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Love, Elections, and Chocolate

Love, Elections, and Chocolate is a romantic visual novel developed by the Japanese game studio Sprite. Upon its release in Japan, it garnered numerous awards for its exceptional art, captivating music, and well-crafted characters.

Released Mar 28, 2025 Developer sprite Publisher NekoNyan Ltd., HIKARI FIELD Platforms Windows Visual Novel Romance Story Rich Choices Matter Emotional

View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

89.3%positive533 reviews

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“You should definitely get the patch from the internet, otherwise you will only be able to play the common route and never have access to the routes of specific girls.”

— a player, Steam review · 94 hrs played

Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“overall feels paint by numbers, rather dated (as in EXTREME SOL), doesnt hold up, there are far better candidates for your time with this sort of genre. the story is horribly paced, especially early where there are infodumps left and right to force shallow worldbuilding and…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played

Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

248all-time peak

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

10achievements

72.3%median completion

54.1%rarest: Love, Elections, and Chocolate

Almost everyone has

86.6%What is love? — Start the game for the first time

78.2%Choco Beats — Reach Michiru's first appearance

75.6%I'm a genius! — Save the game for the first time

Rarest badges of honor

54.1%Love, Elections, and Chocolate — Get all achievements

57.6%Silent Majority — Reach Satsuki's first appearance

57.9%Behind the Lens — Reach Isara's first appearance

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC

$29.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26

US29.99 USD

EU28.99 EUR

UK24.99 GBP

Australia43.95 AUD

Canada38.99 CAD

Japan7,980 JPY

Brazil88.99 BRL

China88.00 CNY

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

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

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 28, 2025
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校园恋爱群像剧经典——《恋爱与选举与巧克力》现正在Steam首发热卖中！拥有《苍之彼方的四重奏》的玩家通过捆绑包可获得折上折优惠！本作拥有超清画质，内置简繁日英四版本，并支持Steam成就、集换卡牌、云端储存等功能，还支持大量额外内容。常见QA： Q：如何切换多语言四版本？ A：从游戏主界面进入「系统设置」，在「画面设置」页面下方可以找到语言切换按钮。 Q：如何获取额外内容？ A：请访问Nek

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

Genres	Adventure, Casual
Player tags	Visual Novel · Romance · Story Rich · Choices Matter · Emotional · Casual · Comedy · Multiple Endings · Colorful · Cute · Sexual Content · Funny (Steam store community voting)
Features	Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
Languages	Japanese * , English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements	10

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 or newer Processor: 1.5 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: PCM