Gripping story with big plot twists
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“this game has some of the most insane plot twists I was NOT expecting, like seriously”
Steam review · 32.9 h played ↗
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Abstraction Games2016Visual Novel · Detective · Mystery
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A stylish, twisty murder-mystery visual novel with memorable characters and tense class trials. Skip it if you dislike heavy dialogue, padding, minigames or anime tropes.
Great for
Fans of murder mysteries, Ace Attorney or Zero Escape who enjoy quirky anime casts and lots of dialogue
Main risk
Slow, padded, hand-holding dialogue and trials with annoying minigames and trope-heavy writing
What players love
Memorable, lovable characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“By the end I had learnt to appreciate (or hate) every single character. They all have such distinguishable traits”
Steam review · 27.4 h played ↗
Great music and unique art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I genuinely still get chills from the OST.”
Steam review · 51.2 h played ↗
Addictive, tense class trials
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Every class trials - or should I say - every DEADLY trials tickling my brain G-spot.”
Steam review · 33.3 h played ↗
Gripping even for non-VN players
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Due to a bad attention span, I've always struggled to stay focused playing visual novels, but damn, this one really gripped me”
Steam review · 25.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, trope-heavy writing and characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Interesting premise, but probably some of the worst writing I've ever encountered. It's painful.”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗
Annoying trial minigames and guessy logic
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Loading bullets from other people is SO RANDOM, like you know what to say, but the game wants you to do it a very specific way”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗
Padded, repetitive dialogue and slow pacing
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Every line of dialog repeats 3 times, as if you were an idiot. It's mind numbing.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Mysteries are hand-held and too easy
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“almost all the answers are basically spoonfed to you”
Steam review · 83.8 h played ↗
Dated, uncomfortable content and fan service
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the sexism, the exploitation, THAT Hangman's Gambit, the fetishizing, the sexualising”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Launch failures, crashes and save problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“theres hundreds of threads online where people are complaining about the game not turning on after hitting play yet theres no solution to the problem”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
Processor2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 3.2 or DirectX 9.0c compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 3.2 or DirectX 9.0c compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM
Storage6 GB available space
OSWindows 7
Processor2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 3.2 or DirectX 9.0c compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM
Storage5 GB available space
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