Google bans Doki Doki Literature Club from their store due to "sensitive themes"

[Chrkeller]

Norion said:

Chrkeller said:

Why?  How?  How does playing as an underage female making decisions that directly lead to exploring her sexuality make things better?  Specifically, what makes the world better if google sells tbis game?  What is the world  missing out on with this game?  Please be specific.

And leave that slippery slope crap at the door, the GoP uses that "logic" to turn down every sensible gun law and it is infuriating.  

What are you talking about? All the characters in DDLC are adults. It's a highly regarded game cause of its writing, handling of subject matter like depression and its horror aspects but you're acting like it's some scandalous thing for whatever reason. It's one of the most impactful artful experiences I and a lot of other people have ever had with a video game.

Calling it slippery slope crap doesn't mean anything unless you can explain how the logic in this specific case is wrong. Slippery slope arguments are completely valid in certain situations. DDLC getting banned from a major store front literally shows that this is one of them. When it was just pornographic games getting impacted loads of people dismissed any concerns people had cause of it being smut but it spread and now one of the most popular and beloved visual novels of all time is getting impacted. In general freedom of expression and censorship is an area where the slippery slope argument fits perfectly.

It takes place in a high school.  At least here in the states most high schoolers are under age. Like 75%+ of high schoolers are under age.  I would suspect the issue is the highschool part, not the content.

And slippery slope is nonsense and a weak argument.

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 14 April 2026