Breaking: Nine-year-old cult visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club has been abruptly pulled from Android for its 'depiction of sensitive themes'

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Subscribe to our newsletter Google has removed Doki Doki Literature Club from its Google Play Store due to perceived violations of its Terms of Service.

The cult visual novel surprise-released on the storefront in December following its initial PC release in 2017.

It's since been ported to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and iOS.Doki Doki Literature Club was a phenomenon on its release nine years ago.

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By all appearances it's a run-of-the-mill Japanese visual novel about a teenage boy who joins a high school literature club "full of cute girls", as per the Steam description.At first the game progresses just as you'd expect: the protagonist interacts with the fawning members of the literature club, many confiding conversations are had, and there's a minigame involving the composition of overwrought high school poetry.Article continues below Necessary spoilers follow: things gradually take a darker turn when one of the club members falls head-over-heels for the protagonist ## Editor's Note This is an interesting development that could shape the future of gaming. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/visual-novel/nine-year-old-cult-visual-novel-doki-doki-literature-club-has-been-abruptly-pulled-from-android-for-its-depiction-of-sensitive-themes/)