Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward is a visual novel adventure video game developed by Chunsoft and directed by Kotaro Uchikoshi. It was first released in Japan on February 16, 2012 and in North America and Europe later that year, for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. It is the second installment in the Zero Escape series and a direct sequel to the 2009 game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (commonly referred to as 999).