About This Game

—A human being can be made.

Torii makes copies of people.
For the right price, it makes no difference whether they are living or dead.

In a laboratory sealed away underground, he has long treated it as nothing more than a job.

One day, a man comes to Torii with a request:
recreate his dead son.

It should have been just another job.

But what is it that has been born?
A human being?
Or merely something that resembles one?

The one who creates.
The one who has lost.
The one who was created.

As their desires and obsessions begin to intertwine, the boundaries of what Torii believed it meant to be human slowly begin to unravel.

What does it mean to be human?
And who gets to decide what a life is worth?

DORII —stairway to heaven— is a psychological horror visual novel that explores human nature, loss, love, and what it means to choose one's own path in life, through a story centered on human cloning.

Through music and visuals, the story brings its characters' emotions and choices to life in a complete experience lasting approximately 4–5 hours.

A Note from the Creator

I once brought this manuscript to an editor in the publishing industry.

However, I was told that its subject matter would make it difficult to publish commercially.

Even so, this was the story I wanted to share with the world more than any other.

Rather than leave that decision to someone else, I wanted to tell the story I believed in, in the way I chose.

So, with the help of AI technology, I created this visual novel independently.

That is how DORII came to be.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Generative AI was used to create some of the artwork featured in the game. AI tools were also used to assist with localization into supported languages. All AI-generated and AI-assisted content was reviewed and edited by the developer before inclusion in the final game.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains mature themes, including violence, murder, crime, psychological horror, strong language, and references to prostitution and sexual content. The story also references a past incident involving the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of a minor. This incident is not visually depicted, and no sexual violence involving minors is shown on screen.