This page maintains leaderboards for the largest visual novel jams across a variety of metrics. For additional details about each occurrence of jams, see List of ongoing visual novel jams.
Data Collection Methods & How to Interpret
- Main article: Interpreting jam statistics
The VNDev Wiki collects the officially visible participant and entry counts on the itch.io jam page, immediately after the jam is completed. Caveats for this data are available on the above reference page.
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Most entries in a single jam
| 1st | 272 | Spooktober 2024 |
| 2nd | 252 | Spooktober 2025 |
| 3rd | 218 | O2A2 2025 |
| 4th (tie) | 210 | Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2025 |
| 4th (tie) | 210 | Spooktober 2023 |
| 6th | 192 | O2A2 2024 |
| 7th (tie) | 187 | SuNoFes 2024 |
| 7th (tie) | 187 | NaNoRenO 2025 |
| 9th | 185 | NaNoRenO 2022 |
| 10th | 161 | NaNoRenO 2023 |
| 11th | 160 | Spooktober 2022 |
| 12th | 155 | O2A2 2023 |
| 13th | 152 | NaNoRenO 2024 |
| 14th | 138 | Winter Jam 2022 |
| 15th | 136 | Road Trip Game Jam 2025 |
| 16th | 122 | Winter Jam 2025 |
| 17th | 116 | Make Visual Novel Assets 2025 |
| 18th | 115 | SuNoFes 2022 |
| 19th (tie) | 112 | Sealed With A Kiss 2026 |
| 19th (tie) | 112 | Spooktober 2021 |
Most participants in a single jam
| 1st | 2419 | Road Trip Game Jam 2025 |
| 2nd | 1577 | Spooktober 2025 |
| 3rd | 1487 | Spooktober 2024 |
| 4th | 1450 | SuNoFes 2024 |
| 5th | 1097 | Spooktober 2023 |
| 6th | 983 | Winter Jam 2025 |
| 7th | 981 | Sealed With A Kiss 2026 |
| 8th | 965 | SuNoFes 2022 |
| 9th | 924 | NaNoRenO 2025 |
| 10th | 891 | NaNoRenO 2022 |
| 11th | 852 | Winter Jam 2022 |
| 12th | 811 | Spooktober 2022 |
| 13th | 802 | Otome Jam 2024 |
| 14th | 708 | NaNoRenO 2023 |
| 15th (tie) | 699 | Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2025 |
| 15th (tie) | 699 | Magical Girl Game Jam No. 10 |
| 17th | 678 | SuNoFes 2021 |
| 18th | 552 | Yuri Jam 2024 |
| 19th (tie) | 535 | Mystery Game Jam 2025 |
| 19th (tie) | 535 | Spooktober 2021 |
Cumulative entries per jam
| 1st | 1336 | NaNoRenO | 2026 NaNoRenO 2026 |
| 2nd | 1065 | Spooktober | 2025 Spooktober 2025 |
| 3rd | 890 | O2A2 | 2025 O2A2 2025 |
| 4th | 616 | Yuri Jam | 2025 Yuri Jam 2025 |
| 5th | 615 | SuNoFes | 2025 SuNoFes 2025 |
| 6th | 514 | Ukrainian | 2025 Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 6 |
| 7th | 507 | Winter | 2025 Winter Jam 2025 |
| 8th | 426 | Magical Girl | 2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11 |
| 9th | 366 | Otome | 2025 Otome Jam 2025 |
| 10th | 299 | Yaoi Jam | 2025 Yaoi Jam 2025 |
Cumulative participants per jam
| 1st | 5744 | Spooktober | 2025 Spooktober 2025 |
| 2nd | 5106 | NaNoRenO | 2026 (partial) NaNoRenO 2026 |
| 3rd | 4255 | SuNoFes | 2025 SuNoFes 2025 |
| 4th | 3192 | Winter | 2025 Winter Jam 2025 |
| 5th | 3021 | Yuri Jam | 2025 Yuri Jam 2025 |
| 6th | 2887 | Magical Girl | 2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11 |
| 7th | 2419 | Road Trip | 2025 Road Trip Game Jam 2025 |
| 8th | 2161 | Otome | 2025 Otome Jam 2025 |
| 9th | 2058 | Yaoi Jam | 2025 Yaoi Jam 2025 |
| 10th | 1749 | O2A2 | 2025 O2A2 2025 |
Most entries per year
| 2026 (partial) | SWAK (112) | MVNA (59) | Shoujosei (23) |
| 2025 | Spooktober (252) | O2A2 Standard (218) | Toxic Yuri (210) |
| 2024 | Spooktober (272) | O2A2 Standard (192) | SuNoFes (187) |
| 2023 | Spooktober (210) | NaNoRenO (161) | O2A2 Standard (155) |
| 2022 | NaNoRenO (185) | Spooktober (160) | Winter (138) |
| 2021 | Spooktober (112) | O2A2 Standard (96) | NaNoRenO (88) |
| 2020 | NaNoRenO (105) | SuNoFes (62) | Spooktober (44) |
