Room No. 9

Released Aug 2020

It's up to you to decide how far you're willing to go in order to survive in this psychological thriller visual novel about two best friends trapped in an experiment. Can these two men survive their choices between physical and psychological harm long enough to earn freedom?

90% positive · 581 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Evaluation

Room No. 9 is a visual novel developed by parade and published by MangaGamer. It released on August 6, 2020 as a complete, self-contained story — a psychological thriller about two friends trapped in a hotel room experiment. The store description presents the full premise and feature set of a finished product, with no mention of planned expansions, DLC, or post-launch content. There are no DLC listings, no developer news posts of any kind across 15 scanned posts, and no announcements of future content. Visual novels of this type are typically shipped as complete narratives, and everything about this game's profile — its genre, its single fixed narrative, and the complete absence of any post-launch communication — is consistent with a game that launched as a finished product with no ongoing content cycle.

Evidence

Store description presents a complete, self-contained visual novel narrative with no mention of DLC, expansions, or post-launch content plans.

description · Aug 6, 2020 source content shipped

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Short description frames the game as a complete psychological thriller visual novel experience with no indication of ongoing or future content.

store metadata · Aug 6, 2020 source content shipped

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Details

Developer

parade

Publisher

MangaGamer

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Visual Novel LGBTQ+Anime Sexual Content Psychological Horror Psychological Thriller Horror Story Rich Dark Violent Nudity Emotional Dark Fantasy Choices Matter

About this game

What starts as plan to enjoy a nice trip with your best friend after a hard breakup takes a nightmarish turn when both of you wake to find yourselves trapped in a hotel room. Your only way out is it to participate in your captors' twisted experiment and complete 10 stressful tasks within 10 days.

What kind of tasks? - You and your best friend have to choose.

Will you do increasingly sexual and humiliating things to your friend? Will you let your friend do physical harm to you?

Can the two of you survive these trials? Can you keep your bond intact?

Room No. 9 does not shy away from exploring the emotional impact each choice has on both sides of the task, nor the struggle to choose. But just like the characters, will you also find yourself debating each choice less and less as the stakes escalate?

Customize Your Experience

Enjoy a plethora of options in the settings menu to customize your experience. Don't like certain content? Turn those CGs off! Don't like glasses on your men? Turn them off!