Developer: Soeiz
Release Date: July, 2025
Last Update: September, 2025
Graphics: 2D
Version: 0.4
Genre: Visual Novel
Players: 1
Description
Doki Doki Literature Club! PSX brings the famous psychological horror visual novel to the original PlayStation, reimagining one of the most talked-about indie games of the last decade for Sony’s 32-bit console.
Originally released on PC, Doki Doki Literature Club became a viral phenomenon thanks to its deceptive presentation, deep narrative twists, and unsettling meta-horror elements. Now, this PSX homebrew port allows players to experience the story in a retro console format that feels surprisingly authentic.
Extra info
This PS1 demake of Doki Doki Literature Club
was designed with the intention of recreating the original game as
faithfully as possible while adapting it to the technical limitations of
the original PlayStation hardware. After experimenting with multiple
smaller ports and gaining experience with retro development, the creator
felt ready to take on a more ambitious project. Using the official PSYQ
SDK together with Nugget SDK tools, the developer began exploring the
inner workings of PS1 programming, making this project both a creative
reinterpretation and a technical learning milestone.
At
the moment, however, development has been put on hold. The project was
paused primarily due to a loss of motivation, leaving the demake in an
unfinished state for the time being.
Some words of Monika:
"Welcome to the Literature Club! It's always been a dream of mine to make something special out of the things I love. Now that you're a club member, you can help me make that dream come true in this cute game!
But, before you join us, I have to tell you something:
I'm in the Playstation 1! I don't know how nor why, but someone trapped me in here. Please, join me!
Changelog
v. 0.4
"Hello everyone ! Coming back from the shadows, I wanted to revisit the source code of this project, and I noticed multiple things. When I fixed them, a lot of bugs got fixed, so I figured out it'd be a good idea to release a fixed demo of DDLC !
Now, the save mechanics work, so you can save the characters on the memory card and interact with them (in a good way, or a... bad way).
Other bugs have been solved. Today, I'm wondering if I should just topple everything and re-do the whole thing, but for the moment I can't. So for the moment, enjoy a fixed version !"
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