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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Story-driven visual novel pairing deadly choices with escape-room puzzles

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · Released Mar 24, 2017

Adventure

Reviews
Very Positive
93% of 7,431
Recent reviews
Very Positive
94% of 52 in 30 days
Players
82
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
9 years ago
Apr 28, 2017
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB
4 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)

What is Zero Escape: The Nonary Games?

This single-player collection contains the visual novels Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward. Across branching routes, you read dialogue, make choices, search locked rooms for clues, and solve puzzles as nine kidnapped strangers are forced into a deadly game by a mastermind called Zero.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy branching mysteries with choices and multiple endings
  • +you want escape-room puzzles alongside a story-heavy visual novel
  • +you like science fiction and psychological horror themes

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike extensive reading and repeated scenes across routes
  • −you prefer straightforward stories without complicated twists
  • −you want action rather than clue-based puzzles

What players say

93% of 7,431 reviews are positive · 94% of 52 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the first game’s plotting, twists, characters, and escape-room puzzles. Complaints focus on the sequel’s drawn-out pacing, repeated scenes and animations, and 3D character models.

Players over time

▼ -27% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 110 players on Oct 12, 2026.

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Sep 26, 202691
Sep 25, 202678
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Sep 23, 202677
Sep 23, 202687
Sep 22, 202681
Sep 21, 202689

How many players finish Zero Escape: The Nonary Games?

50% of Steam players have unlocked «We All Die By a Yellow Submarine», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB, 4 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7
Processor
Intel Core i3-530 CPU 2.93 GHz or better
Graphics
DirectX 9.0 compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0

Does Zero Escape: The Nonary Games have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Zero Escape: The Nonary Games run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
38
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English, Japanese.

Does Zero Escape: The Nonary Games use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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