- Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics - 5 July 2026
s spotted by Japan's IT Media News , a paper presented at Purdue University's MFS Cultural AI Conference called AI Fiction in the Wild performed a fascinating study of half a million anonymous English-language ChatGPT-user conversations using WildChat, and found some real oddities. Well, one in particular... Read more.
- Nine-year-old cult visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club has been abruptly pulled from Android for its 'depiction of sensitive themes' - 10 April 2026
Google has removed Doki Doki Literature Club from its Google Play Store due to perceived violations of its Terms of Service. The cult visual novel surprise-released on the storefront in December following its initial PC release in 2017. It's since been ported to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and iOS... Read more.
- Introducing the Doki Doki Literature Club Classics of Horror Collection! - 24 October 2024
Spooky season has officially arrived for the Literature Club! We're excited to introduce the Doki Doki Literature Club Classics of Horror Collection, featuring a premium jacquard blanket, character standees, and haunting keychains, all inspired by iconic horror stories. First up is the Classics of Horror Blanket. This cozy jacquard fabric blanket is made from a polyester cotton blend and features a woven design with fringe along the edges. Each club member is depicted as a classic horror character, styled to resemble movie posters and book covers, perfectly capturing the spooky season spirit. Our collection of displayable standees brings these frightening designs to life. Each standee also has a dry-erase board, ideal for jotting down notes or leaving messages for fellow club members. You can also carry these adorably eerie designs with you as keychains. Each keychain showcases a differ…
- Doki Doki Literature Club publisher has another visual horror novel on the way - 20 December 2022
Doki Doki Literature Club is one of my favourite games, and one of the best free games of all time . It’s not exactly innovative or outstanding, if I’m being honest, but it is one of the most memorable gaming experiences I’ve had. The visual novel may look like just that - a narrative game - and nothing more. You’re a boy joining a literature club of girls, all of which end up being romantic interests. This all leads you to believe that Doki Doki Literature Club is simply a visual novel and dating simulator, and that’s where you’re wrong. Very wrong. It takes a horrific turn for the worse, to say the least, and that’s all I’ll say. If you are yet to play Doki Doki, the less you know, the better it is. Read more
- Doki Doki Literature Club Plus just launched with new stories and more - 30 June 2021
As if high school romance weren't fear-inducing enough, Doki Doki Literature Club has just released its bigger, prettier version: Doki Doki Literature Club Plus. DDLC has long been one of the best free games on PC, though the new paid version comes with a visual upgrade, bonus content, and even some new stories on the side. You can now write poems for your school crush in extra-horrifying HD. Read more
- Doki Doki Literature Club Plus adds new stories this month - 16 June 2021
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! is a HD remaster of the cute anime visual novel (which is also a psychological horror game) coming out on June 30th. Unlike the old game, this one won't be free, but it's adding a bunch of new stuff that I'm sure will have plenty of spooks for us. It's bringing six new side stories, loads of new music, and a visual upgrade with higher-resolution artwork. Read more
- Doki Doki Literature Club Plus adds HD art to the totally normal visual novel - 11 June 2021
If you haven't played Doki Doki Literature Club at this point, there's no avoiding the truth about it: It is not the cute visual novel about dating that it appears to be on the surface. It's a gruesome horror game ... Read more.
