List of discontinued visual novel jams

From VNDev Wiki

This is a list of VN jams and jams producing a significant amount of VNs 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 a given year
  • It has 0 entries in a given year

January

Visual Novel AI Jam

A jam about artificial intelligence characters.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
2nd 2024 1 134 134.00 https://itch.io/jam/visual-novel-ai-jam-2023
1st 2023 1 74 74.00 https://itch.io/jam/vniajam

NaNoWinter

A NaNoRenO inspired jam, taking place in winter.

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

February

Valentine's VN Jam

A love-themed visual novel jam.

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

March

None recorded.

April

VN CUP

A jam with judging and prizes.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
2nd 2023 32 -- --

https://twitter.com/vn_cup/status/1650225424612626432
https://visualnovel.neocities.org/finals

1st 2022 36 -- -- https://twitter.com/vn_cup/status/1536925478010834944
https://visualnovel.neocities.org/submission

Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam

A weekend-long jam focused on dating sims.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
1st 2013 89 -- -- https://web.archive.org/web/20130407002217/https://electricopolis.tumblr.com/post/46630553326/big-thanks-to-erenrusso-for-coming-up-with-the
https://web.archive.org/web/20130619035500/http://electricopolis.tumblr.com/post/47453738354/pphsjam-roundup-post

May

Transformation Jam

A two-month game jam featuring the uniting theme of transformation. Games that are already in progress are allowed to be submitted.

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

June

TyranoBuilder Jam (TyranoJam)

A visual novel jam with an engine restriction, and themes.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
3rd 2018 17 97 5.71 https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam18
2nd 2017 44 320 7.27 https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam17
1st 2015 33 41 1.24 https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam15

YaoiJam +

For finishing existing Yaoi Game Jam compatible projects previously submitted to other jams.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
3rd 2022 0 37 --- https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus2022
2nd 2021 3 26 8.67 https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus2021
1st 2020 5 24 4.80 https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus

Insect (Adjacent) Jam

A jam focused on arthropods.

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

July

Bishoujo Jam

A jam focusing on pretty anime girls and a male protagonist.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
2nd 2022 4 29 7.25 https://itch.io/jam/bishoujo-jam-2022
1st 2018 1 67 67.00 https://itch.io/jam/bishoujo-jam

Shoot For The Stars Jam

A VN jam focused on the topic of stars and space.

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

Search For The Truth Jam

A VN jam for Ace Attorney style visual novels.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
1st 2018 3 39 13.00 https://itch.io/jam/search-for-the-truth

Yuri Visual Novel Jam

Not to be confused with the annual Yuri Game Jam.

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

August

Object Head Jam

A jam focused on the object head aesthetic.

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

BL Jam

A jam emphasizing M/M relationships.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
1st 2018 2 24 12.00 https://itch.io/jam/blgamejam

September

Mushroom Jam

A jam focused on various types of fungi.

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

Ren'Py Jam

A jam mainly for visual novels, with an engine restriction.

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

October

None recorded.

November

BirdJam

A jam for stories featuring birds.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
1st 2022 40 200 5.00 https://itch.io/jam/birdjam

ViNoWriMo

A visual novel writing jam parallel to the NaNoWriMo event.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
1st 2020 20 138 6.90 https://itch.io/jam/vinowrimo

December

Black Visual Novel Jam

A visual novel jam focused on Black creators and voice acting.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
1st 2022 2 56 28.00 https://itch.io/jam/black-visual-novel-jam-

Finish Your Visual Novel (FYVN Jam)

A jam where you challenge yourself to finish your in-progress VN project by the end of the year.

Nr. Year Entries Joined Partic./Entry Link
2nd 2021 10 25 2.50 https://itch.io/jam/finish-your-visual-novel
1st 2020 12 56 4.67 https://itch.io/jam/finish-your-vn

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