Doki Doki Literature Club! Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-09
- Deep character development praised by users.
- Engaging story with effective horror elements.
- Multiple endings and non-linear progression.
- Unique meta gameplay and fourth wall breaks.
- Intense content may disturb some players.
- Frequent crashes and performance issues reported.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 220,684
- Positive
- 212,91996.5%
- Negative
- 7,7653.5%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 9,747,257
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2321.44%
- Estimated copies lost
- 10,247
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2331.4% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1,4298.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 4082.5% Avg playtime 17.5h | 14,02287.1% Avg playtime 30.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 51.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 249.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,137 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
16,092 total
Organic purchasers16,092100.0%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
16,091 total
First impression0-2h2,09013.0%
Voted up: 88%
Mid game2-10h10,62766.0%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h2,12013.2%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+1,2547.79%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
89.9%
Global baseline 96.0%
69 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 220,684 total.