DENIAL

DENIAL

Ofek Ben Shalom · May 4, 2020 · Indie, Psychological Horror, First-Person, Horror, Puzzle

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$10.99
lowest tracked $1.49
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DENIAL price by region

DENIAL costs $6.69 in Georgia (USD), £8.29 in the United Kingdom, €8.99 in Europe (EUR), $10.99 in the United States, CA$12.49 in Canada, NZ$13.49 in New Zealand, A$15.50 in Australia, R$22.79 in Brazil and zł39.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest DENIAL offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $6.69 $6.69 — 1
United Kingdom £8.29 £8.29 — 1
Europe (EUR) €8.99 €8.99 — 1
United Statesyour region $10.99 $10.99 — 1
Canada CA$12.49 CA$12.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$13.49 NZ$13.49 — 1
Australia A$15.50 A$15.50 — 1
Brazil R$22.79 R$22.79 — 1
Poland zł39.99 zł39.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About DENIAL

Look inside, your dark mind is fighting against your soul, your conscience can't pick a side and fear is standing against logic.
What if after too much pressure you pass out, you see nothing but black, slowly you find what is dark and what is darker yet sleeping well?
What if everything you believed in was proven to be a lie? Everything you have been ignoring is coming back to get you, shouting at you that they are real.
And what if you don't wake up? You keep living the same nightmare over and over only because you are deeply lost inside your own mind, only because you are too weak to handle your fears.

They took it from us, our identity, our face! I am here to make sure to bring it all back...
I remember how that liquid was a stain from the walls to the floor while you walked in those halls, feeling the safety of my world under it's shell. You were free, not exposed to the savagery of the outside. You knew the truth but you looked for more, this creation wasn't enough, we made that shell and you began melting it bit by bit, slowly peeling one layer after the other, leaving only a black hole of nothing.
It's gone too far. After all, you are part of them.

In this game you play an unstable man, you will wander between walls that trap his mind and you will go deep into places you have never seen before.
The environment will be inconsistent, at first you might explore the brighter areas of his mind, but as you go deeper it gets darker, illusions and voices are everywhere.
Denial is the hard work of two brothers who worked tirelessly to bring their dream to life and they couldn't be more proud of it.
We invite you to take a visit into the madness, to face the truth."I AM A COSTUME, SHELL, SHADOW. BUT THAT'S OKAY, I AM THE ONE THEY CAN SEE AND YOU WERE LEFT TO FEEL IT"

Game features:
• Story driven psychological horror - your sanity is fluctuating, your brain betrays you and you are losing it without your pills.
• See the big picture - there are pieces scattered everywhere, can you find them and finish the puzzle?
• Multiple endings - which one will you choose? Every choice comes with its own consequences.

DENIAL — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

DENIAL is a psychological exploration game about self-denial and fractured identity that aims for minimalist storytelling but struggles with unclear narrative direction, leaving players uncertain whether the worlds they explore are real, imagined, or neither. Players consistently criticize the excessive walking through dark environments with minimal engagement, poor voice acting, technical bugs including clipping issues, lackluster graphics, and two underwhelming ending choices that fail to provide satisfying closure.

Not recommended Jan 19, 2021
What if you lied to yourself and it was so strong that you couldn't remember your previous self but then one day it started all started to crack then who would you become? That's pretty much what Denial is all about. However, the game doesn't do a great job at telling you anything. Are the worlds you are walking though part of your past life, present life, or neither? The game just makes you feel like you are going through arbitrary levels to go through to get to the end of the game. Very little is explained and then wrapped up at the end with a two choice ending and both are lackluster. You can also find some tiles with single words on them adding up to a sentence about your character. There are also ink blots to find for an achievement I guess but no achievements are given in the game. There are far more titles out there that will give you a better experience than Denial did.
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Not recommended Jan 18, 2021
Severe head bob. Refunding.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 1, 2022
In 36 minutes, I could not get engaged in the "story". There's a whole lot of walking (in unnecessary semi-darkness), not much doing. So far, it is a pill and Rorschach test quest. Not impressed. No desire to continue.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 14, 2021
It's a no from. Whilst in many ways it's admirable what this small team have tried to achieve, ultimately it falls flat. Instead of coming across as minimal, it instead comes off as amateurish. The graphics and level design aren't great. The monster isn't threatening, the voice acting is janky, and whilst there is nothing game breaking it's still quite buggy. These bugs run the gamut from just slightly immersion breaking e.g. sound effects kicking in at odds volumes, to downright frustrating e.g. constantly clipping through a train and out onto the tracks and dying repeatedly. And the story is confusing and the bits that are clear aren't great. Also the DLC is a silly survival mode where you go about turning off radios for no reason, and giving you even closer up views of the monster which makes any sense of mystique and horror go out the window. Whilst certainly not the worst horror game on steam, there's very little to recommend here to make it worth your time or money. Avoid.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 2, 2021
I think the positive reviews are false, the game is terrible, probably the worst horror game in my library. Get away from it!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 20, 2021
Thats is my understanding from the game: the main character who can not choose the side of good or evil, his soul is divided into two parts. Imagine a situation where everything that you believed in for many years just becomes a lie. The main character in the game is an unstable person, and as for the gameplay, everything is simple here. You have to explore the world around you, solve simple physical puzzles, look for key objects, like in a quest, read notes and look for clues about what to do next, and just move forward. During the passage of the game you will visit various rather strange locations and gloomy places. In the end you will find two differnt endings.
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