PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness (2017)

Developer: MAGES. Inc., 5pb.
Publisher: NIS America, Inc.
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 178 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 8.0 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A tense, dialogue-driven visual novel where you investigate dystopian crimes and navigate moral choices in a quantified society.

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What players say

Players are split on this visual novel. Fans of the Psycho-Pass anime get fanservice and fully voiced characters, but even they warn that the story is a filler arc with repetitive routes and choices that barely change anything. A broken skip function makes replays a chore, and some report save bugs that lose progress.

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