Doki Doki Literature Club!
Last updated: 2026-01-02
- Masterful character writing and depth
- Fourth-wall-breaking meta-narrative experience
- High replayability with hidden details
- Emotional distress and trauma risk warning
- Controversial character portrayals spark debate
- Poor pacing with slow initial buildup
Emotions
Admiration7%Surprise7%Fear5%Appreciation5%Sadness5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 216,016
- Positive
- 208,38396.5%
- Negative
- 7,6333.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 11,926,349
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2241.44%
- Estimated copies lost
- 12,367
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2261.5% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1,4919.6% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 4212.7% Avg playtime 18.3h | 13,41586.3% Avg playtime 35.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 54 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 295.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,010.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
15,553 total
Organic purchasers270.17%
Voted up: 100%
Key activations15,52699.8%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
15,552 total
First impression0-2h2,14413.8%
Voted up: 88%
Mid game2-10h10,10565.0%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h2,00912.9%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+1,2948.32%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.2%
Global baseline 95.8%
76 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 216,016 total.