

Aside from its initial content warnings the game appears twee from the off thanks to its visual style and score, while its four characters all fit established archetypes, which makes its descent into something entirely different more impactful. Part of the reason why Doki Doki Literature Club! is so successful is that it truly emulates the visual novel dating sim genre.

Related Pages: 7 Years From Now Review: Time Loops And Love However, Doki Doki Literature Club! instead quickly turns into a meta psychological horror. There, they meet the other three club members - Natsuki, Yuri, and Monika - and through writing poems appears to be growing closer towards a budding romance with one of the other club members. In Doki Doki Literature Club! the player is invited to join the new high school literature club by their childhood friend Sayori. Now, developer Team Salvato has created an updated version called Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, complete with plenty of bonus content. What at first appeared as a cutesy visual novel soon became something much more, with some excellent genre subversions as the game descended into something dark and whip-smart.

Doki Doki Literature Club! was a sensation upon its release in 2017.
