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DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This was so much fun. And also very spooky. I mean, I physically jolted numerous times. Here's what I really want: I want an endless typing mode. Nothing spooky, just the vibes of what it would be like if this were a normal job that we were doing. Any time the day ended, I found…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“On night 1 or so, I made a comment to myself: "For a horror game, this is actually pretty relaxing." I lost that opinion when each night going forward made me tense up in my seat a little more. Sweet, simmering dread that crawls into your eyes and wraps around your soul. Also,…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“The one ending I ended up getting is how I felt majority of the time in school. I felt like I HAD to get stuff done with zero way around it and with no consideration for my mental health, the only thing I got was the reassurance that I would graduate and nothing more. This game…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:12 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch Minor Update 1.6.4
Just another quick minor patch. Thank you for your keen eye and attention Data Conversion Operator ✉ New in v1.6.4 Bugfix for a specific detail that wouldn't get cleared out of memory properly, if one
DEAD LETTER DEPT. RELEASE - 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
It has been 1 year. I've decided to commemorate with a small bit of making-of reminiscing. As a project with the central theme revolving around a distinctly physical medium, it seemed pretty un-deniab
Patch Minor Update 1.6.3
Welcome Data Conversion Operators, both junior and senior. Thank you for your hard work. This is just a quick minor patch. New in v1.6.2 Quick fix for when Mouse Smoothing is set completely to OFF (pr
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░░ AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW AT VERY OK VINYL ░░ I'm happy to announce the Vinyl Edition of the DEAD LETTER DEPT. OST has been produced and is now available for purchase thanks to the efforts of Very
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Typing · Mystery · Simulation · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · Stylized · Text-Based · Dystopian · Surreal · Short · Dark (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.beliefengine.com/deadletterdept/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher, 64bit Processor: Intel CPU Core i3 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 460 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Keyboard & Mouse required