Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Hands down the definitive way to play the first two Zero Escape games. Note for Steam Deck users: -Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors runs fine, some animations however won’t play for some reason -Virtue’s Last Reward runs flawlessly

Please disregard amount of hours played, I've left the game running overnight for a while I never leave reviews, but I noticed this page was changed to state this game is unsupported on steam deck, but this game runs amazingly on it! The only issue I've had with the game is the title screen cannot be accessed with buttons, so you have to use the touch pad. But once you've done this everything runs perfectly! Both on the Steam Deck itself and docked to the TV. Both games are great in both escape room gameplay and the story sections, the flow chart makes getting all the routes very satisfying. Overall absolutely recommended.

Both games are legitimately some of the best visual novels I've ever played. If you like visual novels, death games, or well told stories with plenty of twists please play these games.

999 IS SUCH a good game its genuinely one of the most interesting science fiction story's ive seen in a while in media not to spoil anything. play 999 but only play vlr if you ACTUALLY enjoyed the first game because the 2nd and third games are hard to get into if you aren't a super big fan of the franchise as a whole.

Everyone involved in the creation of this game is insane. Absolute blast to play through (even if the solutions to certain puzzles are a little unintuitive)! The characters are awesome, the writing is batsh*t in the best way, the escape rooms are engaging. Wished these games would've gotten as popular as Chunsoft's other stuff!

Great games! Very cool puzzles and story. Skip the third game though, unless you really must know the conclusion to everything.

The game broke during a puzzle preventing me from progressing. Why does nothing ever go right for me in my miserable life

"This looks like a keycard control box. If I find the right keycards for it and I push this lever connected to it, the door to the left of the keycard control box should open." "I need to get a key if I want to open this briefcase. If I get a key and turn it in the keyhole on this briefcase it should allow me to use the combo lock and open the lid to this briefcase." Not exact quotes, but that's about the quality of dialogue in this game. I fell asleep when they spent 100 lines of dialogue deciding on which nicknames to use.

a wonderful remake of these timeless cult classics. if you haven't experienced them before, this is the way to do so.

Zero Escape from buying every game people say is like these to fill the void after finishing them.

great and interesting set of games

Watched game play on youtube and had to play the rest for myself. Super fun

Zero Escape 999 is a good game, but it is a game of its time, the voice acting is deeply cheesy, the puzzles are trying their best to look deeply complex and smart while being pretty simple, but the Escape Rooms you solve are pretty unique in their approach and are actually pretty cool. The characters are the usual anime tropes of the time at first, Ace is the older responsible guy, San is the cool kid who has an itchy temper, June is the excruciatingly obvious love interest, etc. but they all come around to being full characters by the time the game is done and you really come to appreciate the deeply unique setting the game has, hell, it actually does the "death game" concept correctly and does a good job sewing believable distrust and tension between the cast. It's a good first entry and I'd easily recommend it. If you like escape rooms and intriguing stories with some wild twists I implore you to play this game. Zero Escape Virtue's Last Reward on the other hand is an absolutely phenomenal game, a true showing of the potential of this series, and a sequel that expands upon and re-contextualizes the first game in some truly incredible ways. It's an emotional roller coaster that'll have you constantly popping off and exclaiming "WHAT THE FUCK HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!" and then by the end it all makes sense and you realize you've just experienced a fantastic piece of fiction.

Excellent games but be prepared to use your brain. The controls on pc, at least for 999, I haven't played Virtues Last Reward, are very clunky so be warned

I recommend the first game, 999, but not the second game, Virtue's Last Reward. It's really lame that you can't buy one without the other. Oh, well 🏴‍☠️ ;3 999 is really scary, emotional, suspenseful, and funny, it doesn't take itself too seriously, it knows that it's absurd, and I love that about it. Honestly, the series should have ended after 999. I loved the original pixel art style when it was on the DS, and I loved the hand drawn art style in the remastered edition. Why, fucking WHY, did they switch to these ugly, lifeless, 3D models? I know it's real nit-picky, but I hate the sudden art SHIFT.

