Adventure · March 24, 2017

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (2017)

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Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line as part of a dangerous life and death game? Who can be trusted? Tensions rise as the situation becomes more and more dire, and the nine strangers must figure out how to escape before they wind up dead. Two spine-tingling Nonary Games Zero welcomes you to take part in both the Nonary Game and the Nonary Game: Ambidex Edition as the award-winning escape-the-room visual novels Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999) and its sequel, Virtue’s Last Reward (VLR), are together for the first time. A remastered and revamped Nine Hours The well-received classic Nintendo DS game 999 has been updated with hi-res graphics and a variety of new features including both Japanese and English voice acting! Seek a way out Search for clues within numerous locked rooms and solve mind-bending puzzles in order to escape. VLR even has two difficulty settings for more of a challenge. Fascinating theories and pseudo science ideas abound along the twisting, turning journey to uncover who Zero is, why everyone was kidnapped, and the shocking connection between the Nonary Games.

Adventure releases from 2017

78 Adventure titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Visual Novel · 250
  • Story Rich · 226
  • Puzzle · 220
  • Mystery · 200
  • Choices Matter · 185
  • Multiple Endings · 183
  • Psychological Horror · 156
  • Anime · 136
  • Adventure · 119
  • Escape Room · 97
  • Atmospheric · 97
  • Sci-fi · 96
  • Great Soundtrack · 94
  • Singleplayer · 90
  • Point & Click · 82

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Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume6.2k Steam reviewsTop 38% in Adventure
Positive rating93% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 40%
Metacritic86/100Genre average 77 — top 13% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours31 h averageTop 11% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 6.2k reviews

5.8k positive · 434 negative

Metacritic

86/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.0/10

Curator recommendations

6.3k

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Engagement Profile

All-time avg

31h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

24h

Typical completion time

Achievements

38

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 24, 2017
DeveloperSpike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Base price$5.99 -80%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksMetacritic page · [email protected]

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (2)

  • English volume_up
  • Japanese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Japanese

Editions & Packages

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