Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Released Jun 2016
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
81% positive · 4,854 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma launched on June 29, 2016 as the third and concluding chapter of the Zero Escape trilogy. The store description explicitly states the game is designed to "conclude the series for longtime fans," indicating it was released as a complete, self-contained story. A minor bug-fix patch was issued on August 4, 2016, but no post-launch content — paid DLC, free expansions, or updates beyond maintenance — was ever released or announced for this game.
The developer's news feed is active, but all recent posts (2025) relate entirely to a different game in a separate series (*AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES*), which shares the same Spike Chunsoft publisher page. These posts have no bearing on Zero Time Dilemma's content status. The game shipped as a finished narrative product and has received no post-launch content in the nearly ten years since release.
Evidence
Store description frames the game as the conclusion of the Zero Escape series, designed to wrap up the story for longtime fans and bring new players up to speed
Patch 1.1 released fixing audio and visual bugs. This was the last post related to Zero Time Dilemma itself, with no content updates or DLC announcements ever following
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Achievements
33
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
The experiment wasn’t supposed to be like this.
Nine participants awaken in an underground facility, imprisoned with a strange black bracelet on their wrists. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. The rules are simple--after six people are killed, the escape hatch will open. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Game Features
Nine participants awaken in an underground facility, imprisoned with a strange black bracelet on their wrists. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. The rules are simple--after six people are killed, the escape hatch will open. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Game Features
- Think Your Way Out
Explore 3-D environments for clues to solve mind-bending puzzles and escape your prison. - Decision Game
Question your morality in a series of life-or-death decisions where even the best option carries horrifying implications. - Cinematic Gameplay
Fully voiced and animated story sections push the boundaries of interactive fiction. - Non-linear Narrative
Jump freely between events and characters to piece together the fractured narrative and unlock multiple endings. - Old Faces, New Mysteries
Characters from the award-winning Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward are joined by a new cast of participants to bring first-time players up to speed and conclude the series for longtime fans.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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