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Death and Taxes

Death and Taxes

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Released Feb 20, 2020 Developer Placeholder Gameworks Publisher Placeholder Gameworks, Hawthorn Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Choices MatterStory RichSimulationPoint & ClickMultiple Endings
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

86.9%positive7,028 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Fixed the ecology problem of the world at the small cost of wiping out humanity. Grand.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“If this game was trying to say something, I wasn't listening because I was too busy killing people who interacted with ancient cheese.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 17 found this helpful

“Thoroughly Meh. I played through once. I didn't feel any attachment to the people on the papers, I didn't feel like the mirror was doing anything other than just chattering about vagueries, and ultimately, I didn't feel like I got to know any other characters in the game. Maybe…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

48playing at last check
5724-hour peak
1,206all-time peak
0 100 200 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 138 avg · Jan 2025

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.

60achievements
14.6%median completion
0.8%rarest: Ears of Steel
97.3% of players 74.6% of players 66.5% of players 60.2% of players 59.1% of players 55.4% of players 49.5% of players 45.7% of players 44.8% of players 38.7% of players 32.6% of players 32.4% of players 30.5% of players 30.3% of players 27.7% of players 27.1% of players 23.9% of players 22.4% of players 21.2% of players 20.6% of players 19.7% of players 19.6% of players 19.0% of players 18.7% of players 18.5% of players 17.8% of players 17.6% of players 16.9% of players 16.6% of players 15.1% of players 14.6% of players 14.1% of players 12.4% of players 12.1% of players 11.6% of players 11.5% of players 10.9% of players 10.5% of players 9.4% of players 9.3% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.6% of players 7.1% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 5.3% of players 5.3% of players 4.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 97.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.3%Lemons — Hidden achievement
74.6%Make It Rain — Get a raise
66.5%Curious Grim — Asked all questions in first lore Hub
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Ears of Steel — Listen to all of Mortimer’s bar stories
1.0%Posthumous Spiritualism — Try all the drinks served at Cerberus' Den
1.0%Phastmatological Zoologist — Collect all Desk Spirits

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$12.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$1.68lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US12.99 USD
EU11.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia18.95 AUD
Canada14.49 CAD
Japan1,500 JPY
Brazil41.99 BRL
China52.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 19, 2026
Death and Taxes on the Daily Deal + CraftCraft Bundle!

Good tidings to you, Reapers!Happy to say that we are at a historic low price for Death and Taxes now! If you want to get some reaping done (hard work), then now is a great time to do so ^_^Additional

Jun 27, 2025
Death and Taxes at the Steam Summer Sale (and More ^^')

Good summer tidings, Grims!Oak here! Just wanted to give you a bit of an update on all things Death and Taxes.First of all, we're on the Summer Sale at a cool -85% off! If you already own Death and Ta

Jun 09, 2025
Patch Update + CraftCraft Bundle!

Hi everyone! Oak here.Here's a small little update on Death and Taxes for you!We've been polishing the Japanese translation for the game and we did notice that there were some font issues for the game

May 01, 2025
Death and Taxes - now in Japanese - at LudoNarraCon!

Greetings, Grims! Oak here with some fine news. I'm quite chuffed to announce that THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING SWIMMINGLY. We're now finally on track to release the first major update for Broken Alliance,

Feb 20, 2025
QUARTERMASTER MORTIMER IS BACK!

Hi Grims, This is a special short cross-game announcement for CraftCraft / Death and Taxes! Quartermaster Mortimer from Death and Taxes is back! And he will be your customer in our next game, CraftCra

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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.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsChoices Matter · Story Rich · Simulation · Point & Click · Multiple Endings · Strategy · Choose Your Own Adventure · Puzzle · Replay Value · Casual · Interactive Fiction · Dark Comedy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Japanese *
Achievements60
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 Processor: i3 or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space