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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

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App ID 477740
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 29062237
Last Record Update 19 May 2025 – 13:15:55 UTC ()
Release Date 24 March 2017 – 18:14:48 UTC ()
😍 90.24%
6k reviews
101
In-Game

Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

Additional Information

Developer Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
metacritic_name Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
controller_support partial
metacritic_score 86
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/zero-escape-the-nonary-games?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Store Release Date 24 March 2017 – 18:15:19 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25)
Steam Release Date 24 March 2017 – 18:14:48 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 28 November 2022 – 07:33:37 UTC () (1669620817)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 93
Detected Technologies (?) Ogg SDK, OpenAL SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 12 March 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1784664
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav1
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    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-6.3-8
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 19 May 2016 – 12:13:14 UTC (), in changelist #1969793

Supported Languages

2 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tags

📚 Visual Novel 📚 Story Rich 🧩 Puzzle 🤫 Mystery 🧞 Choices Matter 🔚 Multiple Endings 🕴 Psychological Horror 🌸 Anime 🗺️ Adventure 🌫 Atmospheric 🗝️ Escape Room 🚀 Sci-fi 🎶 Great Soundtrack 👤 Singleplayer 🔎 Point & Click 😱 Horror 😖 Gore 👊 Violent 🕵️ Detective ⏳ Time Travel

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Native Steam Controller Partial Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only)

Assets

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timestamp14 May 2024 – 15:15:41 UTC
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User File System

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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
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