Yandere Simulator
stealth action video game
Yandere Simulator is an upcoming stealth action video game developed by YandereDev for Windows. The story follows obsessively lovesick schoolgirl Ayano Aishi, nicknamed "Yandere-chan", who takes it upon herself to eliminate (through either violent or non-violent means) anyone she believes attracting the attention of her "senpai", Taro Yamada. A 1980s-set prequel game mode, Yandere Simulator: 1980s Mode, following the similar story of Ayano's parents, was soft-launched on October 10, 2021. The non-canon Yandere Simulator: Mission Mode follows Ayano as an assassin pursued by a hunter named Nemesis.
The game began development in 2014 by YandereDev, an American independent game studio led by Alex Mahan, previously known for work as associate designer of the fighting game Girl Fight. The game achieved a considerable amount of attention online the following year, leading to millions of downloads of pre-release versions of the game, as well as crossovers and spin-offs. The game has endured a lengthy development and been subject to several controversies.
Plot and gameplay
202X Mode
In 202X Mode, the player controls Ayano Aishi (nicknamed Yandere-chan; voiced by Michaela Laws), an apathetic monoromantic asexual student who has developed a crush on 18-year-old Taro/Taeko Yamada (voiced by Austin Hively as a boy – Taro – and by Laws as a girl – Taeko – depending on the gender the player chooses for them), a student only ever referred to in game as "Senpai", believing Taro/Taeko to be the treatment to her "Aishi Condition", an inherited condition causing the women of her family not to feel emotion until they find their love at first sight. Over the course of ten weeks (whilst Ayano's parents are out of town tracking down "The Journalist"), a different girl will fall in love with Taro/Taeko each week, becoming a target for Ayano to "eliminate" with the help of the anonymous information broker, Info-chan (voiced by Cayla Martin, Megan Souza, and Amberleigh Elderweb).
The player has the ability to kidnap, torture, poison, electrocute, matchmake, befriend, betray, frame, and drown rivals – Osana Najimi (voiced by Brittany Lauda), Amai Odayaka (voiced by Kimberley Anne Campbell), Kizana Sunobu (voiced by Katelyn Barr), Asu Rito, Nurse Muja Kina, and Hanako Yamada/Nemesis (all voiced by Dawn M. Bennett), substitute teacher Mida Rana (voiced by Marissa Lenti), Osoro Shidesu (voiced by Alexis Silvera), and Megami Saikou (voiced by AmaLee), befriend other schoolmates – including Student Council Secretary Akane Toriyasu and vampire Inkyu Basu (both voiced by Kira Buckland), Kokona Haruka/Generica and Oka Ruto (both voiced by Caitlin Myers), Student Council Vice-President Kuroko Kamenaga and succubus Sakyu Basu (both voiced by Kayli Mills), and Drama Club member Riku Soma (voiced by Jonah Scott), as well as ghost Fun Girl Saikou (voiced by Yuko Sakura), and guidance counselors Mae and Genka Kunahito and (all voiced by Lenti), play small minigames, earn money by playing a maid café minigame, spend money at shops to buy items – and more.
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