<s>
Death	B-Application
End	I-Application
Request	I-Application
(	O
stylized	O
Death	B-Application
end	I-Application
re	I-Application
;	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Compile	O
Heart	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Idea	O
Factory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
and	O
worldwide	O
in	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
April	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Death	B-Application
End	I-Application
Request	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
regions	O
and	O
platforms	O
across	O
2021	O
and	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
characters	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
together	O
as	O
video	O
game	O
programmers	O
a	O
year	O
prior	O
for	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
MMORPG	B-Protocol
called	O
"	O
World	O
's	O
Odyssey	O
"	O
,	O
until	O
development	O
was	O
halted	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
unexplained	O
disappearance	O
of	O
Shina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
year	O
passes	O
,	O
Arata	O
stumbles	O
upon	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
is	O
shocked	O
to	O
find	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
servers	O
are	O
still	O
on	O
,	O
and	O
Shina	O
is	O
trapped	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
partial	O
amnesia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
learn	O
that	O
Shina	O
is	O
trapped	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
game	O
until	O
she	O
finishes	O
the	O
game	O
herself	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
complicated	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
unfinished	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
apparently	O
hacked	O
and	O
altered	O
by	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Options	O
have	O
consequences	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
leading	O
to	O
instant	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
screens	O
or	O
leading	O
to	O
alternate	O
game	O
endings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
in	O
Weekly	O
Famitsu	O
the	O
following	O
week	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
next	O
entry	O
in	O
Compile	O
Heart	O
's	O
Galapagos	O
RPG	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
includes	O
Fairy	B-Application
Fencer	I-Application
F	I-Application
,	O
Omega	B-Application
Quintet	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Fairy	B-Application
Fencer	I-Application
F	I-Application
:	I-Application
Advent	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Force	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
initially	O
just	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
release	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
across	O
2020	O
and	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Death	B-Application
End	I-Application
Request	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
via	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPGSite	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
solid	O
entry	O
and	O
starting	O
point	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
IP	O
by	O
Idea	O
Factory	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
mixing	O
of	O
Neptunia-like	O
anime	O
tropes	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
serious	O
story	O
like	O
Death	O
End	O
Requests'''	O
story	O
created	O
some	O
strange	O
tonal	O
shifts	O
,	O
and	O
mused	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
ultimately	O
been	O
a	O
better	O
visual	O
novel	O
that	O
RPG	O
.	O
</s>