- DDLC Store Holiday Sale & Best Girl Contest Winner! - 12 December 2020
DDLC ONLINE STORE UPDATES The DDLC online store is back with an all-new collection just in time for the holidays! We're celebrating with our biggest sale of the year! Get 30% off storewide using code CLASSROOM now through December 15th! Order by December 13th to ensure delivery by Christmas! ddlcstore.com Our new collection features a variety of exciting new designs and product types, including an exclusive embroidered DDLC Logo Zip Up Hoodie and DDLC Logo Mug! Our fan-favorite plushies are also back in stock! More highlights of our new collection include: Iconic DDLC art pieces on a variety of product types Limited-time Convention Exclusive Keychains Our highly anticipated 2020 Anniversary Fundraising Stream / COVID Relief Collection (All proceeds from the COVID Relief Collection will go to mutual aid funds to help those most impacted by the pandemic!) Look for the Official DDLC Produc…
- DDLC Fan Forge Best Girl Challenge - 16 October 2020
Your fellow Literature Club members are hosting a special "Best Girl Challenge" through the @ForFansxFans DDLC Fan Forge! But it seems something's amiss... Oh my! The club members are jealous that Monika is always the most popular! It looks like they've taken over this contest and aren't letting Monika steal the show this time. Fair is fair... Or is it? Help determine the outcome by submitting your original art of your favorite club member, and by voting! Winning artists will have their fan art officially licensed and receive exclusive prizes from Team Salvato and For Fans By Fans. Contest Link http://bit.ly/Best_Girl_Challenge_FF Deadline to Submit November 12, 2020 @ 11:59 PT How to Play Submit artwork of your favorite girl or girls to give them 10 points! Vote on artwork of your favorite girl or girls to give them 1 point!
- Best free games for 2020 - 11 February 2020
When you’re looking for the best free games on PC, what are you looking for? We think we’ve got you covered with our selection below, whether it’s browser games you can start playing instantly, free-to-play games to rival anything you’d spend money on, or downloadable games that you can play for a lifetime. (more…)
- The 10 best visual novels on PC - 29 November 2019
On a rainy night, some people enjoy getting comfy, grabbing their beverage of choice, and curling up with a good book. Some others like doing the same exact thing, but with a game. I say, why not both? Visual novels are the perfect genre of game to curl up with. Here s our collection for the ten best visual novels. (more…)
- How Doki Doki Literature Club frames you - 25 July 2018
This article spoils Doki Doki Literature Club in the first sentence, it presupposes you ve played it, and goes on to spoil the narrative tricks the game uses to make its story meaningful. So if you haven t played the game, get it (it s free),make a pot of coffee, set aside four hours, play it, and then come back here and read this. Like the dentist, it s good for you and in no way painful at all I promise I really do and I wouldn’t lie to you xx (more…)
- DDLC v1.1.1 Update - 15 April 2018
DDLC has been updated to v1.1.1. Game will no longer behave unexpectedly following a game crash (progress is properly saved). "Auto" mode now disables when a poem is displayed on-screen so that it is not skipped over by accident. Fixed minor continuity issues during the third poem-sharing session in some instances. Monika will now still show you her poem during a scene with Natsuki that previously made her skip over it. Fixed an issue where right-clicking during certain scenes would cause the scene to pause and ruin the timing. Other minor fixes and enhancements for typos, image sprites, and time-sensitive events. No new game content has been added, hidden or otherwise.
- How Doki Doki Literature Club s subversive satire explores the power of visual novels - 23 February 2018
What if your favorite game got removed from Steam, but nobody seemed to notice? That s what happened to Muv-Luv Alternative , a nigh-hundred-hour visual novel from Japanese developers Age that some have called the magnum opus of the genre. It s currently the highest-rated title on the Visual Novel Database , barely eclipsing the better-known Steins;Gate. But in January, the censored non-18+ version of the game disappeared from the Steam storefront without explanation , with members of the development team apparently scrambling to get it back up, using the discussion board to document their progress, or lack thereof. Very few sites reported the news, and understandably so: according to SteamSpy , this hyper-niche game with its adoring fanbase has sold just shy of 10,000 copies on Steam, roughly half of its predecessor. Meanwhile, a newcomer to the genre, that broke many of the rules that…
- 2017 Steam Award winners include PUBG, Cuphead & Witcher - 4 January 2018
