"Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!" was awarded a $3000 (USD) prize for "Most Innovative Game" by the Casual Games Association, and was also selected as a finalist for the 2008 IndieCade Festival of Independent Games. It was entered into the 2007 Independent Games Festival in the "Open" category, but owing to its lengthy development time, was submitted again for the 2008 Independent Games Festival as well. At the end of 2008 GameTunnel awarded it: Adventure Game of the Year, Innovative Game of the Year, and #4 in their top ten games of the year. On January 12, 2009, the Writers Guild of America nominated it for Best Writing in a Videogame. The other nominees were: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Fallout 3, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and Tomb Raider: Underworld. On January 29, 2009, Casual Gameplay (also Jay is Games) awarded it with Best Tabletop styled downloadable computer game. In the category, it won both the editor's award and the audience award.