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NEKOPARA Vol. 1
What's NEKOPARA? Why, it's a cat paradise! Kashou Minaduki, the son of a long line of Japanese confection makers moved out to open his own shop "La Soleil" as a patisserie.
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
26 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“When I lift my voice above the clouds and let my song drift across the endless sky, there is one earthly creation so sweet, so radiant, that even the angels pause to listen: Nekopara Vol. 1. It is not merely a visual…”
“I love this game. Chocola is amazing but these rapscallions keep on acting like fools in public, but they are too cute to reprimand :( genuinely a fun game, its cute catgirls doing cute things, amazing for relaxation”
“Good novel! I love the characters as well as the story. The music and visuals are great! I don't understand those who bought the game just for the goonig, because the game is filled with good content even without that.”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Good novel! I love the characters as well as the story. The music and visuals are great! I don't understand those who bought the game just for the goonig, because the game is filled with good content even without that.”
“Funny cat-♥♥♥♥ game. But also very sweet story and cute character designs. Praise be to Sayori, honored be her name.”
“The first installment of the infamous catgirl game. Primarily bought it as it had been recommended for practicing reading/immersing in JP, because of dual-language support and its fairly easy vocab. Apart from the…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Good novel! I love the characters as well as the story. The music and visuals are great! I don't understand those who bought the game just for the goonig, because the game is filled with good content even without that.”
“The first installment of the infamous catgirl game. Primarily bought it as it had been recommended for practicing reading/immersing in JP, because of dual-language support and its fairly easy vocab. Apart from the…”
“Its a cute game with a basic story. The character design is the major perk of the game with nice voice acting. I enjoyed the little intro/outro in the start and end of the game. Over all pretty nice!^^”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I love this game. Chocola is amazing but these rapscallions keep on acting like fools in public, but they are too cute to reprimand :( genuinely a fun game, its cute catgirls doing cute things, amazing for relaxation”
“Cat girl game where you can smash. pretty poggers man.”
“I heard about this game for so long but I hadn't been able to play it till recently. I love it so much though and it's genuinely a blast to play. The settings are easy to understand and extremely accommodating to one's…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very cute indeed,worth every single cent n theres a gallery option to see some really cute scenes from the game<3”
“my nekopara arc begins (got all the games at a good deal in humble bundle) , this is probably one of the best visual novels that i have seen in terms of graphics, the game does a really good job at making the characters…”
“I heard about this game for so long but I hadn't been able to play it till recently. I love it so much though and it's genuinely a blast to play. The settings are easy to understand and extremely accommodating to one's…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Alright, I finally completed the game. Time for a final review; This game made me more uncomfortable than the previous installments already did (0 and Extra.) I already didn't feel right around the bath scenes, lolis,…”
“The first installment of the infamous catgirl game. Primarily bought it as it had been recommended for practicing reading/immersing in JP, because of dual-language support and its fairly easy vocab. Apart from the…”
“The game that started the series and introduced the world to Nekopara. Honestly, Nekopara is your average romance & eroge visual novel albiet censored with a linear storyline rather than routes like other visual novels.…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The game that started the series and introduced the world to Nekopara. Honestly, Nekopara is your average romance & eroge visual novel albiet censored with a linear storyline rather than routes like other visual novels.…”
“not only is it embarrassing its really boring too”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Why do I feel like I'm the only one NOT gooning to this? I legit felt like this when seeing other reviews (especially the Czech ones) Other than that, this visual novel is really nicely put together, the story is good by my standards, but I'm not really into visual novels. And I…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“There’s still zero gameplay just reading, smiling, and occasionally questioning my life choices. The story leans a bit more into “plot” but it’s mostly just wholesome fluff with extra sugar on top. Pros: Catgirls (again, yes) Cozy vibes turned up to 11 Surprisingly relaxing…”
— a player, Steam review · 381 hrs played“This is where the whole series started. Youve got Chocola and Vanilla two catgirls and a cute story you can finish in a few hours. The art is gorgeous, voice acting is on point. Simple, sweet, and exactly what it needs to be.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:13 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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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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Happy 11th Anniversary to the NEKOPARA Series!
Today marks the 11th anniversary of the original release of NEKOPARA Vol. 1. From there, this franchise has spawned several games, manga, anime and figures of all shapes and sizes.A special round of t
NEKOPARA x Makeship Campaign Vol. 3
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NEKOPARA After Coming Soon to Steam!
A new chapter begins with the arrival of the catgirl, Fraise! She seeks advice from his little sister, Shigure and while Fraise feels the relationship between siblings is most important, Shigure prior
NEKOPARA Steam Sale!
Hello fellow cat girl enthusiasts! NEKOPARA is on sale this week! But that's not all, Coconut and Azuki are being made into plushies! Help fund the goal to make sure they become a reality and take hom
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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, Indie |
| Player tags | Hentai · Anime · Nudity · Sexual Content · Visual Novel · Mature · Cute · Dating Sim · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Romance · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese * , Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Vista Processor: 1.8 GHz Pentium 4 Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1280 x 720 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 3 GB available space