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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
56 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A charming and cozy visual novel. While the designs feel familiar, the characters are well written with very distinct personalities. It starts as a classic anime dating sim but quickly evolves into something much more…”
“I'm. In. Love. Holy, this was an absolutely great game! I love the story and the visuals; the interactions in and outside of the game were so cool! (It'd be so cool if in the future they have like eye tracking and do…”
“I've heard about this game for years, forgot it existed, and just found it on here recently. Kinda crazy that its free. It really moved me in a way I wasn't expecting. I knew crazy ♥♥♥♥ goes down but I had no…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I'm. In. Love. Holy, this was an absolutely great game! I love the story and the visuals; the interactions in and outside of the game were so cool! (It'd be so cool if in the future they have like eye tracking and do…”
“AMAZING Dating Sim, game was scary because I had to talk to women but luckily they were 2D so that made it better 10/10 Sayo-Nara”
“hell yeah fire game man idk what yall are talking about it being a horror game ts is the most fire dating sim i've ever laid eyes upon <3”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“actually seriously love this game so much it means so ♥♥♥♥♥♥ much to me dude love it so much i just did my 2nd playthrough and i might just have to do a third tbh DEFINITELY install for a good story <3”
“great story and characters, the fact that to progress you have to go into thew files is unique too, infinite replay ability 9/10”
“I went into this game blind not knowing it has a heavy psychological/horror side to it, and I was pleasantly surprised by how good the dialogue is. I replayed it to get the good ending and I can't say I didn't like it.”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I'm. In. Love. Holy, this was an absolutely great game! I love the story and the visuals; the interactions in and outside of the game were so cool! (It'd be so cool if in the future they have like eye tracking and do…”
“I love this visual novel so much !! Genuinely played it for hours straight :)) It looks all innocent but it isn't and that's what makes the game so interesting to play , you never know what happens next .. I love that…”
“This game was single handedly one of the most entertaining visual-novels I have ever seen. The writing was simply incredible, as well as the artwork. I'd main give credit to the very good coding of it's time. You don't…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I've heard about this game for years, forgot it existed, and just found it on here recently. Kinda crazy that its free. It really moved me in a way I wasn't expecting. I knew crazy ♥♥♥♥ goes down but I had no…”
“Unconventional but effective horror (this is in fact a horror game, don't be fooled). Just don't expect something like a silent hill or resident evil game, because that's not what you're in for. Go in blind with no…”
“It's free. It's a classic. I don't like VNs and the player character's writing annoys me, but I'm sure there's something in here that's good or it wouldn't have become such a smash hit at the time. Although I did like…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It's free. It's a classic. I don't like VNs and the player character's writing annoys me, but I'm sure there's something in here that's good or it wouldn't have become such a smash hit at the time. Although I did like…”
“Don't get me wrong I loved the game I truly did, however for people with dyslexia like myself or ones who can't read fast, and or don't want to read pages of pages it's not for you at least not the start of act 1. Act…”
“Very unrealistic game. Women in real-life would threaten to call the cops on me if I try to talk to them, whereas the women in this game always try to initiate a conversation with me instead.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“such a beautiful game. i was going through a rlly hard time in life but ever since i got this game, my life has been going up hill. THANKS to Monika....only Monika”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“very wholesome game with very wholesome characters. fun for the whole family to enjoy. no it isn't”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“amazing game but it is best experienced without knowing anything about it dont read other reviews and just play it Just Natsuki.”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:33 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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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.
| Genres | Casual, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | Psychological Horror · Visual Novel · Anime · Free to Play · Dating Sim · Cute · Horror · Dark · Story Rich · Romance · Singleplayer · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://ddlc.moe |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics Storage: 350 MB available space