| 2019 | NaNoRenO (88) | Yuri Jam (37) | Bara (19) |
| 2018 | NaNoRenO (71) | Yuri Jam (55) | Ren'Py (27) |
| 2017 | NaNoRenO (68) | Yuri Jam (66) | TyranoJam (44) |
| 2016 | NaNoRenO (75) | Yuri Jam (56) | Yaoi Jam (19) |
| 2015 | NaNoRenO (34) | TyranoJam (33) | Yuri Jam (32) |
Most participants per year
| 2026 (partial) | SWAK (981) | Shoujosei (288) | Yandere (197, partial) |
| 2025 | Road Trip (2419) | Spooktober (1577) | Winter (983) |
| 2024 | Spooktober (1487) | SuNoFes (1450) | Otome (802) |
| 2023 | Spooktober (1097) | NaNoRenO (708) | Winter (380) |
| 2022 | SuNoFes (965) | NaNoRenO (891) | Winter (852) |
| 2021 | SuNoFes (678) | Spooktober (535) | Winter (465) |
| 2020 | NaNoRenO (450) | SuNoFes (368) | Yaoi Jam (189) |
| 2019 | NaNoRenO (330) | Yuri Jam (177) | Yaoi Jam (84) |
| 2018 | Yuri Jam (251) | NaNoRenO (235) | Yaoi Jam (123) |
| 2017 | NaNoRenO (439) | Yuri Jam (325) | TyranoJam (320) |
| 2016 | NaNoRenO (178) | Yuri Jam (166) | Yaoi Jam (105) |
| 2015 | Yuri Jam (103) | TyranoJam (41) | NaNoRenO (39) |
Largest top prize
| 1st (tie) | 10,000 USD1,000,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2017 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 1st (tie) | 10,000 USD1,000,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2019 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 1st (tie) | 10,000 USD1,000,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2020 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 4th | 3,060 USD306,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2022 |
| 5th (tie) | 3,000 USD300,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2022 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 5th (tie) | 3,000 USD300,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2023 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 5th (tie) | 3,000 USD300,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2024 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 5th (tie) | 3,000 USD300,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2025 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 6th (tie) | 3,000 USD300,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2026 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 10th (tie) | 2,850 USD285,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2023 |
| 10th (tie) | 2,850 USD285,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2021 |
Largest total prize pool
| 1st | 13,000 USD1,300,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2017 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 2nd (tie) | 12,600 USD1,260,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2019 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 2nd (tie) | 12,600 USD1,260,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2020 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 4th | 11,000 USD1,100,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2024 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 5th (tie) | 10,000 USD1,000,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2022 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 5th (tie) | 10,000 USD1,000,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2023 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 5th (tie) | 10,000 USD1,000,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2025 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 5th (tie) | 10,000 USD1,000,000 centsUSD <br /> | 2026 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge |
| 9th | 7,500 USD750,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2023 |
| 10th | 7,020 USD702,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2022 |