We’ve already seen which games sold best on Steam last year, but a perhaps more meaningful insight into movin’ and a-shakin’ in PC-land is the games that people feel warmest and snuggliest about. To that end, Valve have announced the winners of the 2017 Steam Awards, a fully community-voted affair which names the most-loved games across categories including best post-launch support, most player agency, exceeding pre-release expectations and most head-messing-with. Vintage cartoon-themed reflex-tester Cuphead leads the charge with two gongs, but ol’ Plunkbat and The Witcher series also do rather well – as do a host of other games from 2017’s great and good. Full winners and runners-up below, with links to our previous coverage of each game if you’re so-minded. Plus: I reveal which game I’d have gone for in each category. (more…)
- Doki Doki Literature Club is a hidden horror game for the internet age - 31 October 2017
We players like to be in charge of our games. We save before boss battles. We watch how our choices change the story flow. Many of us know how to access game data if needed. Most of all, we like knowing we’ve out-smarted the game. And there’s no easier style of game to out-smart than a dating sim. Right? Japanese-style dating games often stick to an aesthetic and tone that’s all but synonymous with the genre: bouncy anime blended with air-headed girls, all clamouring to get the attention of the male protagonist. Doki Doki Literature Club slips into that style seamlessly. Only one thing sets it apart – the tagline. “This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.” Beyond that there are no hints in the game trailer, no secrets in the description . (more…)
- The merch store is open! (Non-US orders coming soon) - 27 October 2017
Hi everyone – as promised, the Team Salvato store is now open, featuring some cool keychain and poster designs of the DDLC cast! https://store.teamsalvato.com Please note that shipping will take up to 3-4 weeks during the store’s opening period while I work with high order volumes and other aspects of product distribution. After things are rolling smoothly, I will also enable international orders – I want to try to get the shipping prices down first, because it can get really expensive to ship even small items, and I don’t want to break your wallet. Once international orders are available, I’ll make another announcement. Among the poster designs are exclusive prints from JisuArt and Hannah Santos – please check out the rest of their art if you like the poster designs! I’m aware that the selection of merchandise is currently pretty small. I hope to be able to increase this over time, but…
- The merch store is open! (Non-US orders coming soon) - 27 October 2017
Hi everyone – as promised, the Team Salvato store is now open, featuring some cool keychain and poster designs of the DDLC cast! https://store.teamsalvato.com Please note that shipping will take up to 3-4 weeks during the store’s opening period while I work with high order volumes and other aspects of product distribution. After things are rolling smoothly, I will also enable international orders – I want to try to get the shipping prices down first, because it can get really expensive to ship even small items, and I don’t want to break your wallet. Once international orders are available, I’ll make another announcement. Among the poster designs are exclusive prints from JisuArt and Hannah Santos – please check out the rest of their art if you like the poster designs! I’m aware that the selection of merchandise is currently pretty small. I hope to be able to increase this over time, but…
- Doki Doki Literature Club! hides a gruesome horror game under its cute surface - 26 October 2017
From the pastel portraits of its doe-eyed schoolgirls to the gentle melodies of its playful soundtrack, every aspect of Team Salvato’s Doki Doki Literature Club! draws you into the world of the ultra-traditional dating sim, where cuteness lurks around every corner and true love is almost impossible to avoid.  There’s a substantial fanbase for conventional Japanese date-’em-ups like Clannad , but this game’s true lure lies in the horrors that lurk just behind its soft-focus facade—a facade that drains away slowly, like water through a sieve. But what a charming facade it is. It’s a classic anime premise: you play a nondescript high school guy in Anyplace, Japan, whose childhood friend Sayori has convinced you to join her Literature Club. Said club just happens to be populated with beautiful girls for you to fawn over. Soon enough, you find y…
- The Literature Club is Open! - 6 October 2017
Okay, everyone! Thanks for your patience! Doki Doki Literature Club is now available on Steam. If you've already played and enjoyed Doki Doki Literature Club, note that the Steam version is just about identical to the non-Steam version (v1.1.0). However, I look forward to sharing the Literature Club experience to a wider audience, and I hope you do too. The game may have some Steam-specific features in the future (eg. achievements), but there are no immediate plans. I'm excited to read all of your reviews and to see the club members fall in love with you all over again. Thank you for being a part of my Literature Club! Dan
