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PC Gamer
Shaun Prescott

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

Doki Doki Literature Club.

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. 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.

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