I'm a Danganronpa fan, and I was surprised to see this series recommended so much once I finished the series. And while in a way I do get why these games are suggested to fans of the other, I also don't quite. Danganronpa at its core is a silly game about a silly little guy called Monokuma killing off everyone we care about, but Zero Escape takes itself very seriously and tries to stay pretty grounded most of the time. If you're a lover of the murder game genre, then you'll definitely like this one, but if you're hoping for another Danganronpa-esque game to you may be a little disappointed. The plot and the characters aren't written in a way for you to get attached to them like in the DR games and instead try to keep you playing due to intrigue and a desire to discover some hidden truth. I started the Zero Escape franchise due to the recommendation of some friends and honestly, I've been really vibing with it! Both games are very solid, but I think 999 is consistently a better experience while VLR can be a little bit of a slog until you reach your final couple of endings which are really good. 999 has more of a classic visual novel feel to it and makes the most of it. The characters are likable, the puzzles are while simple fun to play, and the story and setting are enjoyable and easy to follow. VLR is something else though which makes it both better and worse than 999. While the plot itself is interesting, I didn't find a lot of the characters likable. Due to the nature of the situation that the cast is in, I guess it makes sense that everyone is a bit of a cynical bastard, but even I got character specific endings and learned their backstories I felt it was a little too late for me to really grow attached to most of them. Also, most of the timelines, up until the end, feel so similar where it's kind of a grind to get through them as you rehash the same exact events with maybe a couple of different lines of reaction dialogue. Some would argue that the timelines being so similar is the point, but I didn't find it fun to experience, especially since whenever you travel to another room you have to watch a slow cut scene of you traveling around the map which you can never skip. I feel like maybe if I could skip that cut scene, maybe I'd feel better about it, but it was so constant that it got on my nerves by the time I was halfway through. To VLR's credit though, it is a very fun game. The puzzles are more difficult which makes it more fun, and this game is also one you need to play with a notepad nearby cause there are details during some timelines where the game will not help you and just expects you to know the answer. In a way, I kinda like that cause it makes me feel like a little detective as opposed to just have the game holding my hand and just doing it for me. I also found the main ending pretty compelling and made me excited to finish the series in Zero Time Dilemma! Overall, both games are really good and I highly suggest those of you interested in these escape the room based puzzles to really give it a go!

I instinctively calculate the digital root of any number with more than one digit I see now.

Just play ever17 (not the steam version) and remember11. They are basically this but better

look directly into my eyes. you are going to buy this game. you are going to play it. you are going to be confused. you are going to like it i am literally akane kurashiki btw (unrelated)

Played 999 for the first time back in 2009 when it came out, completely blew my mind and made me think differently about games in a big way. Kotaro Uchikoshi's writing is bizarre, but I'm so glad these games were a part of my life. It may be a bit dated now, but still worthwhile I think.

Nobody i know cares about this game but its good and its success led to The Hundred Line : Last Defense Academy and it inspired me to read Higurashi. Big recommend for escape room vibe and it goes for under 9 maybe 3 dollars every sale.

All I got from escaping these rooms are a crippling addiction to Uchikoshi's writing

holy peak. the escape rooms were fun to solve, the plot can get confusing at times but still peak

i cant write a decent enough review for how good these games are. uchikoshi knows how to scratch my brain just right, and much needed right before aitsf no sleep for kaname date releases. goes on sale for cheap and the experience is worth every penny EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY THIS RN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An absolutely stellar two-piece mystery escape room compilation. Quite decent value too, considering that 999 has about 14 hours of gameplay and VLR has another 25 hours on top of that. I only wish the technical side was more polished and the localisation less geared towards slow Americans. Highly recommended.

999: "Nine autistic people try to escape a boat before their exposition dumps kill them all."

999/VLR IS A MUST PLAY GAME omg the story and characters and plots holy crap it made me emotionally attached JUST PLAYYYY ITTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this'll knock your socks off. I can't tell the quality to a precise number, but all things considered? On the whole? in the end? all in all? For what it's worth? Pretty good

Awesome story and nice escape room games.

Unlike “Eat Shinji’s Trigger”, 999 never had a large Z-generation fanbase.

Fun escape room-style series with a compelling story.

A nihilistic despair fest. 10/10

i think and i think and there is still more thinking to do

A masterpiece of a game but I wish it gave you the option to do gay stuff with Snake on the bed in the First Class Cabin.

好玩，爱玩

best game

cool story

nice.

Great games

Amazing

Recommended

i feel so sigma

where's the old man yaoi?

i hate physics

boring trash

Yes

ts so tuff

if you think this is good consider reading All My Sons by Arthur Miller instead