Black Closet is a mystery visual novel, strategy RPG and life simulation game developed and published by Hanako Games and released on September 16, 2015 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux on the digital distribution service Steam.

The game was received positively by critics, and was a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative award at the 2016 IGF.

Players play the role of Elsa, a student in a prestigious school for girls named St.

[1] She must solve procedurally-generated mysteries in order to increase her leadership abilities, using a group of fellow student assistants.

Katherine Cross of Rock, Paper, Shotgun said the game "punctures misogynist stereotypes around teen dramas" and that the characters "who at first blush appear to be tropes" later become more interesting.