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DEAD OR SCHOOL

2019

Should you play it?

Underground dwelling girl Hisako is aiming for the surface in a zombie infested Tokyo. Hack and slash RPG! Obtain weapons and gear from enemies, and customize your skill tree to create your own unique and powerful a character!

What works

  • Engaging combat with weapon variety
  • Interesting skill and upgrade systems
  • Long playtime and exploration
  • Charming anime art style
  • Immersive post-apocalyptic story

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and glitches reported
  • Camera zoom and platforming issues
  • Translation quality inconsistent
  • Combat can be janky at times
  • Story is predictable and corny

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • AI LIMIT

  • Kotama and Academy Citadel

  • METALLIC CHILD

  • Trinity Fusion

More intense

Games that feels like DEAD OR SCHOOL but with a more intense feel

  • Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi

  • Slasher's Keep

  • Blade Assault

  • SiNiSistar 2

  • Dark Light

  • Elderand

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

DEAD OR SCHOOL: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026