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Long Live The Queen

Long Live The Queen

Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.

Released Nov 8, 2013 Developer Hanako Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Visual NovelPolitical SimAnimeFemale ProtagonistSimulation
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.

94.9%positive7,038 reviews
Recommended · 23 found this helpful

“No, I don't like this game. Yes, I recommend it. Am I making any sense? It's a well-made game. I highly appreciate the huge amount of branching in the story and the very specific skillsets needed for each route. One of my complains with modern visual novels is the illusion of…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“TLDR: Fans of visual novels and choose-your-own-adventure types will get a kick out of this. If you don't believe in walk-throughs, be prepared for a lot of trial and error, but to some people that might be half the fun - seeing how many ways you can die before making just the…”

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

“this game is one of the more classic 'raise a daughter' esc- sims, but it's quite good for being 12+ years old. it's quite a good basic game in this category, but it can be really frustrating at times when you keep getting the same death over and over (save scumming is probably…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:03 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
1024-hour peak
2,575all-time peak
0 250 500 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 224 avg · Nov 2013

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.

45achievements
14.7%median completion
2.9%rarest: Death Seeker
69.7% of players 68.9% of players 67.1% of players 53.1% of players 51.7% of players 43.9% of players 33.1% of players 32.3% of players 32.2% of players 25.5% of players 25.2% of players 23.7% of players 21.1% of players 19.9% of players 19.9% of players 19.7% of players 18.6% of players 17.8% of players 17.4% of players 15.6% of players 15.4% of players 14.9% of players 14.7% of players 12.9% of players 10.6% of players 10.0% of players 9.8% of players 8.9% of players 8.6% of players 8.2% of players 8.2% of players 6.0% of players 5.8% of players 5.7% of players 5.7% of players 5.3% of players 4.9% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 69.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
69.7%Congratulations On Your Recent Demise — You've died at least once. It happens to everyone.
68.9%Off With Their Heads — You have ordered an execution.
67.1%Illuminate! — You have embraced the power of Lumen magic.
Rarest badges of honor
2.9%Death Seeker — You have found eleven different ways to die. That takes dedication.
3.0%Keep Your Friends Close — You have chosen to recruit an advisor of your own free will.
3.3%Family Is No Defense — You have imprisoned your uncle for acts against the crown.

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
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK6.99 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil25.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$5.1 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$11

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.

Mar 22, 2026
Bugfix update

Cleaning up a few bugs! Elodie no longer disappears when you return after clicking the sidebar "menu" button from the classes or stats screen. The sidebar "menu" button from the stats screen no longer

Mar 17, 2026
Bugfix update

This release focuses on translation and text-to-speech bugfixes.Changes since 1.5.13:- A little code cleanup- Tutorial text works a bit better in self-voicing mode.- Self-voicing during studying now t

Mar 09, 2026
Accessibility update

Multiple adjustments to automatic self-voicing (triggered by pressing 'V' during the game). This is an accessibility feature which, while not perfect, should hopefully be more usable than it was befor

Feb 04, 2026
Base Engine Update

It's moving, it's shaking! We are pushing forward with updating the version of the game engine that Long Live The Queen runs on in order to improve compatibility with modern machines. We're also imple

Dec 25, 2025
Base Engine Update - Take Two!

Currently live on the beta branch is an update which moves the RenPy version forward quite a bit to help the game run on more recent computers as well as adding some potential cloud save support. If y

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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.

GenresIndie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsVisual Novel · Political Sim · Anime · Female Protagonist · Simulation · Indie · Difficult · Strategy · Singleplayer · Fantasy · RPG · Cute (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements45
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.hanakogames.com/llq.shtml
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8 Processor: 1.2 Ghz Memory: 256 MB RAM