on Steam

Free

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Players -11.8% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 11:23 UTC · tracking since 2017-09-01

Concurrent players

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Reviews

96% positive of 229,814 · Overwhelmingly Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works, but may need extra effort. Results from Valve's own testing.

Steam Deck Playable

!Text input does not automatically invokes keyboard
✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Controller glyphs match deck device
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant

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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Apr 15, 2018, 10:59 PM UTC
Build 2691100the current build when we started tracking300 MB on Windows

Patch notes

Apr 15, 2018
PatchDDLC v1.1.1 Update
DDLC has been updated to v1.1.1. Game will no longer behave unexpectedly following a game crash (progress is properly saved). "Auto" mode now disables when a poem is displayed on-screen so that it is not skipped over by accident. Fixed minor continuity issues …

Other news (19)

Jul 5, 2026
Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics
s spotted by Japan's IT Media News , a paper presented at Purdue University's MFS Cultural AI Conference called AI Fiction in the Wild performed a fascinating study of half a million anonymous English-language ChatGPT-user conversations using WildChat, and fou…
Apr 10, 2026
Nine-year-old cult visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club has been abruptly pulled from Android for its 'depiction of sensitive themes'
Google has removed Doki Doki Literature Club from its Google Play Store due to perceived violations of its Terms of Service. The cult visual novel surprise-released on the storefront in December following its initial PC release in 2017. It's since been ported …
Oct 24, 2024
Introducing the Doki Doki Literature Club Classics of Horror Collection!
Spooky season has officially arrived for the Literature Club! We're excited to introduce the Doki Doki Literature Club Classics of Horror Collection, featuring a premium jacquard blanket, character standees, and haunting keychains, all inspired by iconic horro…
Dec 20, 2022
Doki Doki Literature Club publisher has another visual horror novel on the way
Doki Doki Literature Club is one of my favourite games, and one of the best free games of all time . It’s not exactly innovative or outstanding, if I’m being honest, but it is one of the most memorable gaming experiences I’ve had. The visual novel may look lik…
Jun 30, 2021
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus just launched with new stories and more
As if high school romance weren't fear-inducing enough, Doki Doki Literature Club has just released its bigger, prettier version: Doki Doki Literature Club Plus. DDLC has long been one of the best free games on PC, though the new paid version comes with a visu…
Jun 16, 2021
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus adds new stories this month
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! is a HD remaster of the cute anime visual novel (which is also a psychological horror game) coming out on June 30th. Unlike the old game, this one won't be free, but it's adding a bunch of new stuff that I'm sure will have plent…
Jun 11, 2021
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus adds HD art to the totally normal visual novel
If you haven't played Doki Doki Literature Club at this point, there's no avoiding the truth about it: It is not the cute visual novel about dating that it appears to be on the surface. It's a gruesome horror game ... Read more.
Dec 12, 2020
DDLC Store Holiday Sale & Best Girl Contest Winner!
DDLC ONLINE STORE UPDATES The DDLC online store is back with an all-new collection just in time for the holidays! We're celebrating with our biggest sale of the year! Get 30% off storewide using code CLASSROOM now through December 15th! Order by December 13th …
Oct 16, 2020
DDLC Fan Forge Best Girl Challenge
Your fellow Literature Club members are hosting a special "Best Girl Challenge" through the @ForFansxFans DDLC Fan Forge! But it seems something's amiss... Oh my! The club members are jealous that Monika is always the most popular! It looks like they've taken …
Feb 11, 2020
Best free games for 2020
When you’re looking for the best free games on PC, what are you looking for? We think we’ve got you covered with our selection below, whether it’s browser games you can start playing instantly, free-to-play games to rival anything you’d…
Nov 29, 2019
The 10 best visual novels on PC
On a rainy night, some people enjoy getting comfy, grabbing their beverage of choice, and curling up with a good book. Some others like doing the same exact thing, but with a game. I say, why not both? Visual novels are the perfect genre of game to curl up wit…
Jul 25, 2018
How Doki Doki Literature Club frames you
This article spoils Doki Doki Literature Club in the first sentence, it presupposes you ve played it, and goes on to spoil the narrative tricks the game uses to make its story meaningful. So if you haven t played the game, get it (it s free),make a pot of coff…
Feb 23, 2018
How Doki Doki Literature Club s subversive satire explores the power of visual novels
What if your favorite game got removed from Steam, but nobody seemed to notice? That s what happened to Muv-Luv Alternative , a nigh-hundred-hour visual novel from Japanese developers Age that some have called the magnum opus of the genre. It s currently the h…
Jan 4, 2018
2017 Steam Award winners include PUBG, Cuphead & Witcher
We’ve already seen which games sold best on Steam last year, but a perhaps more meaningful insight into movin’ and a-shakin’ in PC-land is the games that people feel warmest and snuggliest about. To that end, Valve have announced the winners …
Oct 31, 2017
Doki Doki Literature Club is a hidden horror game for the internet age
We players like to be in charge of our games. We save before boss battles. We watch how our choices change the story flow. Many of us know how to access game data if needed. Most of all, we like knowing we’ve out-smarted the game. And there’s no ea…
Oct 27, 2017
The merch store is open! (Non-US orders coming soon)
Hi everyone – as promised, the Team Salvato store is now open, featuring some cool keychain and poster designs of the DDLC cast! https://store.teamsalvato.com Please note that shipping will take up to 3-4 weeks during the store’s opening period while I work wi…
Oct 27, 2017
The merch store is open! (Non-US orders coming soon)
Hi everyone – as promised, the Team Salvato store is now open, featuring some cool keychain and poster designs of the DDLC cast! https://store.teamsalvato.com Please note that shipping will take up to 3-4 weeks during the store’s opening period while I work wi…
Oct 26, 2017
Doki Doki Literature Club! hides a gruesome horror game under its cute surface
From the pastel portraits of its doe-eyed schoolgirls to the gentle melodies of its playful soundtrack, every aspect of Team Salvato’s Doki Doki Literature Club! draws you into the world of the ultra-traditional dating sim, where cuteness lurks around e…
Oct 6, 2017
The Literature Club is Open!
Okay, everyone! Thanks for your patience! Doki Doki Literature Club is now available on Steam. If you've already played and enjoyed Doki Doki Literature Club, note that the Steam version is just about identical to the non-Steam version (v1.1.0). However, I loo…

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 96% on 2026-11-01 → 96% today (229,814 reviews)

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DLC

1 item on Steam, newest first.

Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack
$9.9999% positive

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