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Plus/Minus Zero

As a research android, learn what it is to be human by living a student life in this bittersweet slice of life visual novel. Record new experiences, revel in mundanity, and be a strange machine and a strange person.

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Violet Fairy
Publisher
Violet Fairy
Release
June 22, 2026
40 days ago
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Positive13 reviews100.0%

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About the Game

Play as Clover, a starry-eyed research android living an ordinary life as a college student. Catalog experiences and emotions in perfect detail, make friends, and grow closer.

This is a simple story about a robot. Her record is perfect, and she loves a world that finds her strange. This story ends one way. Please enjoy the journey to its fullest.

Key Features:

  • Bittersweet Slice of Life - Live an ordinary student life, meet a lovable cast of characters, and face the good and the bad together.

  • Unique Protagonist - As a robot, Clover’s digital log reveals additional nuance behind her inner thoughts.

  • Hand Drawn Art - Each environment and our mechanical hero are lovingly drawn by hand.

  • Atmospheric Ambience - Gentle ambience sets each scene with a grounded sense of space.

  • Focused Story - This linear story includes 25-40 minutes of content.

Story:

A university reveals its latest project: a living robot named Clover that catalogs each of her own observations, sensations, thoughts, and emotions in perfect detail. To test this technology, she must live as a student, collecting the varied experiences of day to day life. But, as Clover enthusiastically pursues her directive and grows closer to her classmates, she uncovers the gaps between herself and the world she loves.

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