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Most entries in a single jam
1st 272 Spooktober 2024 2nd 210 Spooktober 2023 3rd 192 O2A2 2024 4th 187 SuNoFes 2024 5th 185 NaNoRenO 2022 6th 161 NaNoRenO 2023 7th 160 Spooktober 2022 8th 155 O2A2 2023 9th 152 NaNoRenO 2024 10th 138 Winter Jam 2022 11th 116 MVNA 2025 12th 115 SuNoFes 2022 13th 112 Spooktober 2021 14th 109 Micro Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 1 15th (tie) 106 Yuri Jam 2024 15th (tie) 106 O2A2 2022 17th 105 NaNoRenO 2020 18th (tie) 103 O2A2 Queer 2023 18th (tie) 103 Otome Jam 2024 20th 96 O2A2 2021
Most participants in a single jam
1st 2444 (partial) Road Trip 2025 2nd 1487 Spooktober 2024 3rd 1450 SuNoFes 2024 4th 1097 Spooktober 2023 5th 965 SuNoFes 2022 6th 907 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025 7th 891 NaNoRenO 2022 8th 852 Winter Jam 2022 9th 811 Spooktober 2022 10th 802 Otome Jam 2024 11th 708 NaNoRenO 2023 12th 699 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 10 13th 678 SuNoFes 2021 14th 552 Yuri Jam 2024 15th 535 Spooktober 2021 16th 466 NaNoRenO 2024 17th 465 Winter Jam 2021 18th 450 NaNoRenO 2020 19th 439 NaNoRenO 2017 20th 408 O2A2 2024
Cumulative entries per jam
1st 1199 NaNoRenO 2025 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025 2nd 813 Spooktober 2024 Spooktober 2024 3rd 672 O2A2 2024 O2A2 2024 4th 552 SuNoFes 2024 SuNoFes 2024 5th 524 Yuri Jam 2024 Yuri Jam 2024 6th 399 Ukrainian 2024 Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 5 7th 389 Magical Girl 2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11 8th 385 Winter 2024 Winter Jam 2024 9th 271 Otome 2024 Otome Jam 2024 10th 236 Yaoi Jam 2024 Yaoi Jam 2024
Cumulative participants per jam
1st 5037 NaNoRenO 2025 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025 2nd 4167 Spooktober 2024 Spooktober 2024 3rd 4056 SuNoFes 2024 SuNoFes 2024 4th 2619 Magical Girl 2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11 5th 2487 Yuri Jam 2024 Yuri Jam 2024 6th 2444 Road Trip 2025 (partial) Road Trip 2025 7th 2209 Winter 2024 Winter Jam 2024 8th 1828 Otome 2025 (partial) Otome Jam 2025 9th 1725 Yaoi Jam 2025 (partial) Yaoi Jam 2025 10th 1326 O2A2 2024 O2A2 2024
Most entries per year
2025 (partial) MVNA (116) SWAK (79) Yandere (65) 2024 Spooktober (272) O2A2 (192) SuNoFes (187) 2023 Spooktober (210) NaNoRenO (161) O2A2 (155) 2022 NaNoRenO (185) Spooktober (160) Winter (138) 2021 Spooktober (112) O2A2 (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
2025 (partial) Road Trip (2444, partial) NaNoRenO (907, partial) SWAK (392) 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 3,060 USD 306,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2022 2nd (tie) 2,850 USD 285,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2021 2nd (tie) 2,850 USD 285,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2023 4th 2,000 USD 200,000 centsUSD <br /> VN CUP 2023 5th 1,800 USD 180,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2024 6th (tie) 500 USD 50,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2020 6th (tie) 500 USD 50,000 centsUSD <br /> TyranoJam 2018 6th (tie) 500 USD 50,000 centsUSD <br /> TyranoJam 2017 9th 350 USD 35,000 centsUSD <br /> TyranoJam 2015 10th 300 USD 30,000 centsUSD <br /> VN CUP 2022
Largest total prize pool
1st 7,500 USD 750,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2023 2nd 7,020 USD 702,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2022 3rd 5,700 USD 570,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2021 4th 5,500 USD 550,000 centsUSD <br /> VN CUP 2023 5th 4,550 USD 455,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2024 6th 1,250 USD 125,000 centsUSD <br /> Menhera Jam 2024 7th 1,200 USD 120,000 centsUSD <br /> Spooktober 2020 8th (tie) 1,100 USD 110,000 centsUSD <br /> TyranoJam 2018 8th (tie) 1,100 USD 110,000 centsUSD <br /> TyranoJam 2017 10th 1,000 USD 100,000 centsUSD <br /> TyranoJam 2015
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