HOW TO PLAY
Controls and goals
- How to operate
- Read the text and choose your action by clicking or tapping the blue English option at the bottom. You can also perform save operations from SAVES on the left side.
- Goal
- Follow Vee and Aiden's perspective as they explore the facility to infiltrate computers and solve cooperative puzzles to uncover Den's secrets
ABOUT THE GAME
Follow the sentences and options,
Examining the closed daily life.
"The Den" is a text-based interactive fiction published by Ben Jackson under the name radiosity. Select from the English links to follow Vee and Aiden's actions, and explore the rooms and facilities to discover facts that they didn't know.
EXPLORE AIDEN'S ROOM
Before rushing forward,
Read the daily life that remains in the room.
At the beginning, if you select ``Explore the room,'' you will see a depiction of Aiden's metal bed, a hand-drawn picture of him holding hands with Vee, and a pile of clothes and books. The information that you detoured through by choice will also provide clues to the lives of the two.

Actual play photography: Detour Playlist Editorial Department/Production: Ben Jackson (radiosity)
Select the action below the text and proceed
Read the scene text and choose the next action from the blue English link. From the beginning, you can choose to leave the room or investigate inside, and new depictions and actions will appear depending on your choice.
Vee and Aiden, chasing secrets from their perspectives
The official introduction guides you through the composition of playing as both characters and uncovering Den's secrets. We connect information obtained from each perspective to capture events occurring at the same facility.
Get two people to work together through intrusions and puzzles
Computer break-ins and puzzles are incorporated into the progression, forcing Vee and Aiden to help each other as a team. In addition to reading the text, the action of unraveling the structure of the facility drives the story.
PLAY NOTES
Play notes
- Required time
- The author's official page states that the work is expected to take approximately 2 hours from start to finish.
- Language/Beginner
- The text and options are in English, and reading comprehension in English is required to proceed. ``Explore the room'' at the beginning will investigate the room, and ``Leave the room'' will leave the room and move on.
- Fees/Support environment
- You can play the HTML5 version of itch.io for free. The author's official page states that it works on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- Saving and getting stuck
- You can save your game at any time, and if you get stuck, check out the in-game MORE INFO for a complete walkthrough
Connecting two perspectives,
To the secrets of the closed facility.
The author's official itch.io work page and official web version were confirmed on September 2, 2026. The two published images were taken by the editorial department on the official web version. Sources: The Den — Author's official itch.io work page/web version
STREAMING INFO
Streaming and video uploads
On the author's official itch.io work page, it was not possible to confirm the availability of game distribution, video posting, and monetization.
“Unconfirmed” does not mean streaming is prohibited. We have not confirmed an official policy for the general public.




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