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BAD END THEATER

BAD END THEATER

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Released Oct 26, 2021 Developer NomnomNami Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Multiple EndingsVisual NovelStory RichLGBTQ+Choices Matter
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

97.5%positive8,332 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Truly amazing. Although short, BAD END THEATER manages to deliver an emotional and heartwarming story within the span of 2 hours. With gorgeous art and music, I've been thinking about this game ever since I finished it and i cannot recommend it enough. A must buy experience.…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“such a cute game! love the art, music, and characters. i slowly grew attached to the characters as i played through the multiple endings so once i reached the true end i couldn't help but cry quite a bit :')”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“[h2]A Heartfelt Experience[/h2] I went into this expecting some quick, grim short stories, but I ended up really attached to the characters. The game is incredibly clever. Without spoiling anything, the final "True" ending is completely worth the journey and wraps up the game…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

12playing at last check
1124-hour peak
149all-time peak
0 25 50 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 25 avg · Feb 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

48achievements
72.4%median completion
46.7%rarest: TOTAL RESET
97.3% of players 92.1% of players 88.5% of players 85.2% of players 84.5% of players 84.4% of players 84.0% of players 83.2% of players 83.1% of players 82.2% of players 81.4% of players 79.8% of players 79.8% of players 79.6% of players 79.0% of players 77.5% of players 77.2% of players 77.1% of players 76.6% of players 75.8% of players 75.7% of players 75.1% of players 73.4% of players 73.4% of players 72.4% of players 72.1% of players 71.7% of players 70.6% of players 69.8% of players 69.0% of players 69.0% of players 68.7% of players 68.2% of players 68.2% of players 68.0% of players 67.8% of players 67.6% of players 66.9% of players 66.5% of players 66.5% of players 65.6% of players 62.0% of players 61.4% of players 60.4% of players 57.4% of players 56.6% of players 48.6% of players 46.7% of players 97.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.3%WELCOME TO BAD END THEATER — you completed the tutorial! enjoy the show~
92.1%CONSUMED MAIDEN — Hidden achievement
88.5%FAILED HERO — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
46.7%TOTAL RESET — let's take it again from the top!
48.6%YOUR BAD END — Hidden achievement
56.6%TRAGEDY'S END — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US9.99 USD
EU8.19 EUR
UK7.19 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada11.49 CAD
Japan1,010 JPY
Brazil20.69 BRL
China37.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$4.1 China Japan Canada EU UK US Australia≈$10

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 01, 2026
the UNDERLING plush is back for PRIDE!

i'm so happy to get to announce this! we brought back the underling plush, and makeship let me give them a few extra flourishes for pride month~ the new outfit is based on the one they're modeling dur

Feb 05, 2026
BAD END THEATER vinyl soundtrack preorders are open!

hey guys! i have another exciting announcement for you today~we're releasing the game's soundtrack on vinyl!!! one side has the original songs from the game, and the other has brand new remixes from m

Jan 31, 2026
bugfix and physical edition announcement!

hey, it's been a while! in the previous update, arabic text got completely broken... i'm happy to report THAT IS NOW FIXED!!! and honestly... it could've been fixed sooner... but i've had a lot going

Jul 20, 2025
MAIDEN and OVERLORD plushies return!

hi, everyone! i mentioned this in a previous update, but i wanted to do a proper little feature to make sure no one missed it... the makeship plushies are getting a second run! there's about 2 weeks l

Jul 12, 2025
v1.8.1 patch notes

shamefully, during the last update i did not have steam support installed for ren'py, so achievements were not being tracked. this SHOULD BE fixed now... hopefully it recorded them properly for the pe

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation
Player tagsMultiple Endings · Visual Novel · Story Rich · LGBTQ+ · Choices Matter · Pixel Graphics · Choose Your Own Adventure · Cute · Romance · Simulation · Demons · Anime (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Korean, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Italian, Japanese, Vietnamese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Czech, Basque, Hebrew, …
ControllerFull support
Achievements48
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.badendtheater.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit