A 2017 psychological horror visual novel by Team Salvato that masquerades as a high-school anime dating sim before destabilizing its own narrative and characters.
Setup
Created by Dan Salvato and a small team, Doki Doki Literature Club presents as a free-to-play dating sim about joining a literature club. Sayori, Yuri, Natsuki, and Monika each invite the player to write poems.
Horror
Roughly midway through, the game shifts into existential horror. Files are deleted from the player’s machine, and Monika breaks the fourth wall to manipulate her own code and rivals.
Legacy
Doki Doki Literature Club became one of 2017’s most discussed indie releases and remains a cornerstone of metafictional game design. The 2021 expanded re-release Plus added side stories and platform versions.
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