It has inspired a live-action film, two manga adaptations and an anime television series produced by Production I.G, which aired from April to June 2016.

The original novel, Joker Game, published by Kadokawa Shoten on August 28, 2008,[4] is a collection of five short stories written by Koji Yanagi.

The first, D no Maō (Dの魔王), adapts the first novel and debuted in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits on January 5, 2009.

[23][24][25] The second manga, adapting the film, was simply titled Joker Game and serialized in Big Comic Spirits between November 17, 2014,[26] and January 19, 2015,[27] the same day its sole tankōbon was published.

[34][35] Starring Kazuya Kamenashi, Yūsuke Iseya and Kyoko Fukada, it was filmed during April 2014 in Singapore and in Batam, Indonesia.

[44][45] The two Blu-ray disc released on July 27, 2016 and September 28, 2016, respectively, contained an original video animation each, titled Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken.