Doki Doki Literature Club looks like a cute dating sim, but it’s a terrifying horror story
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“Doki doki” is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a heart beating quickly, usually with anticipation or excitement. Doki Doki Literature Club is a visual novel where anticipation and the different forms it takes. It’s a game that does this by constantly playing with your expectations — even before you start playing.
If you were to take a quick glance at Doki Doki Literature Club‘s description, its trailer, or the screenshots on its storefront, you’d see a game that looks like every other cutesy dating sim about a high school boy…
