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Hikikomori: Why At-Risk Recluses Gravitate to Story and Strategy Games

A survey of more than 500 Japanese gamers found no measurable genre gap by social-withdrawal risk, yet higher-risk players described favouring cooperation, absorbing stories and strategy in their own words.

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