The PC classic government conspiracy sim "Floor 13" meets schoolgirl yuri anime - and the two mesh far better than one might expect! Putting you in the role of the new leader of a shadowy, excessively powerful student council in a prestigious girls' academy, Black Closet tasks you with juggling the various goings-on at St. Claudine's, as well as among your henchwomen. One great strength of the game is its use of randomization. In most games of this sort (if there were very many of this sort), you could safely bet anything that crosses your desk represents a time-bomb waiting to be defused. But that isn't necessarily the case! Some situations can be conclusively proven to have been nothing after all - and other, more ambiguous ones may leave you wondering if you need to keep digging to get to the truth, or stop picking at the "problem" and focus your resources elsewhere while it sorts itself out. Even of those that really do represent some kind of skullduggery that warrants your intervention, the same (apparent) situations may have wildly different causes and solutions. The characters aren't earthshattering, but they're well-written and reasonably nuanced. The replay value isn't fantastic, but some major random variables (like exactly who - if anyone? - in your organization is actually a mole) keep some curveballs coming your way. All told, if you've ever had any fondness for the archetypal "shadowy student council" in some school-setting anime/manga, this will probably suit you nicely.

The PC classic government conspiracy sim "Floor 13" meets schoolgirl yuri anime - and the two mesh far better than one might expect! Putting you in the role of the new leader of a shadowy, excessively powerful student council in a prestigious girls' academy, Black Closet tasks you with juggling the various goings-on at St. Claudine's, as well as among your henchwomen. One great strength of the game is its use of randomization. In most games of this sort (if there were very many of this sort), you could safely bet anything that crosses your desk represents a time-bomb waiting to be defused. But that isn't necessarily the case! Some situations can be conclusively proven to have been nothing after all - and other, more ambiguous ones may leave you wondering if you need to keep digging to get to the truth, or stop picking at the "problem" and focus your resources elsewhere while it sorts itself out. Even of those that really do represent some kind of skullduggery that warrants your intervention, the same (apparent) situations may have wildly different causes and solutions. The characters aren't earthshattering, but they're well-written and reasonably nuanced. The replay value isn't fantastic, but some major random variables (like exactly who - if anyone? - in your organization is actually a mole) keep some curveballs coming your way. All told, if you've ever had any fondness for the archetypal "shadowy student council" in some school-setting anime/manga, this will probably suit you nicely.