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.
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- Released
- 2017
- Developer
- Team Salvato
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- playable
- Download
- 0.34 GB
What is 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.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 22 September 2017 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Team Salvato |
| Publisher | Team Salvato |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | Horror, Action Adventure |
| Languages | 1 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q42266827, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Doki Doki Literature Club! received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | Not stated |
| Cloud saves | No |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | playable |
| Download size | 0.34 GB |
| Add-on content | 1 DLC listed |
| Age gate | None |
Content descriptors
- General mature content
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Is Doki Doki Literature Club! worth it?
96% of 227,039 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Overwhelmingly Positive. It is free to play.
That is the data, not a verdict for sale: whether it is worth it depends on the price you pay and what you want. Players do report problems — see the reported-problems section below before buying. We have not published our own review of this game.
How long is Doki Doki Literature Club!? How long to beat it
Total play time for Doki Doki Literature Club! is about 7.7 hours to do everything, and around 4.2 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 4.2h | 1,474 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 6h | 550 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 7.7h | 525 |
Doki Doki Literature Club! is free to play, so the only cost is your time: about 4.2 hours to beat it.
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Doki Doki Literature Club! system requirements
The minimum requirements from Doki Doki Literature Club!'s Steam page. These are what it takes to launch and be playable, not to run at high settings.
| Memory | 4 GB RAM (other games at this level) |
|---|---|
| Processor | 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU |
| Graphics | Integrated graphics · runs on a low-end GPU |
| Storage | 0.34 GB (more games this size) |
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Where Doki Doki Literature Club! sits on the grid
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Doki Doki Literature Club! price & deals: is it on sale?
We have one reading so far: Free on 30 August 2026. Prices are checked daily from here, and this becomes a chart once there is more than one point to join. A single observation is a price, not a history.
Latest Doki Doki Literature Club! updates & patch notes
Pulled from Doki Doki Literature Club!'s own Steam feed on 5 September 2026. Posts marked as from the studio were written by the developer; the rest are articles Steam syndicated from elsewhere. Every one links to its source.
What readers say about Doki Doki Literature Club!
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Doki Doki Literature Club! on 30 August 2026 looking for recurring complaints. Nothing came up often enough to report: no theme was mentioned by more than 3% of them. That is not a claim that the game is bug-free, only that the people who disliked it were not agreeing about why.
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Where Doki Doki Literature Club! appears
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Games like Doki Doki Literature Club!
24 games overlap with Doki Doki Literature Club! on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, The Fruit of Grisaia and Steins;Gate.
Part of the Doki Doki Literature series
Doki Doki Literature Club! is one of 2 Doki Doki Literature games we track. See the whole series ranked by the GamingPickz Score, plotted on the grid, and listed in release order:
Doki Doki Literature Club! head to head
See Doki Doki Literature Club! compared side by side, on score, price, specs and more:
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Common questions about Doki Doki Literature Club!
What platforms is Doki Doki Literature Club! on?
Doki Doki Literature Club! is available on PC. It first released in 2017.
Is Doki Doki Literature Club! free?
Yes. Doki Doki Literature Club! is free to download on Steam.
Do players recommend Doki Doki Literature Club!?
96% of 227,039 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Overwhelmingly Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
Does Doki Doki Literature Club! work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Doki Doki Literature Club! as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
How big is the Doki Doki Literature Club! download?
0.34 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.
Who made Doki Doki Literature Club!?
Doki Doki Literature Club! was developed by Team Salvato and published by Team Salvato.
Is Doki Doki Literature Club! worth it in 2026?
96% of 227,039 Steam reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive), and it is free to play. That is the strongest signal we hold; "worth it" depends on the price you pay and what you want, so weigh the sentiment against the current price above.
What are the system requirements for Doki Doki Literature Club!?
At minimum, Doki Doki Literature Club! needs 4 GB RAM, a 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU, a Integrated graphics, 0.34 GB of storage, from its Steam listing. That is what it takes to launch and be playable, not to run at high settings. Check it against your own PC on the can-I-run page.
How long does it take to beat Doki Doki Literature Club!?
about 4.2 hours for the main story, 6 hours with the main extras, 7.7 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.