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.

01

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.

02

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.

03

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
UNCOVER THE DEN

Connecting two perspectives,
To the secrets of the closed facility.

Play The Den for free on itch.io

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

Streaming permission unconfirmedMonetization permission unconfirmed

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.

Checked: · Official pages checked: The Den — Author's official itch.io work page

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