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Katawa Shoujo
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
75 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“> Plays 4-chan "disabled girls dating sim" expecting it to be sorta darkly funny at best or sorta cringe horny nonsense at minimum. > Actually the most lovely and nice thing I've ever played. Yes even with the R18+…”
“Came for the looks, stayed for the life-changing plot. One of the things I learnt from this game is that, who you truly are, deep in your heart, is what makes you unique and valuable. Everyone has their worth, even…”
“i didn't play this game for 82 hours, i enjoyed it for 82 hours. katawa shoujo has taken a small piece of my heart for itself and i'm okay with that. it genuinely is an amazing visual novel and i don't know how to…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Came for the looks, stayed for the life-changing plot. One of the things I learnt from this game is that, who you truly are, deep in your heart, is what makes you unique and valuable. Everyone has their worth, even…”
“Beautiful game! Absolutely phenomenal! Also how the hell is a masterpiece like this free and how was it made by guys from 4chan of all places? Also there are extra "scenes" in the game, but you have to go to the Katawa…”
“Really good and beautiful VN made by 4chaners for poor gaymers.”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“[h3]some things are hard to understand. like jellyfish. do you understand jellyfish?[/h3] people are complicated. people have complex emotions. people have problems, even if they may not talk about them, and you can't…”
“I still find it hard to believe this masterpiece was made by people on 4chan… The characters are authentic and very endearing. It handles the topic of disabilities with the necessary sensitivity and maturity while still…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I still find it hard to believe this masterpiece was made by people on 4chan… The characters are authentic and very endearing. It handles the topic of disabilities with the necessary sensitivity and maturity while still…”
“Beautiful game! Absolutely phenomenal! Also how the hell is a masterpiece like this free and how was it made by guys from 4chan of all places? Also there are extra "scenes" in the game, but you have to go to the Katawa…”
“read katawa shoujo a long time ago already. i can do nothing but recommend this free, life-changing gem. some sprites (esp for the men) are particularly ugly but that's okay. the girls stay pretty and winning”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“As much as i enjoy the depth and detail of this game, i hate the lack of player decisions that ive been given. im just reading a story instead of playing at this point. Im giving it a thumbs up because of how great the…”
“tbh act 1 is so boring and awkward almost made me never want to open it again still I gave it a second chance to see if it lives up its rep, found online saying Rin has best route And BANG it's really something, it's…”
“Going in blind ignoring that its a 4 Chan game and a bit dated. Id give it a 6.8 / 10. Hanako Best Gurl. The writing was alright and I'm happy that scenes weren't reused that much when going into each characters…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“As much as i enjoy the depth and detail of this game, i hate the lack of player decisions that ive been given. im just reading a story instead of playing at this point. Im giving it a thumbs up because of how great the…”
“Hmm, what to say... the choices are less compared to the long and broad conversations.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Never thought a game made by 4chan about meeting and romancing disabled girls would genuinely change my viewpoint on life so much. You would expect it to be full on fetish content, knowing the game's origins, yet it's far from it. Every single girl is written to be a real,…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“Peak. Complete and utter absolute peak. When a mountain climber reaches the top of the mountain, they yell "Katawa Shoujo" so that everybody knows they're at the peak. The game was made by a whole bunch of 4channers, purely just for the love of the game. They distributed this…”
— a player, Steam review · 89 hrs played“Extra side note -> This game geniually made me shed a tear. And I will definitely remember this game, because it was one amazing emotional ride. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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.
Additional Language Support Added + Happy 14 Year Anniversary KS !
Hello Everybody!! Popping in to announce that Katawa Shoujo has added support for the following languages -Russian (Novellae Subs)German (Hikari 光)Korean (Team KS)Brazilian Portuguese (VNX+)Polish (Po
Katawa Shoujo Original Soundtrack now available on Steam!
Hi Everybody!! We're pleased to announce that the Katawa Shoujo original soundtrack is now available for free via Steam below!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3171120/Katawa_Shoujo_Enigmatic_Box_o
Steamdeck Verified + Bugs
We're pleased to announce that Katawa Shoujo is now officially Steam Deck Verified! Thank you very much to Valve for their review and approval. This verifies that Katawa Shoujo gives a good experience
♡ Thank you everybody for 1000 reviews ♡!
Thank you everybody for helping Katawa Shoujo reach 1000 reviews on Steam! It means so much that so many people care about KS after all these years.
Katawa Shoujo 1.3.1c - Achievements and Unofficial Language Support
We have pushed an update to resolve an issue with achievements not unlocking properly in some circumstances, as well as a full screen cursor bug. There is also now support for unofficial languages pat
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Romance · Dating Sim · Multiple Endings · Anime · Choices Matter · Emotional · Text-Based · 2D · Cute · Story Rich · Psychological (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, German, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Official site | https://www.katawa-shoujo.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.8Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Intel GMA or HD Storage: 600 MB available space