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Death Must Die
Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
82 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“You see son, when a Hades, Diablo 3, and Halls of Torment love each other very much, they use genetic engineering to make Death Must Die. I love the style and visuals. The sound design is good too, and I appreciate that…”
“Really fun game with nice progression systems.”
19 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“You see son, when a Hades, Diablo 3, and Halls of Torment love each other very much, they use genetic engineering to make Death Must Die. I love the style and visuals. The sound design is good too, and I appreciate that…”
“[b]DEATH MUST DIE[/b], is a very unique and fun combination of survivors-like and ARPG. It features a very similar and clearing inspired boon system to Hades, and the gods actually have quite charming novice voice…”
“An excellent survivor-like with good pacing, great artwork, interesting characters, and good build variety. Very addicting. Highly recommended.”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“An excellent survivor-like with good pacing, great artwork, interesting characters, and good build variety. Very addicting. Highly recommended.”
“very fun game, very nice artstyle. like that runs are always 20 minutes (in game) time, makes it a game i keep coming back to for taking a quick break.”
“One of the best bullet heaven games out there. Every character has a couple talent paths that change gameplay dramatically, and in addition to regular gear there's also unique items (200+ of them!!) that make new,…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Really fun game with nice progression systems.”
“Great game, very comparable to vampire survivors, good leveling system and options for those who want a higher challenge but I wish more maps and the game has been in early access for over 3 years now and it lacks…”
“Rating: 4/5 ★★★★☆ With 50 hours officially on record and another 100 hours of "unofficial" playtime (hey, we’ve all been there), I’ve spent enough time in the pits of hell to know exactly where this game shines and…”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“You see son, when a Hades, Diablo 3, and Halls of Torment love each other very much, they use genetic engineering to make Death Must Die. I love the style and visuals. The sound design is good too, and I appreciate that…”
“these guys are doing what the god of weapons guys can't, and even though i keep forgetting to actually play this game i'm happy they are doing genuine work on the game to not just fix bugs but make it better”
“hoping for more updates love the game”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“3 years in Early Access, 0 updates, 100% abandonware scam Rating: 1/10 – and that’s generous Review: Let me save you $10. Death Must Die is dead. Not metaphorically dead like "oh the meta is stale." I mean dead dead.…”
“This game is a tragedy. It could have been great. There was a time when doing something awesome was motivation in and of itself. It's very obviously dead now and we are all poorer for it. Certainly do not buy this, but…”
“Been playing since this games first season/tier and its really gone downhill. Once was an incredible game but every major update is nothing but a patch of nerfs that have made so many fun builds feel way to weak.…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“For 3 hours, nothing else than the same level, the same mobs, the same bosses, absolutely zero variation. I heard there were only 3 levels? Way too repetitive. It gets boring very, very fast. Zero satisfaction from…”
“Great game, very comparable to vampire survivors, good leveling system and options for those who want a higher challenge but I wish more maps and the game has been in early access for over 3 years now and it lacks…”
“Probably my favorite game in this genre. Hopefully there's more content coming and more purchases in the future too to fuel that. I would perhaps only want a mode that is a bit shorter session than 20 mins. Also played…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“The current iteration of the game seems to have forgotten about fun. Being able to do ridiculous self-accelerating combo builds is fun. (removed) Getting your hands on OP gear and being able to cheese the game with it…”
“Been playing since this games first season/tier and its really gone downhill. Once was an incredible game but every major update is nothing but a patch of nerfs that have made so many fun builds feel way to weak.…”
“I think whoever designed the last area of the game forgot that melee characters exist. Also idk what the hell happened to the rng in this game but I feel like I just get the same blessings over and over and over and…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“For 3 hours, nothing else than the same level, the same mobs, the same bosses, absolutely zero variation. I heard there were only 3 levels? Way too repetitive. It gets boring very, very fast. Zero satisfaction from…”
“Really just good mindless fun, not thrilled with how the gear upgrades have dried up and I cant get better than a blue in world three. But I cannot stop playing.”
“Nice game with slow progression from beating bosses (talents) and gathering equipment as you unlock more powerful characters, beat more bosses, and so on. Most characters only get decently strong after you've filled out…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Death Must Die is an, by this point classic, auto-battler-rogue-like game, but brings its own charm to the table. The biggest difference is probably, that it has a hub you start in each time which upgrades over time while you play the game. You unlock new ways to progress in…”
— a player, Steam review · 70 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too…”
— a player, Steam review · 57 hrs played“There was a time I would have whole-heartedly recommended DMD. You can see my playtime. I got some friends to buy it, even. The pixel art is beautiful, the combat is smooth as butter, and (most) of the classes feel like they have a unique identity with appropriate class fantasy…”
— a player, Steam review · 266 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:04 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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Roadmap News
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Patch 0.8.4
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Patch 0.8.3
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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 | Action, Casual, Indie, RPG, Early Access |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Rogue-lite · Pixel Graphics · RPG · Hack and Slash · Action · 2D · Rogue-like · Action RPG · Dark Fantasy · Isometric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 59 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i3-3210 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10 capable GPU Storage: 3 GB available space