Manga like Acma:Game

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?



Tags: Detective , Police , Anti-Hero , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Gods , Primarily Male Cast , Espionage , Time Skip , Shounen , Memory Manipulation , Demons , Amnesia , Politics , Cult

LIAR GAME

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Wishing she would live up to the ideal, Kanzaki Nao's father named her thusly for “honesty”. Nao has more than lived up to her father's wishes--even exceeding them and earning the label of "a foolishly honest girl". This makes Nao the least qualified candidate for the high stakes 'Liar Game', where winning requires deceiving the opponent out of their money and losing means receiving massive debt. However, that doesn't stop a box containing a hundred million yen in cash and a card informing her of her participation in the game from arriving at her doorstep, nor does it stop her from being promptly tricked out of the entire sum of money. Upon hearing that a genius swindler, responsible for the bankruptcy of a major corporation, is being released from jail, Nao goes to the swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, to enlist his help. With that, the two are drawn into the dark, greed-filled, and deceptive world of the Liar Game.

Tags: Gambling , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Cult , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Death Game , Bullying , Conspiracy , Coming of Age

Imawa no Kuni no Alice

Also known as Alice in Borderland.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can’t be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn’t an empty paradise, it’s a vicious game. And the only way to survive is to play.

Note: Chapter count includes 22 side story chapters.

Tags: Tragedy , Death Game , Survival , Philosophy , Amnesia , Urban , Male Protagonist , Gore , Battle Royale , Gambling , Afterlife , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Isekai , Dystopian , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Guns , Outdoor Activities , Heterosexual , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Martial Arts , Drugs , Gods , Parkour , Mahjong , Nudity

Kamisama no Iutoori Ni

Also known as As the Gods Will: The Second Series.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

With the appearance of a strange daruma doll, ordinary life crumbles away in an instant. Even so, live on. Survive. This is the story of the "life" bestowed upon all those who have wished to die. Are you beef or chicken? Live, that's the only rule.



Tags: Survival , Death Game , Gore , Battle Royale , Gods , Shounen , Youkai , Boys' Love , Transgender

Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji

Also known as Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Ne'er-do-well Kaiji Itou's shiftless existence is suddenly rattled by a visit from the yakuza. Burdened by debt and resentment, Kaiji is coerced into gambling for his worthless life. As the stakes grow higher and the rules become increasingly more bizarre, Kaiji must finally take the future into his own hands!



Note: Won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1998.

Tags: Gambling , Seinen , Survival , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Death Game , Card Battle , Yakuza , Class Struggle , Tragedy , Nudity

Usogui

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Thriller

There are gamblers out there who even bet their lives as ante. But to secure the integrity of these life-threatening gambles, a violent and powerful organization by the name of "Kakerou" referees these games as a neutral party. Follow Baku Madarame a.k.a. Usogui (The Lie Eater) as he gambles against maniacal opponents at games—such as Escape the Abandoned Building, Old Maid, and Hangman—to ultimately "out-gamble" and control the neutral organization of Kakerou itself.

Tags: Gambling , Death Game , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Crime , Philosophy , Martial Arts , Amnesia , Memory Manipulation , Poker , Mafia , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Gore , Terrorism , Fairy Tale , LGBTQ+ Themes , Guns , Aliens

Tobaku Haouden Zero

Also known as Gambling Emperor Legend Zero.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Ukai Zero saves three troubled teens from a Suicide Website, and together chooses to work as 'Robin Hoods' of society. However, one of Zero's friends are caught by an organization he got in trouble with, and Zero is forced to enter a gambling competition hosted by a rich, rotten old man who is looking for talented gamblers to be his rep player. The reward money? ONE TRILLION YEN.

Note: Resumed serialization as Tobaku Haouden Zero Gyanki-Hen on 7/13/2011 after a 2.5 year hiatus.

Tags: Shounen , Gambling , Death Game , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Yakuza , Crime

Katekyo Hitman REBORN!

Also known as Reborn!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Sawada Tsunayoshi is regular boy who has never excelled in sports, school or social life, thus being named "No Good Tsuna". Everyday, he leads just a normal life, living with his mother, while his father is away for work. But the thing Tsunayoshi doesn't know is that his family is actual lineage of the great Mafia Boss, the first head of Vongola, Giotto.

Because of the Sawada history, Tsuna has been chosen to become tenth head of the Vongola family, an infamous Italian mafia family which rules the Mafia world. To become worthy of the title, Tsuna is being aided by professional hitman and infant, Reborn, who takes the role of Tsunayoshi's mafia tutor.



Note: Chapter count includes two extra collections of short chapters published in volume 42

Tags: Mafia , Shounen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , School , Time Manipulation , Primarily Male Cast , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Battle Royale , Cult , Mythology , Religion

Real Account

Also known as Real Account.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In a world driven by fictionalized friendship, courtesy of the program named "real account", the table suddenly turns, and the cybernetic world turns real! how will they survive?

Notes:
Includes two extra chapters.
The first part was serialized in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine until August 9, 2014; the second part, with the chapter count reset, started in Weekly Shounen Magazine on December 24, 2014.

Tags: Death Game , Shounen , Gore , Satire , Male Protagonist , Virtual World , Twins , Nudity , Clone , LGBTQ+ Themes , Zombie , Incest , Football

Kakegurui

Also known as Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent-the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling?

At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!



Tags: Gambling , Card Battle , Female Protagonist , School , Anti-Hero , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Poker , Death Game , Villainess , Drugs , Primarily Teen Cast , Twins , School Club , Ojou-sama , Slavery , Bullying , Idol , Shounen , Economics , Yuri , Unrequited Love , Family Life