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Rule of Rose

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First release
Jan 19, 2006
Developer
Punchline
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle · Horror, Survival
Platforms
PlayStation 2

Rule of Rose is a survival horror game in which the player, who controls Jennifer, explores the game environments and furthers the plot by accomplishing tasks and experiencing cut-scenes while sporadically encountering enemies and bosses. Taking place in England in 1930, Rule of Rose centers on Jennifer, a young woman who is led to an abandoned orphanage by a small boy.

Also known as 薔薇守則, RULE of ROSE

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Storyline
March, 1930. A young girl named Jennifer, whose parents were killed in a tragic airship accident, is taken to the Rose Garden Orphanage, located in a remote portion of the English countryside. What Jennifer discovers is a dilapidated building and a ragtag mob of children who call themselves the "Aristocracy of the Red Crayon." The demented residents of Rose Garden kidnap Jennifer and take her into the dark heart of an impossibly large zeppelin, on a meandering course for a distant land. Now, with the help of a canine companion named Brown, Jennifer has to find valuable gifts for the Aristocracy, or suffer a fatal punishment for her insolence...Read more

March, 1930. A young girl named Jennifer, whose parents were killed in a tragic airship accident, is taken to the Rose Garden Orphanage, located in a remote portion of the English countryside. What Jennifer discovers is a dilapidated building and a ragtag mob of children who call themselves the "Aristocracy of the Red Crayon." The demented residents of Rose Garden kidnap Jennifer and take her into the dark heart of an impossibly large zeppelin, on a meandering course for a distant land. Now, with the help of a canine companion named Brown, Jennifer has to find valuable gifts for the Aristocracy, or suffer a fatal punishment for her insolence...

Release dates
PlayStation 2
Jan 19, 2006
PlayStation 2
Sep 12, 2006
PlayStation 2
Nov 03, 2006
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
female protagonist, sacrifice, torture, survival horror, dog
… All 19, alternate costumes, voice acting, original soundtrack release, save point, a.i. companion, scary children, unreliable narrator, controversy, gothic lolita, airship, orphan, toy soldier, pedophilia, lgbtq+

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Critic Score
60
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Languages

  • Englishaudio, subtitles
  • Deutschsubtitles
IGDB · recorded 29 Oct 2026
Also in 5 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 29 Oct 2026