Manga like Ousama Game: Kigen

Deatte 5-byou de Battle

Also known as Battle in 5 Seconds.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Akira Shiroyanagi is a high schooler who loves challenging games and Konpeito candy. One day, while heading to school, he encounters an enigmatic woman called Mion. After that, Akira and a host of other individuals are kidnapped and forced to become test pilots for a mysterious organization. They are given unique abilities and pitted against each other. Armed with his newfound, special ability, Akira becomes determined to take down this sinister group and beat their game. He has to rely on his guile to overcome all sorts of obstacles in a captivating battle of wits!



Tags: Death Game , Super Power , Battle Royale , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban , Nudity , Zombie , Heterosexual , Samurai

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is the only one executed. However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are annihilated. Which of the 15 will survive the bloodbath to come?

An adaptation of the game mostly told from the perspectives of the victims and killers, so we can learn more about their motives.

Tags: School , Post-Apocalyptic , Ensemble Cast , Death Game , Battle Royale , Twins , Amnesia , Artificial Intelligence , Detective , Dissociative Identities

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 , Boys' Love , Youkai

Jinrou Game: Crazy Fox

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

New game, new players, same rule, and an additional mysterious role, The Crazy Fox.

Tags: Death Game , Seinen , Gore , Yandere , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity

Secret

Also known as Secret.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

"There are three murderers hiding in your midst." These are the ominous words given to the six survivors of a tragic bus accident, followed by an ultimatum: Within one week, the murderers must anguish over their crimes and find some way to answer for them, or the evidence of their sins will be given to the police. But when every person has a secret, who can you trust…?


Includes a bonus chapter.

Tags: Shounen , Death Game

Dead Company

Also known as Dead Company.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

A death game where players are forced to kill one another until there's only one person left standing!

This is the story of Ryosuke Miyauchi, a young man who survived a real-life battle royale game three years ago, and who has been struggling to live a normal life since then. One day, Ryosuke was scouted by the enormously popular game developer EDC, who asked him, "Why don't you use your special experience to make a game?"



Tags: Death Game , Seinen

Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo: Danganronpa Another Episode

Also known as Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Komaru Naegi, little sister to Makoto Naegi, has been imprisoned inside a mysterious apartment for over a year. One day, she is rescued by Byakuya Togami of Future Foundation, but the rescue is derailed by a sudden attack of hundreds of Monokumas. Komaru soon discovers that the city has been taken over by a group of children calling themselves the Warriors of Hope. Their leader, Monaca, declares that the city will be the site of a “children's paradise,” and to accomplish this, all the adults will be exterminated. Komaru teams up with Toko Fukawa to try to survive the rampaging Monokumas, escape the crafty Monokuma Kids, and uncover the secrets of the city.



Tags: Urban , Survival , Post-Apocalyptic , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Super Robot , Anti-Hero , Shounen

Fukushuu no Kyoukasho

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

Ryoutarou Kurose dreams of becoming a teacher, looks up to his homeroom teacher Shiratori-sensei and is subject to gruesome bullying. One day, fearing their actions have been exposed the bullies tell Kurose on the rooftop, "Before we get found out, why don't you kill yourself?" Terrified of what was happening Kurose loses his footing in the commotion and falls... "Hey, teacher. Can I do this over again?"



Tags: Revenge , Bullying , Amnesia , Body Swapping , Netorare , Seinen , Nudity

Nare no Hate no Bokura

Also known as The Shadows of Who We Once Were.

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

Nezu was looking forward to his elementary school reunion—after all, his class was united by unbreakable bonds. But when his former classmate, Mikio, reveals that this reunion is a very real matter of life and death...suddenly Nezu finds those bonds put to the test.



Tags: Shounen , Death Game , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Nudity , Bullying , School

Nakanohito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Iride Akatsuki is a popular game footage uploader. He wakes up one day to find that he's been kidnapped and taken to a strange place, along with a number of other uploaders who specialize in different genres of games.

A mysterious alpaca-headed host gathers them after the initial stage, to explain how the game will proceed. Will the group of gamers clear the game and make it back to their real lives?



Tags: Video Games , Ensemble Cast , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Death Game , Tsundere , Virtual World