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Forbidden Dojo

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88%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
88% User Score Based on 59 reviews

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Forbidden Dojo is a single player casual role playing game with fantasy, romance, medieval, historical and others themes. It was developed by JellyFluff Games and was released on August 13, 2023. It received positive reviews from players.

Unleash your potential and explore a world of magic, martial arts, and seductive encounters in the immersive adult visual novel, Forbidden Dojo. Make choices, harness your powers, and forge intimate relationships as you face a dark evil. Your decisions shape the fate of this captivating realm.

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88%Audience ScoreBased on 59 reviews
story25 positive mentions
  • Engaging and well-written storyline with decent character development and multiple endings, providing replayability.
  • Unique setting blending fantasy, martial arts, and adult themes that creates an immersive atmosphere distinct from typical visual novels.
  • Good quality visuals and character models, especially realistic body proportions and detailed faces with expressive emotions.
  • Gameplay is very limited and mostly linear; choices have little impact on the overall story progression except near the end.
  • Adult scenes feature short, simple animations that can feel robotic and repetitive, lacking variety and polish.
  • The game is relatively short with some pacing issues, heavy on text with limited background characters and environments, making the world feel empty.

  • story

    83 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 66% neutral mentions, 4% negative mentions

    The story in Forbidden Dojo is a fantasy-themed, choice-driven visual novel with multiple endings that offers a unique blend of martial arts and magical elements. While it presents an engaging and original premise with believable writing and interesting characters, many reviewers note its simplicity, limited character development, and uneven pacing, with choices often having minimal impact on the overall narrative. The story is generally considered entertaining and complete but somewhat brief and occasionally disrupted by tonal inconsistencies between plot and explicit content.

    • “Forbidden Dojo is a narrative-focused visual novel from Jellyfluff Games that blends fantasy themes, martial arts inspiration, magical settings, and branching storytelling into a choice-driven experience aimed at mature audiences.”
    • “Jellyfluff Games built an experience that understands its audience and commits fully to delivering story-focused progression supported by branching decisions and fantasy themes.”
    • “With approximately 45 choices to make, we can shape the story and the character's relationships. The game offers five different endings, adding replay value and encouraging us to explore various story branches.”
    • “Pretty simple story, very little character development, the "action" is not controllable, and as one very good reviewer said, just a lot of unnecessary screen after screen dialogue that doesn't add anything and just seems to make the game appear longer.”
    • “It seemed like a storyboard where it just showed the bare minimum keyframes and people appear and disappear with zero fanfare, and time goes by in weeks with people acting like puppets rather than real people.”
    • “Alas, choices do not matter much in this game, except if you want to be with a woman or not; the story remains the same and the only difference is who you want to be with at the end.”

  • gameplay

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    16% positive mentions, 68% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The gameplay of Forbidden Dojo centers on narrative progression through decision-making and character interactions, emphasizing story and dialogue over action or complex mechanics. Players shape the experience mainly via choice systems, making it more of an interactive narrative than a challenge-driven game, which may appeal less to those seeking combat or puzzle-based gameplay.

    • “Rather than focusing on action-heavy gameplay systems or demanding mechanical challenges, the game places narrative progression at the center of the experience, encouraging players to shape outcomes through decisions and character interactions.”
    • “Choice systems serve as one of the game's core mechanics.”
    • “Forbidden Dojo's gameplay revolves around decision-making.”
    • “Players approaching the experience expecting gameplay-heavy systems may find the focus narrower than traditional role-playing or adventure games.”
    • “Players looking for extensive combat systems, progression mechanics, or puzzle-focused design may find the structure relatively straightforward.”
    • “The experience remains intentionally focused on storytelling rather than gameplay depth.”

  • graphics

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    32% positive mentions, 52% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are generally considered adequate with good character artwork and scene composition enhancing immersion, though some visual elements feel outdated or limited. While animations and certain visuals are praised, the heavy reliance on text makes it feel closer to a text adventure than a fully visual novel. Overall, the graphics are solid for the genre but not groundbreaking, suitable especially for beginners or those seeking lighter visual content.

    • “Character artwork and scene composition contribute heavily toward immersion while helping establish tone consistently throughout progression.”
    • “All said and done the animations are nice, the visuals are on par with any of the other AVN studios and I really like the inclusion of foot content and want more for future updates and the final release.”
    • “The graphics and animations are awesome, I have played this through many times over, and I'm sure I will keep on doing so.”
    • “Graphics are old.”
    • “The only major graphical flaw I found was in the 'harmony ending' love scene where the models suddenly get cut off from what looks like an outer environment shot folding into the inner shot.”
    • “Heavy on text with limited visuals.”

  • replayability

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game’s multiple endings and branching pathways significantly enhance replayability by encouraging players to revisit choices and explore alternate story outcomes across multiple sessions.

    • “This branching approach helps create replay value while encouraging players to revisit choices and uncover alternate outcomes.”
    • “Replayability benefits from branching pathways and alternate choices that encourage experimentation across multiple sessions.”
    • “The game offers five different endings, adding replay value and encouraging us to explore various story branches.”

  • atmosphere

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is strongly driven by its immersive storytelling and relationship choices, set within an effective fantasy world. Audio and presentation elements enhance this narrative-focused immersion, appealing primarily to players who prioritize story over challenge. While the atmosphere is well-crafted, some detailed aspects may feel less coherent to players who prefer deeper exploration.

    • “Its strongest appeal comes from building an atmosphere where story development and relationship choices drive progression forward.”
    • “The fantasy setting also contributes to the overall atmosphere effectively.”
    • “Audio and presentation elements support immersion appropriately while complementing the overall atmosphere.”

  • character development

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    Character development in the game is somewhat mixed; while some find it meaningful and appreciate the unique relationships and well-crafted narrative, others feel the story is simple with minimal development and excessive, non-interactive dialogue that hampers engagement. Overall, the character arcs contribute to the game's appeal but may not satisfy all players.

    • “I appreciate the character development and unique relationships portrayed in the game.”
    • “Meaningful character development and relationships.”
    • “Its well-crafted narrative, multiple endings, and character development contribute to its appeal.”
    • “Pretty simple story, very little character development, the 'action' is not controllable, and as one very good reviewer said, just a lot of unnecessary screen-after-screen dialogue that doesn't add anything and just seems to make the game appear longer.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is mixed, with occasional funny moments but largely unintentional or absent humor. While some players found it mildly entertaining, others described the story as dry and lacking in humor.

  • monetization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game features no microtransactions, providing a monetization model free from in-game purchases.

    • “No microtransactions”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    There is no specific user feedback about the music aspect, so no summary can be provided.

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Play Times

6h Median play time
6h Average play time
6-6h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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Forbidden Dojo is a casual role playing game with fantasy, romance, medieval, historical and others themes. Common tags for Forbidden Dojo include first-person, 3D, choices matter, emotional, story rich and others.

Forbidden Dojo is available on PC, Mac OS, Steam Deck, Windows and others.

On average players spend around 6 hours playing Forbidden Dojo.

Forbidden Dojo was released on August 13, 2023.

Forbidden Dojo was developed by JellyFluff Games.

Forbidden Dojo has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Forbidden Dojo for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Forbidden Dojo is a single player game.

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