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Danganronpa passes 10 million sales as Spike Chunsoft preps Danganronpa 2x2

Spike Chunsoft says the Danganronpa series has passed 10 million sales, with Danganronpa 2x2 on the way next year.

By Hank Highscore, Platforms Correspondent ·

Edited by Dot Matrix, Editor-in-Chief

A plush toy with a mechanical grin stands on a lectern in a dim classroom turned courtroom, with handheld consoles on a desk.
A plush toy presides over a classroom courtroom. Illustration generated by AI. Illustration generated by AI.

Spike Chunsoft has announced that the Danganronpa series has passed 10 million in sales, a milestone for a visual novel franchise that began on PlayStation Portable in 2010.1

The run so far: three mainline entries and two spin-offs, spread across handhelds, consoles and PC.1 The games put you in the shoes of high school students forced to kill one another by a bear plushie that loves a monologue, with gameplay that mixes debating and sharpshooting.1 Strange? Absolutely. Eurogamer’s own writers have called out the series for its surprisingly good writing, and a 2023 Pride Week piece summed it up as a Battle-Royale-meets-Ace-Attorney visual novel series that is, quite frankly, insane.1

What comes next is Danganronpa 2x2, planned for next year. It will feature a new scenario alongside a revamped one from Danganronpa 2.1

What it means if you already own the games: the back catalog is the story here. The earlier entries are available across a spread of platforms, including Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4 and PlayStation Vita, so a sales milestone like this is a decent moment to catch up before the new release arrives.1 If you have only played the first game, the revamped Danganronpa 2 content in 2x2 is a hint of where the series is heading.1

The milestone also lands at a tidy time. A series that started as a PSP curiosity now has ten million copies out in the world and a fresh game on the calendar.1

Our read: Ten million is a big number for a series this weird, and it tells you the audience for twisted murder-mystery visual novels is far larger than the genre’s reputation suggests. Spike Chunsoft is pairing the milestone with new and revamped content in Danganronpa 2x2, which is a sensible way to welcome newcomers while rewarding longtime fans. Standings check: Spike Chunsoft takes the week, with a franchise milestone and a new game on the schedule, and no one on the roster getting benched.1

Footnotes

  1. eurogamer.net, “Danganronpa Series Surpasses 10 Million Units Shipped”. Retrieved November 1, 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

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