Can you trust Doki Doki Literature Club!'s Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 96.7%
Genuinely great 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
Doki Doki Literature Club! holds an official Steam rating of 96.5%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 96.7% (95% range 96.5–96.9%), essentially the same as the official figure. Verdict: "Genuinely great" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher and the positive reviews carry high average trust).
Positive reviews average 0.74 in trust and negative ones 0.69; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (42% overall).
Across 109 months of history, no month shows a concentrated wave of negative reviews. There is no sign of coordinated review activity.
The last 180 days show 96.3% (last 30 days: 95.9%), close to the all-time figure.
Japanese-language reviews (1,518) show 97.5%, close to the overall rating. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 94.4%.
The adjusted rating estimates trust from how reviews are written; it does not judge any individual review as fake. Data as of 2026-10-12.
Positive vs negative breakdown
Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.
| Condition | Positive reviews | Negative reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2 hours played at review | 11% | 40% |
| Very short text | 43% | 33% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 0% | 0% |
| Received for free | 0% | 0% |
| Owns very few games | 24% | 9% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 1% | 2% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.74 | 0.69 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 4.8 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 95.9% | 1,740 |
| Last 180 days | 96.3% | 11,734 |
| All time | 96.5% | 229,017 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 94.4% | 36 |
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