{"id":75219,"date":"2026-04-10T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75219"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:38:38","slug":"doki-doki-literature-club-suddenly-removed-from-google-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75219","title":{"rendered":"Doki Doki Literature Club Suddenly Removed from Google Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Google has removed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/doki-doki-literature-club\">Doki Doki Literature Club<\/a> from the Play Store due to what is said to be a violation of its terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>Serenity Forge, the publisher behind the 2021 re-release of the beloved visual novel, published a joint statement with creator Dan Salvato regarding its sudden removal yesterday. The message says Google communicated \u201cits depiction of sensitive themes\u201d as the cause of its removal and points out that it remains available to purchase on other platforms, including iOS, Nintendo Switch, and the PlayStation Store.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A statement regarding the removal of DDLC from the Google Play Store: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G0byurRUJZ\">pic.twitter.com\/G0byurRUJZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Serenity Forge (@SerenityForge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SerenityForge\/status\/2042355439824769399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDDLC is widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world, helping them feel heard, understood, and less alone on their journey,\u201d Salvato and the Serenity Forge team said. \u201cManaging to achieve that \u2013 making a truly meaningful difference by using the power of fiction to connect to others \u2013 is what I\u2019m most grateful for. It inspires me every day to keep making cool new things, things that can really reach others, especially those in need of connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Warning! Spoilers for Doki Doki Literature Club follow.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&lt;section<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has removed Doki Doki Literature Club from the Play Store due to what is said to be a violation of its terms of service. Serenity Forge, the publisher behind the 2021 re-release of the beloved visual novel, published a joint statement with creator Dan Salvato regarding its sudden removal yesterday. The message says Google&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":75221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75223,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75219\/revisions\/75223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}