Today, developer Team Salvato and publisher Serenity Forge have announced that their psychological horror visual novel ‘Doki Doki Literature Club’ has been played by 30 million players across all platforms and including both the original 2017 release and the enhanced 2021 Plus edition. To celebrate, a commemorative illustration has been released alongside the announcement along with the following message from the publisher’s founder and CEO Zhenghua Yang:
“Doki Doki Literature Club Plus’ reception has continued to astound us since 2021, and we’re so thankful to the game’s loyal community for sticking with us all these years. Reaching 30 million players is incredible, and we can’t wait to show the community what we have in store next.”
Check out the full press release below, beneath the picture of a smug young lady staring at herself through a game console with a better d-pad. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus is available across PC and all console platforms, and you can read up our review on the game right this way.
Serenity Forge and Team Salvato today announced that Doki Doki Literature Club has reached the incredible milestone of inducting 30 million players worldwide into their Literature Club across the game’s original release in 2017 and enhanced 2021 Plus version that brought it to consoles for the first time.
“Doki Doki Literature Club Plus’ reception has continued to astound us since 2021, and we’re so thankful to the game’s loyal community for sticking with us all these years,” said Zhenghua Yang, founder of Serenity Forge. “Reaching 30 million players is incredible, and we can’t wait to show the community what we have in store next.”
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus expands on the original game that debuted in 2017, quickly becoming the definitive narrative horror experience downloaded by millions of fans. This is a is a psychological horror narrative that puts players in the shoes of a student who joins his school’s Literature Club at the request of his childhood friend Sayori. As he meets other members Natsuki, Yuri and Club President Monika, the player begins writing poems and grows closer to the other members – is romance in the air? Hailed by millions as one of the most disturbing games in a generation, DDLC Plus is the ultimate psychological horror narrative experience.
For more about Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, please visit https://ddlc.plus/. Stay in the loop on all things Serenity Forge by visiting the team’s website, Twitter and Bluesky.
