Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2016 · Puzzle, Visual Novel, Story Rich, Psychological Horror, Mystery

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About Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

✦ AI summary

You're trapped in an underground facility forced to make impossible life-or-death decisions while solving puzzles to escape before six people are killed. Navigate a branching narrative across multiple characters and timelines with fully voiced cinematic storytelling that questions your morality at every turn.

The experiment wasn’t supposed to be like this.

Nine participants awaken in an underground facility, imprisoned with a strange black bracelet on their wrists. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. The rules are simple--after six people are killed, the escape hatch will open. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…

Game Features
  • Think Your Way Out
    Explore 3-D environments for clues to solve mind-bending puzzles and escape your prison.
  • Decision Game
    Question your morality in a series of life-or-death decisions where even the best option carries horrifying implications.
  • Cinematic Gameplay
    Fully voiced and animated story sections push the boundaries of interactive fiction.
  • Non-linear Narrative
    Jump freely between events and characters to piece together the fractured narrative and unlock multiple endings.
  • Old Faces, New Mysteries
    Characters from the award-winning Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue’s Last Reward are joined by a new cast of participants to bring first-time players up to speed and conclude the series for longtime fans.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 15, 2026
open my doors hype and aura moment edition -zero what a journey but that ending and the deus ex machinas is one of the worst things ive read along with the whole trilogy timeloop cant believe he pulled a kid route from ever17 again (kinda) but aitsf definitly improved from this its nice til the twists
Recommended Aug 14, 2026
Amazing
Recommended Aug 13, 2026
ztd
Not recommended Aug 12, 2026
Terrible visuals, voice acting, writing, and puzzles. If you liked any of the previous games, stay far away from this butchery at all costs. I wish I had just been content with the ending of Virtue's Last Reward in spite of the cliffhanger instead of seeking answers in this poor excuse for a game.
Recommended Aug 12, 2026
Loved it.
Recommended Aug 10, 2026
Shout out to 15 y/o me who randomly found this game on my dad's psvita and spent the whole time being extremely C O N F U S E D about everything 0-0 It really is a great game but it becomes so so sooooooooo much better after having played 999 and vlr :}

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