Doki Doki Literature Club! is a 2017 American freeware visual novel developed by Team Salvato for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. It was released on September 22, 2017. The story is told from the perspective of a male high school student who joins the school’s literature club in an attempt to woo one of its four female members. Doki Doki Literature Club! features a non-traditional plot structure with multiple endings and unlockable cutscenes with each of the main characters. Although this game initially appears to be a lighthearted dating simulator, it is in fact a horror game.