Okay, so 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors starts with you waking up locked in a sinking ship with eight strangers—each wearing a weird bracelet with a number. The setup alone had me hooked. You’ve got exactly nine hours to escape, but here’s the kicker: every door requires two people to open, and your bracelets have these cryptic numbers that decide who can go where.

The puzzles are clever without being unfair—think decoding symbols, piecing together clues from scattered notes, and making choices that actually matter. I messed up my first run by trusting the wrong person (won’t spoil who), but that’s the fun of it. The writing’s sharp, and the twists? They hit hard. Just when you think you’ve figured it out, the game pulls the rug out from under you.

It’s one of those DS gems that makes you wish you could wipe your memory and play it fresh again. If you’re into mysteries that don’t hold your hand, this is it.