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The genre needed a jump scare more than it needed another visual novel with actual writing, apparently! I say this with love because I still think about it…
Game entry
Doki Doki Literature Club!
2017 · Visual novel, Horror, Adventure · PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android · Team Salvato
Doki Doki Literature Club! is ranked no. 228 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,785 and 68% of duels won.
World rank
no. 228
ELO score
1,785
Wins
68%
Duels played
293
About Doki Doki Literature Club!
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,785 ELO points over the last 123 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Steins;Gate 40% 10 duels played · 193 points ahead
- against Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 38% 8 duels played · 64 points behind
- against Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations 83% 6 duels played · 197 points ahead
- against Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You 67% 6 duels played · 253 points ahead
- against Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney 67% 6 duels played · 60 points ahead
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The games Doki Doki Literature Club! sits between in the world ranking.
- 225 Monster Hunter: World 1,786
- 226 F.E.A.R. 1,786
- 227 Tomb Raider II 1,786
- 228 Doki Doki Literature Club! 1,785
- 229 Wii Sports 1,785
- 230 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 1,785
- 231 Company of Heroes 1,785
The community
The debate
45 comments
RustyRider
The genre needed a jump scare more than it needed another visual novel with actual writing, apparently! I say this with love because I still think about it constantly.
IronPilot
Same genre debate, different day, and I'm still not tired of having it.
Frédéric_1997
Franchement je le rejoue de temps en temps, pas pour l'effet de surprise qui ne marche plus du tout, mais pour l'ambiance du début, celle avant que tout parte en vrille, ça reste agréable en soi.
Cortez_1998
The interface stays deliberately simple for most of the runtime, which makes the moments it breaks that simplicity land much harder than they would in a flashier engine.
RogueNinja97
It starts like the cutest thing imaginable, then it doesn't stay that way at all. The tonal whiplash is the whole point.
SammieDragon
Same, still get chills...
NovaMaster2
But nobody wants to admit the back half leans entirely on shock, and once you know what's coming the writing underneath is pretty thin, the tone shift is clever exactly once.
Save_Crona
Same happened to my gf, she left the room during act two and never came back tbh.
Kuphal99
My roommate at the time refused to be in the room once she saw my face during act two.
rowe_trystan
My roommate thing happened to me too, except it was my brother refusing to even look at the screen after that.
LootAce
Yo también prefiero Ace Attorney para volver a jugar, este no aguanta una segunda vuelta igual