Google has removed popular psychological horror game Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store.

Google has removed popular psychological horror game Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store. According to Dan Salvato, who led its development team, and publisher Serenity Forge, Google told them the visual novel was removed because it violated its Terms of Service in its depiction of sensitive themes. The game is “widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world,” they said in their announcement. Its free version, which came out first, has been downloaded at least 30 million times, while the paid “Plus” version has had at least one million downloads. The visual novel has repeatedly made Engadget’s lists of favorite games over the years.

**alternative download link you can download it from https://com-serenityforge-dokidokiliteratureclub.en.uptodown.com/android/download

Don’t know if it is trustworthy though.

You play download the PC version officially from steam, only android was removed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/ **

    • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      1 day ago

      Please explain why you think CSAM, gore, and revenge porn aggregator X is the entire internet and try to do it without being arrested

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      Why are you talking about the internet as a whole when the context is apps on the play store, a (extremely poorly but yet) curated subset?

      No one is talking about banning X as a whole. Well, you, since you misunderstood apparently.

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      You forgot an “/s” because yes that is a fair criticism toward google.

      Banning this game under that logic would be just as dumb as banning most of the internet and if their rules where enforced consistently then that is what they should do.

      But the contextual key here is that they should keep the game on their store and maintain consistently enforced guidelines of what is actually not allowed.