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Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

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First release
Dec 10, 2009
Developer
Chunsoft
Publisher
Aksys Games, Spike
Genres
Adventure, Point-and-click, Puzzle, Visual Novel · Mystery, Horror, Thriller, Survival
Platforms
Nintendo DS

The game is a murder mystery visual novel with a heavy story focus that requires multiple playthroughs to figure out and involves puzzle rooms used to progress through the story with dialogue choices to be made inbetween them.

Also known as Nine Hours, Kyokugen Dasshutsu 9 Jikan 9 Nin 9 no Tobira, Extreme Escape: 9 Hours, 999
… See more, 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Extreme Escape: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors, Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Nine Doors, 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors

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Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
"From somewhere far away, Junpei could hear the sound of metal squeaking. He felt his stomach tighten. There were a thousand things the sound could have been, but none of the things he could think of were good. In an attempt to distract himself, Junpei looked around the room once more. Set in the wall directly in front of him was a slightly dirty iron door. The first thing Junpei noticed about the door was the number roughly emblazoned across it. On the surface of the door, in red paint, someone had written... 5"Read more

"From somewhere far away, Junpei could hear the sound of metal squeaking. He felt his stomach tighten. There were a thousand things the sound could have been, but none of the things he could think of were good. In an attempt to distract himself, Junpei looked around the room once more. Set in the wall directly in front of him was a slightly dirty iron door. The first thing Junpei noticed about the door was the number roughly emblazoned across it. On the surface of the door, in red paint, someone had written... 5"

Release dates
Nintendo DS
Dec 10, 2009
Nintendo DS
Nov 16, 2010
Age ratings
ESRB MCERO C
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text, First person
Keywords
anime, bloody, psychological horror, psychological thriller, murder
… All 54, story driven, death, slot machine, time manipulation, math, female protagonist, graphic adventure, multiple endings, murder mystery, revenge, camera, choice and consequence, sudoku, spiritual successor, countdown timer, rivaling factions, playing cards, touch controls, original soundtrack release, profanity, descendants of other characters, corpse, moral decisions, branching storyline, blindness, betrayal, item combination, surveillance camera, submarine, pre-order exclusive, plot twist, evil organization, teenager, cancelled episodic game series, flashback, kidnapping, vent crawling, new game plus, puzzle games with stories, surprising character switches, innocent people die, secret identity, slideshow cutscene, sealing your own fate, crane puzzle, cliffhanger, 3-d glasses, escape room, male protagonist

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Critic Score
90
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Languages

  • Englishinterface, subtitles
  • 日本語interface, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026