Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Welcome to a new world of Danganronpa, and prepare yourself for the biggest, most exhilarating episode yet. Set in a “psycho-cool” environment, a new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and…

88 12 January 2017

Adventure Point-and-click Visual Novel Drama Mystery Science fiction Survival

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an adventure developed by Spike Chunsoft, released 12 January 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Android. The main story takes about 41 hrs to finish.

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What Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an adventure game developed by Spike Chunsoft and released in 2017. It was published by NIS America. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

High school student Kaede Akamatsu is kidnapped and awakens to find herself trapped within the sinister walls of the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles, alongside fifteen other captive students, among them the reserved Shuichi Saihara. After a mysterious device restores their memories, each teenager recalls possessing an extraordinary "Ultimate" talent, with Kaede revealed as the Ultimate Pianist and Shuichi as the Ultimate Detective. Their confusion turns to dread when a menacing robotic bear named Monokuma appears and announces the cruel rules of a deadly killing game: the only way for any of them to escape the academy is to murder a fellow student and avoid being exposed as the…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama, mystery, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 41 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Danganronpa series

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is the tenth of 16 entries we hold in the Danganronpa series. The next entry was PixelJunk Monsters 2: Danganronpa Pack in 2018. Its critic score of 88 is 9 points above the series average of 79. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 222 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 41 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA@ GeForce@ GTX 460 or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 26GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony launched on 12 January 2017, within three weeks of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ and Gravity Rush 2. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, Gravity Rush 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Dlc

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Demo Ver.

20 December 2016

Quick answers

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony — frequently asked questions

When did Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony come out?

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony was released on 12 January 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony?

At minimum, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony needs Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA@ GeForce@ GTX 460 or better graphics, 26 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony?

The main story of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony takes around 41 hrs.

How many GB is Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony?

The PC version needs about 26 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("26 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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