By Charles Harte
Publication Date: 2026-04-10 12:00:00
Doki Doki Literature Club, the dating sim-themed horror game, has been removed from the Google Play store. According to publisher Serenity Forge, the reasoning provided was that the game violated the storefront’s terms of service with its “depiction of sensitive themes.”
Doki Doki Literature Club was first released on Steam in 2017, and is notorious for its deceptively disturbing story. While it initially appears to be a traditional dating sim, following a high school boy as he joins an after school writing club and falls in love with the other members, dramatic plot twists give the game a dark turn. It includes, among other things, graphic depictions of suicide.
That said, the game has many content warnings, both on store pages and in the opening moments of the game. On iOS, the game is rated 17+ and its description includes the sentence “This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed” at both the beginning and the end.
Publisher Serenity Forge issued the…