 Faust also noted that the slice of life setting of "VA-11 HALL-A", as well as its characters, are a departure from more conventional video game settings.Similarly, "Gizmodo UK" on June 25 listed "VA-11 HALL-A" as their top recommended video game for the week.Ana Valens of Den of Geek also listed "VA-11 HALL-A" as "one of the great visual novels of 2016", again praising the game's characters and "powerful" writing.