Den-Den: Tokyo Horror
Den-Den: Tokyo Horror is a J-horror RPG where events unfold in real-time. Survive eight hours in a city where every choice you make impacts the world around you. How many deaths will you be responsible for tonight?
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Den-Den: Tokyo Horror is a J-horror RPG where every choice carries the weight of human lives.
Japan’s birthrate has collapsed. The elderly now outnumber the young three to one, and Tokyo is dying. A brutal geopolitical blockade has cut off food, medicine, and power. Society is unraveling and violent crime is on the rise.
You play as a caregiver whose job is to keep the neglected elders alive for one night. The only problem: there aren't enough supplies for everyone.
How many of them will still be alive when the sun rises?
Welcome to Den-Den: Tokyo Horror. There is no happy ending to this story.
Features
Events unfold in real-time, with the game taking place over a single 8-hour work shift.
Each hour that passes, the city falls further into chaos. Time is always moving forward and every choice you make has a consequence.
Manage your limited supplies while scavenging the city for whatever you can find in order to survive another hour.
Turn your trash into treasure by using recycling machines scattered around the city.
Enter into the nightmarish senior living facilities located around the city to care for the neglected elders you're responsible for.
Collect and equip powerful charms that grant supernatural blessings.
Fight or flee using improvised weapons such as kitchen knives, tasers, black-market pistols, and much more.
Your actions have permanent consequences. Every character in the game can die because of you.
Scavenge
Rummage through abandoned apartments, overflowing dumpsters, and dark alleys for anything that might buy one more hour of life. Food, painkillers, batteries, bullets… or nothing at all.
Discover
Talk, listen, lie, threaten, or comfort. Every conversation branches. Every relationship can save you or doom the people you’re supposed to protect.
Fight or Flight
Desperate people, violent criminals, and things far worse stalk the streets. Swing a rusty kitchen knife, fire a shaking pistol, shock with an electrifying taser, or simply run. Do whatever it takes to stay alive until sunrise.
Fear
Something evil has awakened in the darkest corners of the city. It feeds on neglect, regret, and bad decisions. Make too many wrong choices… and it will come for you, and everyone left in your care.
