List of discontinued visual novel jams

This is a list of visual novel jams and jams producing a significant amount of visual novels which have been discontinued.

Jams are categorized under the month when the most recent edition of the jam began.

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 and information about the "participants/entry" statistic are available on the above reference page.

For the purposes of this list, a jam is considered discontinued if the next iteration has not occurred or been announced, and:

It previously occurred annually, but has not occurred for at least one full calendar year.
It has been announced to be discontinued or cancelled.
It exceeds a Participants per Entry ratio of 50 in the most recent iteration
It has 0 entries in the most recent iteration

January

NaNoWinter

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2015	3	---	---	https://itch.io/jam/nanowinter2015

Visual Novel AI Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
2	2024	1	134	134	https://itch.io/jam/visual-novel-ai-jam-2023
1	2023	1	74	74	https://itch.io/jam/vniajam

February

Valentine's VN Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2021	51	259	5.08	https://itch.io/jam/valentines-vn-jam-2021

March

None recorded.

April

Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2013	89	---	---	https://web.archive.org/web/20130407002217/https://electricopolis.tumblr.com/post/46630553326/big-thanks-to-erenrusso-for-coming-up-with-the

VN CUP

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Top Prize	Total Prize Pot	Link
2	2023	32	---	---	2,000 USD	5,500 USD	https://x.com/vn_cup/status/1650225424612626432
1	2022	36	---	---	300 USD	600 USD	https://x.com/vn_cup/status/1536925478010834944

May

Transformation Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2023	11	47	4.27	https://itch.io/jam/transformation-game-jam

June

TyranoBuilder Summer Game Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Top Prize	Total Prize Pot	Link
3	2018	17	97	5.71	500 USD	1,100 USD	https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam18
2	2017	44	320	7.27	500 USD	1,100 USD	https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam17
1	2015	33	41	1.24	350 USD	1,000 USD	https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam15

YaoiJam+

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
3	2022	0	37	---	https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus2022
2	2021	3	26	8.67	https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus2021
1	2020	5	24	4.8	https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus

Insect (Adjacent) Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2024	0	15	---	https://itch.io/jam/insect-jam

July

Shoot For The Stars Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2020	12	22	1.83	https://itch.io/jam/shoot-for-the-stars-jam

Bishoujo Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
2	2022	4	29	7.25	https://itch.io/jam/bishoujo-jam-2022
1	2018	1	67	67	https://itch.io/jam/bishoujo-jam

Search For The Truth Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2018	3	39	13	https://itch.io/jam/search-for-the-truth

Yuri Visual Novel Jam (discontinued)

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2023	0	9	---	https://itch.io/jam/vn-yuri-jam

August

Object Head Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2021	8	65	8.13	https://itch.io/jam/object-head-jam-2021

BL Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2017	2	24	12	https://itch.io/jam/blgamejam

September

Mushroom Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2023	28	271	9.68	https://itch.io/jam/mushroomm

Ren'Py Jam

Nr.	Year	Entries	Participants	Partic./Entry	Link
1	2018	27	115	4.26	https://itch.io/jam/renpy-jam

October