Utsuge stands for utsu game, and it means "depressing game". It is said that the purpose of these types of games is to depress the player. Most of the time these games have no happy end, no help, no hope... Do not mix with a similar game type, nakige. For example on an imaginary utsuge, the heroine would be sick from the very beginning and would die in the end. But on an imaginary nakige, the game would be about a happy school romance with the heroine suddenly getting sick at the very end of the game to only recover at the very last moment. (Though there are nakige with deaths too.)
| Name | Similarity |
|---|---|
| Suicide | 22% |
| Madness | 22% |
| Life and Death Drama | 20% |
| Depression (obsolete) | 19% |
| Unavoidable Heroine Death | 19% |
| Homicide | 18% |
| Death of Protagonist | 18% |
| Death of Heroine | 17% |
| Psychological Trauma | 16% |
| Only Bad Endings | 16% |
| Suicidal Protagonist | 16% |
| Desperation | 15% |
| Gore | 15% |
| Drama | 14% |
| Bloody Scenes | 14% |
| Graphic Violence | 13% |
| Torture | 13% |
| Sacrifice | 13% |
| Betrayal | 12% |
| One True End | 12% |
| Name | Similarity |
|---|---|
| Death Subject of | 13% |
| Psychological Trauma Subject of | 11% |
| Murder Engages in | 10% |
| Suicide Engages in | 10% |
| Clinical Depression Subject of | 10% |
| Insanity Subject of | 10% |
| Homicide Subject of | 10% |
| Kind Personality | 10% |
| Grief Subject of | 10% |
| Low Self-esteem Personality | 10% |
| Orphan Role | 9% |
| Pretending Personality | 9% |
| Friendly Personality | 9% |
| Black Hair | 9% |
| Friend Role | 9% |
| Mysterious Personality | 8% |
| Cruel Personality | 8% |
| Mental Breakdown Subject of | 8% |
| Reserved Personality | 8% |
| Smart Personality | 8% |