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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.
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.


==Most entries in a single jam==
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==Most participants in a single jam==
==Longest running jams==
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This table shows the longest running jams, as measured by the number of letters in their titles.
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(Happy April Fool's! -Iron)
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! Rank !! Jam name !! Length
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|1st||Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam || 44
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|2nd||Battle Action Fantasy Visual Novel Jam || 38
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|3rd||Monstrous Desires Visual Novel Jam || 34
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|4th||Yuri Visual Novel Jam - Kagarisoft || 34
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|5th||Velox series of visual novel jams || 33
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|6th||TyranoBuilder Summer Game Jam || 29
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|7th (tie)||Finish Your Visual Novel Jam || 28
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|7th (tie)||Interactive Fiction Showcase || 28
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|7th (tie)||Make Visual Novel Assets Jam || 28
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|10th||Dying Year Visual Novel Jam || 27
|}


==Cumulative entries per jam==
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==Cumulative participants per jam==
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==Most entries per year==
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==Most participants per year==
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==Largest top prize==
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==Largest total prize pool==
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Revision as of 10:06, 1 April 2025

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

Rank Entries Jam
1st272Spooktober 2024
2nd210Spooktober 2023
3rd192O2A2 2024
4th187SuNoFes 2024
5th185NaNoRenO 2022
6th161NaNoRenO 2023
7th160Spooktober 2022
8th155O2A2 2023
9th152NaNoRenO 2024
10th138Winter Jam 2022
11th116MVNA 2025
12th115SuNoFes 2022
13th112Spooktober 2021
14th109Micro Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 1
15th (tie)106Yuri Jam 2024
15th (tie)106O2A2 2022
17th105NaNoRenO 2020
18th (tie)103O2A2 Queer 2023
18th (tie)103Otome Jam 2024
20th96O2A2 2021

Most participants in a single jam

Rank Participants Jam
1st2444 (partial)Road Trip 2025
2nd1487Spooktober 2024
3rd1450SuNoFes 2024
4th1097Spooktober 2023
5th965SuNoFes 2022
6th907 (partial)NaNoRenO 2025
7th891NaNoRenO 2022
8th852Winter Jam 2022
9th811Spooktober 2022
10th802Otome Jam 2024
11th708NaNoRenO 2023
12th699Magical Girl Game Jam No. 10
13th678SuNoFes 2021
14th552Yuri Jam 2024
15th535Spooktober 2021
16th466NaNoRenO 2024
17th465Winter Jam 2021
18th450NaNoRenO 2020
19th439NaNoRenO 2017
20th408O2A2 2024

Cumulative entries per jam

Rank Count Jam Includes
1st1199NaNoRenO2025 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025
2nd813Spooktober2024 Spooktober 2024
3rd672O2A22024 O2A2 2024
4th552SuNoFes2024 SuNoFes 2024
5th524Yuri Jam2024 Yuri Jam 2024
6th399Ukrainian2024 Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 5
7th389Magical Girl2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11
8th385Winter2024 Winter Jam 2024
9th271Otome2024 Otome Jam 2024
10th236Yaoi Jam2024 Yaoi Jam 2024

Cumulative participants per jam

Rank Count Jam Includes
1st5037NaNoRenO2025 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025
2nd4167Spooktober2024 Spooktober 2024
3rd4056SuNoFes2024 SuNoFes 2024
4th2619Magical Girl2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11
5th2487Yuri Jam2024 Yuri Jam 2024
6th2444Road Trip2025 (partial) Road Trip 2025
7th2209Winter2024 Winter Jam 2024
8th1828Otome2025 (partial) Otome Jam 2025
9th1725Yaoi Jam2025 (partial) Yaoi Jam 2025
10th1326O2A22024 O2A2 2024

Most entries per year

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2025 (partial)MVNA (116)SWAK (79)Yandere (65)
2024Spooktober (272)O2A2 (192)SuNoFes (187)
2023Spooktober (210)NaNoRenO (161)O2A2 (155)
2022NaNoRenO (185)Spooktober (160)Winter (138)
2021Spooktober (112)O2A2 (96)NaNoRenO (88)
2020NaNoRenO (105)SuNoFes (62)Spooktober (44)
2019NaNoRenO (88)Yuri Jam (37)Bara (19)
2018NaNoRenO (71)Yuri Jam (55)Ren'Py (27)
2017NaNoRenO (68)Yuri Jam (66)TyranoJam (44)
2016NaNoRenO (75)Yuri Jam (56)Yaoi Jam (19)
2015NaNoRenO (34)TyranoJam (33)Yuri Jam (32)

Most participants per year

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2025 (partial)Road Trip (2444, partial)NaNoRenO (907, partial)SWAK (392)
2024Spooktober (1487)SuNoFes (1450)Otome (802)
2023Spooktober (1097)NaNoRenO (708)Winter (380)
2022SuNoFes (965)NaNoRenO (891)Winter (852)
2021SuNoFes (678)Spooktober (535)Winter (465)
2020NaNoRenO (450)SuNoFes (368)Yaoi Jam (189)
2019NaNoRenO (330)Yuri Jam (177)Yaoi Jam (84)
2018Yuri Jam (251)NaNoRenO (235)Yaoi Jam (123)
2017NaNoRenO (439)Yuri Jam (325)TyranoJam (320)
2016NaNoRenO (178)Yuri Jam (166)Yaoi Jam (105)
2015Yuri Jam (103)TyranoJam (41)NaNoRenO (39)

Largest top prize

Rank Top Prize Jam
1st3,060 USD306,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2022
2nd (tie)2,850 USD285,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2021
2nd (tie)2,850 USD285,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2023
4th2,000 USD200,000 centsUSD <br />VN CUP 2023
5th1,800 USD180,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2024
6th (tie)500 USD50,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2020
6th (tie)500 USD50,000 centsUSD <br />TyranoJam 2018
6th (tie)500 USD50,000 centsUSD <br />TyranoJam 2017
9th350 USD35,000 centsUSD <br />TyranoJam 2015
10th300 USD30,000 centsUSD <br />VN CUP 2022

Largest total prize pool

Rank Prize Pool Jam
1st7,500 USD750,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2023
2nd7,020 USD702,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2022
3rd5,700 USD570,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2021
4th5,500 USD550,000 centsUSD <br />VN CUP 2023
5th4,550 USD455,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2024
6th1,250 USD125,000 centsUSD <br />Menhera Jam 2024
7th1,200 USD120,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2020
8th (tie)1,100 USD110,000 centsUSD <br />TyranoJam 2018
8th (tie)1,100 USD110,000 centsUSD <br />TyranoJam 2017
10th1,000 USD100,000 centsUSD <br />TyranoJam 2015

Longest running jams

This table shows the longest running jams, as measured by the number of letters in their titles. (Happy April Fool's! -Iron)

Rank Jam name Length
1st Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam 44
2nd Battle Action Fantasy Visual Novel Jam 38
3rd Monstrous Desires Visual Novel Jam 34
4th Yuri Visual Novel Jam - Kagarisoft 34
5th Velox series of visual novel jams 33
6th TyranoBuilder Summer Game Jam 29
7th (tie) Finish Your Visual Novel Jam 28
7th (tie) Interactive Fiction Showcase 28
7th (tie) Make Visual Novel Assets Jam 28
10th Dying Year Visual Novel Jam 27