Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! launched for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and Serenity Forge on June 30, 2021.

“These past five years, seeing my writing reach so many people has helped to shape who I am,” said creator Dan Salvato in a press release. “I feel so connected to every Doki Doki Literature Club! fan I have the privilege of meeting. In my gratitude to all our supporters, I’m committed to using our funding from Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! to support mental health nonprofits, as well as to make new boundary-breaking games that can create connection and meaning for even more people.”

Here is an overview of the game, via Serenity Forge:

Released initially as a hobby project by creator Dan Salvato in 2017, Doki Doki Literature Club! quickly became the #1 rated Steam game of the year and one of the highest-rated titles of all time. Through word-of-mouth and widespread streaming of playthroughs by fans, the game garnered a huge community and amassed over 13.5 million downloads worldwide.

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! brought the original game to consoles for the first time, along with remastered visuals and a variety of all-new content, drawing in new and existing fans alike.

Renowned for its disruptive storytelling approach, Doki Doki Literature Club! compels players through very real, complex human emotions by exploring and questioning their evolving relationship with fictional characters. Through six new world-building Side Stories, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! provides space for the characters to explore their interpersonal relationships and grow together, as people.

Doki Doki Literature Club!‘s story is told from the perspective of a student who grudgingly joins the school’s literature club at the request of his childhood friend Sayori. After meeting the other club members, Yuri, Natsuki, and club president Monika, players write and exchange poems to grow closer to them. On the surface, Doki Doki Literature Club! appears to be a visual novel dating simulator, but as players progress, the game reveals itself to be more than it seems.