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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“this is definitely the best danganronpa game!!! the mystery behind everything makes it way better than the others... i also think the characters are the most likable! all the other games just arent the same thanks!”
“i loved this game, it was pretty fun and the ending worth it. But the game had a lot of unnecessary stretching, and that’s what made it frustrating.”
“The story is pretty good and intresting but the extermly predictable in the short term and the gameplay is infurating. Characters range from cool, intresting and occasionly deep to oh my god shut the ♥♥♥♥ up never speak…”
45 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“i loved this game, it was pretty fun and the ending worth it. But the game had a lot of unnecessary stretching, and that’s what made it frustrating.”
“Danganronpa is a game that I think has a lot of great features and aspects, but also a lot of really frustrating ones. I'll try to avoid spoilers in this review, but I'll comment on general parts of the narrative's…”
“Evil Ace Attorney. Fun game bad writing blue balls ending but worth your time if you're a goy with little care for story or narrative.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Danganronpa is a game that I think has a lot of great features and aspects, but also a lot of really frustrating ones. I'll try to avoid spoilers in this review, but I'll comment on general parts of the narrative's…”
“Nice soundtrack and visuals (although you can't really properly look at crime scenes, by properly I mean from all sides, zoom in and stuff, which is annoying), nice character designs, somewhat interesting story, good…”
“One of the best visual novels I've ever played !! The story is so interesting and has so many plot twists that it always kept me on edge. I was so obsessed with this game while playing and couldn’t stop lol. School mode…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Danganronpa is a game that I think has a lot of great features and aspects, but also a lot of really frustrating ones. I'll try to avoid spoilers in this review, but I'll comment on general parts of the narrative's…”
“Nice soundtrack and visuals (although you can't really properly look at crime scenes, by properly I mean from all sides, zoom in and stuff, which is annoying), nice character designs, somewhat interesting story, good…”
“Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is one of my favourite games ever. Trying to figure out each murder before the class trials was insanely addictive, and the game does a great job keeping the tension up the whole way…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I just finished the game and I already want to replay it and get all the achievements! This was so enjoyable and interesting. I have to admit I am very good at picking up clues so I predicted a lot off stuff before it…”
“I cant put it in words how amazing this game is, yes i know im late but either way words cant describe, yes sometimes its boring, like before chihiro's death you just had free time day after day, but considering i have…”
“+ • Anime-style presentation that feels deceptively light at first glance • a surprisingly well-told story • evidence collection is essential, miss something, and you will regret it later • the Class Trials at the end…”
22 of the 103 reviews raise this · 19 of them still recommend the game.
“The story is pretty good and intresting but the extermly predictable in the short term and the gameplay is infurating. Characters range from cool, intresting and occasionly deep to oh my god shut the ♥♥♥♥ up never speak…”
“Evil Ace Attorney. Fun game bad writing blue balls ending but worth your time if you're a goy with little care for story or narrative.”
“Banger Game 10/10 I hate the canon ending 3/10 I hate the bad ending even more 0/10 Kyoko best girl.”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“during the bio lab discovery I was wondering why the game had so much walking, so I opened up my map for the first time and discovered you could fast travel...”
“Danganronpa is a game that I think has a lot of great features and aspects, but also a lot of really frustrating ones. I'll try to avoid spoilers in this review, but I'll comment on general parts of the narrative's…”
“The story is pretty good and intresting but the extermly predictable in the short term and the gameplay is infurating. Characters range from cool, intresting and occasionly deep to oh my god shut the ♥♥♥♥ up never speak…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Okay, good game, but not exactly a challenge and the "detective" part is given to you by doing the story playthrough as normal. it would be really cool, if the story actually played out without spoilers, in the way that…”
“Incredible game, absolutly love it. Just one thing is, if you want to go for all achievments the shoolmode is a pain in the ass.”
“Okay so I really liked the game, but a few things should be mentioned. Turn off your steam cloud saving because it corrupts your save file, Im happy I was only 3 hours in when I had to discard my previous save. Thats…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“i loved this game, it was pretty fun and the ending worth it. But the game had a lot of unnecessary stretching, and that’s what made it frustrating.”
“The story is pretty good and intresting but the extermly predictable in the short term and the gameplay is infurating. Characters range from cool, intresting and occasionly deep to oh my god shut the ♥♥♥♥ up never speak…”
“Okay, good game, but not exactly a challenge and the "detective" part is given to you by doing the story playthrough as normal. it would be really cool, if the story actually played out without spoilers, in the way that…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Nice soundtrack and visuals (although you can't really properly look at crime scenes, by properly I mean from all sides, zoom in and stuff, which is annoying), nice character designs, somewhat interesting story, good…”
“Okay, good game, but not exactly a challenge and the "detective" part is given to you by doing the story playthrough as normal. it would be really cool, if the story actually played out without spoilers, in the way that…”
“I love the mystery solving part of the game and the logic puzzles, though I felt like solving the mysteries part, the game kind of held your hand through sometime making it feel to easy. Though I look past that part ,…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“A visual novel mystery focused around a game of murder that feels like it jumped straight out of an anime. Play as Makoto Naegi, a student invited into Hope's Peak Academy via a lottery, a school normally reserved for the best and brightest students in Japan. While an average…”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“Best amazing incredible perfect fantastic outstanding masterpiece legendary addictive exciting beautiful creative unique impressive brilliant epic fun smooth detailed masterpiece legendary iconic top-tier high-quality well-designed immersive emotional enjoyable flawless…”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played“Boring at first, but after about 30 mins of playtime the lore and mechs get really interesting and fun to play.”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Anime · Visual Novel · Mystery · Detective · Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror · Adventure · Horror · Dark Comedy · Dark Humor (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * , Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 38 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 or DirectX 9.0c compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 5 GB available space