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Have a Nice Death
Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelike where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
61 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Being frank? This is up there with Hades as one of my favorite rouge-likes. Simple and unique story, amazing artwork and sprites, fun gameplay and awesome bosses. It's a fun time all around.”
“Haven't played much of the game yet (I want to finish hades 2 but i did the tutorial and a run and i can already tell i love this game, the combat is so fluid, there's so many little things that are genuinely so funny…”
“This is a fun game. Really enjoy the grind in this one.”
38 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoy it's atmosphere and art-style. It's premise and theme feels especially pertinent to what has been the common western 'work culture' for the last few decades. However the combat in this game feels…”
“[h1] A fluid, charming and outright beautiful game, but with flaws [/h1] Have a Nice Death is a good game at it's core with movement so precise you can use KBM even as a controller player, art rivaling Hollow Knight and…”
21 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Being frank? This is up there with Hades as one of my favorite rouge-likes. Simple and unique story, amazing artwork and sprites, fun gameplay and awesome bosses. It's a fun time all around.”
“Haven't played much of the game yet (I want to finish hades 2 but i did the tutorial and a run and i can already tell i love this game, the combat is so fluid, there's so many little things that are genuinely so funny…”
“Love this game ,the art style and the combo you can do with other weapons are fun and amazing. All characters are quite unique and their description its funny 10/10. ONE OF THE BEST INDIE GAMES<3333333”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Sadly, a rather boring roguelike. It has some cool ideas, but that’s sadly all. For example, the music has a few bangers, but even they get boring rather fast. The art direction is pretty good, but also uninspired. The…”
“I really recommend if you like enter the gungeon. really really well made game, the music, the characters, THE ARTTT, everything about it/”
“fully enjoying this with all the different bosses and abilites we get makes it a blast. also the music for stuff is killer”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Haven't played much of the game yet (I want to finish hades 2 but i did the tutorial and a run and i can already tell i love this game, the combat is so fluid, there's so many little things that are genuinely so funny…”
“This is a neutral "your mileage may vary", not an outright "don't buy". My TL;DR summary is that it has very snappy controls & the visuals are quite nice, but if you've played both Hades & Dead Cells then this game…”
“In the beggining, it seemed like a good game. The controls felt nice, the cast of characters is fun and charming and the game looks good. But the problem is that this game does not want to be played. After a not very…”
21 of the 102 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Preface: If you don' enjoy fighting the first floor boss better refund the game. It's all the same down to the end. I guess this is what you get when you want to create a souls-like roguelite and mix Elden Ring, Dead…”
“Bosses are way too hard. Very unbalanced, ruins the whole game”
“I really enjoy it's atmosphere and art-style. It's premise and theme feels especially pertinent to what has been the common western 'work culture' for the last few decades. However the combat in this game feels…”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Preface: If you don' enjoy fighting the first floor boss better refund the game. It's all the same down to the end. I guess this is what you get when you want to create a souls-like roguelite and mix Elden Ring, Dead…”
“Bosses are way too hard. Very unbalanced, ruins the whole game”
“[h1] A fluid, charming and outright beautiful game, but with flaws [/h1] Have a Nice Death is a good game at it's core with movement so precise you can use KBM even as a controller player, art rivaling Hollow Knight and…”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Preface: If you don' enjoy fighting the first floor boss better refund the game. It's all the same down to the end. I guess this is what you get when you want to create a souls-like roguelite and mix Elden Ring, Dead…”
“I really enjoy it's atmosphere and art-style. It's premise and theme feels especially pertinent to what has been the common western 'work culture' for the last few decades. However the combat in this game feels…”
“Every rougelike enjoyer should try this game out. Was surprised at the initial difficulty and it took some time to figure things out to beat the game but It was very rewarding to finally beat the game... only to realize…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1] A fluid, charming and outright beautiful game, but with flaws [/h1] