Fun fact: the Japanese words for cute and scary sound quite similar. This is especially appropriate when considering the phenomenon that is Doki Doki Literature Club, a bleak, horrifying psychological thriller disguised as a schmaltzy dating sim. With a slew of terrible fates awaiting these loveable young girls, you can’t help but feel as though disaster is lurking around every turn. Fortunately, the modding community has taken on the task of adding their own touches here and there, to help alleviate the crushing pressure. Or in some cases, make it much worse. It can go either way, really. To help separate the wheat from the chaff, we’ve compiled a list of the best Doki Doki Literature Club mods you can’t play without.
NOTE: Spoilers ahead. And probably some rather depressing concepts, too. Best to read this best Doki Doki Literature Club mods after you have experienced the main game, and preferably not on your birthday.
Monika After Story
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Dearest Monika is such a sweetheart, and she only has eyes for you. If her existentialist murder sprees aren’t enough to satiate your desire to be together, then Monika After Story could be the ideal solution.
Engage her in conversation, play music together, and even give her gifts for special events.
She’s the girl of your dreams, which is appropriate, since she would probably watch you as you sleep.
For Monika fans, this is unquestionably one of the best Doki Doki Literature Club mods out there.
The Yuri Parable
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If you’re a fan of The Stanley Parable, and Doki Doki Literature Club, two games that both unexpectedly took the world by storm, than The Yuri Parable is going to be a must play for you.
The Yuri Parable is one of the best Doki Doki Literature Club mods out there, is highly influenced by the classic Half Life 2 mod, and like the game it’s inspired by, it features multiple endings for you to figure out.
The promotional Reddit post for the mod, explains it best without spoiling anything for you. Here’s the download link to jump in if it sounds like it’s for you.
“This is the story of a girl named Yuri. Yuri was a schoolgirl like any other; she would go to classes, have lunch, and meet with her friends in the literature club. While she didn’t deem her life as particularly exciting, it was interesting enough for her.
After all, she had plenty of things to do: Expand her knife collection, try new types of tea, and explore the world of poetry.
At this point, it didn’t matter what Yuri’s future held for her, or how her past treated her. What matters is that Yuri… was happy. But then one day, something peculiar happened…”
Our Time
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Another of the best Doki Doki Literature Club mods is once again based around the idea of dating Monika. Our Time takes place in an alternate version of events where all of the other girls are fine, and you get to spend your days with Monika in peace.
It’s a sweet sentiment for the perpetually lonely and creepy antagonist to finally have the life she so desired.
We swear, we will have some non-Monika best Doki Doki Literature Club mods here, too. You don’t want Just Monika, now do you?
The Festival
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A lot of the best Doki Doki Literature Club mods available allow you to tackle scenarios and ideas that you didn’t get to experience in the actual game.
Though most may associate the festival with the chilling discovery of Sayori, many were left wondering why they couldn’t enjoy the event itself.
Picking up at the end of Act 1, this mod allows you to join your favorite Literature Club members at the festival and beyond.
Don’t let that lull you into a false sense of security, it doesn’t make things much nicer for our hapless heroines.
Doki Doki Do You Lift Club
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Because of course this is a thing. In this exquisite mod, the cast gain a few key improvements that make them more beautiful than they’ve ever been before.
After all, if there’s one thing that every Japanese schoolgirl aspires to someday become, it’s a hulking ten-foot-tall behemoth named Buffsuki.
Will you lift your way into her heart? …Good lord, we certainly hope so.
A Brand New Day
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A more humorous and upbeat mod than most (don’t you dare suggest that Do You Lift Club is funny, it is serious business), this one tinkers with the original story in a few places, described as being a little bit like a ‘remix.’
As you progress further, things take a turn for the weird – and considering the source material in question, that’s a definite achievement. Looking for an alternate story? Then this one’s for you.
The Normal VN
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What is Doki Doki Literature Club without its petrifying undercurrent? Perhaps it’s this mod here, the self-proclaimed Normal Visual Novel, where you get to date the girls in peace, free of the risk of Monika becoming all self-aware and homicidal.
Does it defeat the purpose of what made this game so popular?
…No, dammit! We just want to date cute girls without fear that they’ll haunt our psyche forevermore. As it is, spending time with Natsuki isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Doki Doki! RainClouds
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When we initially unleashed this article of best Doki Doki Literature Club mods on the world, the general consensus was that RainClouds’ glaring omission could not go on.
As such, we have been sure to quickly amend this mistake, adding one of the most unique mods to these illustrious rankings. In it, the script is flipped, bringing you back to the events of act 1, but from Sayori’s perspective.
Her pain is yours, her sorrow is yours, her fate? … Well, you’ll just have to wait and see about that.
It is equal parts poignant and disturbing playing as the franchise’s most tragic figure, particularly knowing the amount of pressure that ultimately falls on your shoulders. Have fun with that!
… Stressful, traumatic fun!
SayoriDate
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In much the same way that Monika dominated the first few entries on this list, we have now shifted to the Sayori-focused mods. It’s not intentional, we assure you – but if we can somehow get Just Sayori trending, we will die happily (and knowing this game, probably in a fairly gruesome manner).
As you may have anticipated, SayoriDate focuses on the growing relationship between yourself and the pink haired martyr. Will you make her happy at last? It’s doubtful, and the mod description even warns of graphic imagery, as well as quickly flashing screens that could trigger epilepsy.
With all this considered, odds are not great that Sayori will reach a blissful ending, leading to your crippling guilt and her crippling fatal injury.
Honestly, even just typing this is a downer.
MC’s Revenge Mod
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Monika’s self-awareness is one of the major plot elements of Doki Doki Literature Club. She uses this knowledge in order to not only mess with the other characters in the game, but actually distort and damage the very world she exists in. What could be more meta than that?
The protagonist possessing the same ability, that’s what.
In MC’s Revenge Mod (which sounds like a sweet diss album from the early 90s), your character shares the enlightenment of knowing about his own fictional nature, and sets about using this ability to stop Monika before she destroys everything he holds dear.
It’s a bit like a God Mode, except for teenage boys – an age where most would use infinite cosmic power to see endless boobs.
Note: This mod does not contain endless boobs.
After Sayori
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Sick of Sayori? Would you rather just see what things are like once she’s dead and gone? First of all, whoa nelly there – what did she ever do to you? (Unless you are in fact Monika, in which case, hello Monika! Please don’t delete us.)
After Sayori takes place following her demise, and the ramifications it has on the rest of the group.
How will Monika atone for her sins? Can we really heal our frayed souls after all that has happened? You’ll have to find the strength somehow, both in yourself, and in your friends. If only Buffsuki was here. She knew all about strength. And carb loading.
Doki Doki Easter Hunter
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If you liked After Sayori, you might enjoy this short mod from the same creator. Doki Doki Easter Hunter for the most part is a short, wholesome mod that just essentially gives you a new, extra event that allows you to spend more time with the Dokis.
There’s a small twist though, because it wouldn’t be Doki Doki if it didn’t have one right?
New Eyes
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From the modder who brought you RainClouds comes New Eyes, a mod where it’s Yuri’s time to shine – placing her as the protagonist, you will be seeing the world through new eyes.
At least, we hope that’s the meaning of the title… rather than, y’know, her sinister quest to acquire a new pair of peepers, ripped violently from the heads of those who oppose her. It’s Doki Doki, guys – we’ve seen worse.
Poor Yuri doesn’t get as much love as she deserves (having to settle for third place in our character rankings), so it’s nice for her to be given the starring role for once. At last, the unfathomable agony she suffers can be your own – you lucky person, you!
Dokis & Dragons
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Sick of going through the same routine with your pals from the Literature Club? Write poetry, giggle, share secrets, witness a grizzly death… It’s so blasé, we could use something new to spice things up! In Dokis & Dragons, the group’s activities focus instead on the fine art of table top RPGs.
Why dive deep into the descent into psychosis, when you can dive deep into a dungeon and smack some goblins around?
This mod rolls a +10 on fun.
Doki Doki Meme Club
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That moment when a self-aware game becomes bathed in self-aware content.
As you probably surmised, this mod fills your heart and your high school with more memes than you could possibly fathom.
From the familiar to the surprising, to a delightful cameo by a most unexpected fellow, there’s enough packed in here to keep you guessing at every turn.
Normally we’d warn you about excessive bad language present in this mod, but with a game of this nature, that’d be fairly redundant.
Our Final Heartbeat
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For anyone who has exhaustively tackled every angle in their futile quest for happiness, and wanted just a little more satisfaction, Our Final Heartbeat could bring you the salvation you have been seeking all this time.
It can only be pursued after unlocking the golden ending, and it sets out to be the definitive final chapter of all mods.
In this mod, nobody is left behind. Not Sayori. Not Monika. Cerainly not Natsuki, even though she keeps taking all of our goddamn icing. Maybe they can all be OK… once and for all…
Happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts in shards, all over the floor…
Steamed Hams, But It’s a Doki Doki Literature Club Mod
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Forget everything that was just said prior to this. Delete the files from your memory, if you must. Because we have tracked down the best mod and the only one worth your time. This is the true happy ending.
In this mod, Monika visits Natsuki’s house for an unforgettable luncheon. What follows is a game of cat-and-mouse, pitting two cunning masterminds against one another. Indeed, anything is possible – even aurora borealis, at this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within Natsuki’s kitchen.
And the best part? This isn’t even the only Steamed Hams Doki Doki mod. You can never have too much of a beautiful thing, really. Especially when that particular beautiful thing is a mod that steams a good ham.
DDLC the RPG
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OK so to be honest, this one is less a mod, and more a standalone RPG game, inspired by the visual novel.
But still, it’s something that most DDLC fans will probably want to at least have on their radar in case they might be interested. DDLC the RPG was made in RPG Maker, and is a roughly four hour campaign that follows up on the main game with up to five possible endings.
What’s nice is that it’s not just a quick stomp for the story, you’ll actually need to flex some RPG muscle to get through this mod.
True Literature Club
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True Literature Club aims to tackle the mental health issues presented in DDLC in a more serious way and vows to deliver a happy ending for all of the Dokis.
The creator makes it a point to say that he didn’t take issue with the original game, but rather, his mod was inspired by the shocking scenes in DDLC which he stated is the main reason why the game is so beloved and popular.
The mod follows the original game very closely, with the main changes starting with you who decide to spend your Sunday with and the festival. You can download the full mod right here.
Doki Doki Yandere Club
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It’s actually quite surprising that there hasn’t been a mod like this a lot sooner. Doki Doki Yandere Club gives all of the Dokis a psycho-Yuri vibe, and turns them all into potential killers.
The mod is pretty short, but if you want a quick, funny mod that sees the Dokis torture the MC even more than they already have, then go for it right here.
Keep in mind, again, that as the name would suggest, the mod is like the game, and definitely not for the feint of harder, sensitive, or easily disturbed.
And there you have our top picks for the best Doki Doki Literature Club mods you can get right now.
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