Our Denial

Editorial Review

★4.2 / 5 — henhenta editorial rating (our own assessment, not the DLsite official user score)

Grief-driven psychological horror is a rare find on a platform dominated by erotic fare, and Our Denial fits into the adventure end of the catalog. It is a short, atmospheric thriller built around a widower’s unreliable perception, with nothing in its tags pointing toward the adult content most of the storefront trades in. Within the English-language adventure space, that makes it a quiet outlier.

The most interesting design choice is how endings are determined. There is no final binary choice. Instead, the game tallies what Richard notices as you explore: objects that stir memories of the past push him toward one outcome, while reminders of loss push him toward another. That ties the mechanics to the theme, since the ending reflects how the protagonist chooses to process his wife’s death, not a menu selection at the finish line. Five endings across a one-to-three-hour runtime is generous, and the note that one is hard to reach without careful attention suggests a reward for observant players. The “Music” tag hints at sound design playing a real role in the mood, which suits a story where Richard sees and hears his late wife and a darker presence besides. The central question of whether any of it is real or all in his head is an old one, but pairing it with exploration and clue-based puzzles keeps the player investigating instead of passively reading.

Players who like compact, melancholy mysteries and replayable branching structures will get the most from it, especially if they prefer ambiguity to tidy answers.

A thoughtful, bite-sized ghost story where what you notice decides how the grief ends.