--- title: "Doki Doki Literature Club! — Belly Score 9.4 | Belly Score" url: https://bellyscore.com/game/doki-doki-literature-club description: "Doki Doki Literature Club! gets a Belly Score of 9.4/10. BELLY APPROVED" lang: en --- Image: Doki Doki Literature Club! (https://base44.app/api/apps/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/files/mp/public/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/f1b8d66b5_DOKIDOKILITERATURECLUB.jpg) # Doki Doki Literature Club! Belly Score 9.4 Platform Windows: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/windows, macOS: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/macos, Linux: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/linux Genre Visual Novel: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/visual-novel, Horror: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/horror, Simulation: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/simulation Released Sep 22, 2017: https://bellyscore.com/best/year/2017 Developer Team Salvato Publisher Team Salvato About Don't let the pastel colors and doe-eyed anime aesthetic fool you. What starts as a seemingly innocent visual novel about joining a high school literature club and wooing your classmates quickly spirals into something far more sinister. This game is a masterclass in subverting expectations, weaponizing the tropes of dating sims to deliver a deeply unsettling psychological experience. It’s a meta-narrative nightmare that breaks the fourth wall, forcing you to confront the dark reality hiding behind the cute character sprites. It’s not just a game; it’s a trap that will leave you questioning everything you see on your screen. The Belly's Verdict BELLY APPROVED Belly Score Calculation Category Weight Score Weighted Fun Factor 25% 9.4 2.350 Game Play 20% 8.7 1.740 Controls + Feel 15% 9.2 1.380 Creativity + Originality 10% 10.0 1.000 Presentation 10% 10.0 1.000 Content + Staying Power 10% 9.7 0.970 The Belly Factor 10% 10.0 1.000 Total 100% 9.4 Raw weighted sum 9.440 → rounded to 9.4 ### Prediction Results No predictions were made for this game. Vibe Tags Mysterious: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/mysterious Creepy: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/creepy Unsettling: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/unsettling Suspenseful: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/suspenseful Thought-Provoking: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/thought-provoking Surreal: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/surreal Themes School / Academy: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/school-academy Psychological: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/psychological Surreal: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/surreal Dark / Grim: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/dark-grim Original Belly Score Video Related Games 9.9 ### Half-Life FPS · Action · Adventure Windows · PlayStation 2 · macOS · Linux Sci-Fi Alien Workplace +1 Atmospheric Eerie Intense +2 https://bellyscore.com/game/half-life 9.9 ### FINAL FANTASY VI RPG Super Nintendo Entertainment System · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · iOS · Android · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 Fantasy Dark / Grim Steampunk Epic Emotional Melancholic +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/final-fantasy-6 9.9 ### ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE Action · RPG · Adventure PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S Dark Fantasy Mythology Monsters +1 Adventurous Discovery-Driven Atmospheric +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree 9.9 ### Xenogears RPG PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable Sci-Fi Robots / Mechs Psychological +1 Epic Mysterious Thought-Provoking +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/xenogears ### Community Discussion 0 Threads Log in to join the discussion. 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