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Which visual novels actually get played?

52 visual novels owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by how many owners got past Steam’s two-hour refund window. Across all of them it’s 35%.

S4 games
  1. #1Sixtieth Kilometer83% of 35
  2. #2A Detective's Novel83% of 30
  3. #3Mirror69% of 48
  4. #4Sakura Fantasy Chapter 171% of 31
A10 games
  1. #5Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut63% of 41
  2. #6NEKOPARA Vol. 166% of 32
  3. #7Sakura Spirit60% of 40
  4. #8Sakura Beach 263% of 32
  5. #9Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc53% of 68
  6. #10Soul Gambler59% of 39
  7. #11Sakura Beach63% of 30
  8. #12Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy50% of 62
  9. #13fault - milestone one56% of 32
  10. #14NEKOPARA Vol. 050% of 38
B16 games
  1. #15Emily is Away Too48% of 44
  2. #16VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action49% of 35
  3. #17Long Live The Queen50% of 30
  4. #18Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator45% of 33
  5. #19Hatoful Boyfriend45% of 33
  6. #20NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD42% of 50
  7. #21Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony42% of 38
  8. #22Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair41% of 54
  9. #23Monster Prom40% of 73
  10. #24Emily is Away <340% of 48
  11. #25Aviary Attorney40% of 40
  12. #26Retention40% of 35
  13. #27Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York39% of 33
  14. #28Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York38% of 34
  15. #29The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles37% of 30
  16. #30Date Everything!33% of 42
C13 games
  1. #31LEWDAPOCALYPSE30% of 30
  2. #32Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk30% of 37
  3. #33Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~29% of 52
  4. #34Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp29% of 56
  5. #35Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip27% of 41
  6. #36Chicken Police26% of 38
  7. #37Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest24% of 33
  8. #38If Found23% of 31
  9. #39Until Then24% of 49
  10. #40Mediterranea Inferno23% of 48
  11. #41STEINS;GATE20% of 44
  12. #42Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical18% of 39

And 1 more: Eliza.

D9 games
  1. #44School Years3% of 34
  2. #45Hiveswap Friendsim0% of 30
  3. #46Night Call0% of 34
  4. #47Neo Cab2% of 42
  5. #48Purrfect Date4% of 47
  6. #49Pesterquest2% of 43
  7. #50Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk2% of 46
  8. #51Wednesdays3% of 70
  9. #52Along the Edge2% of 82

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. A game owned in only a few libraries is pulled toward the kind’s 35% as if 60 more owners had played it like the typical one, so a lucky handful can’t top the list. S is the top 8%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25%, D the rest.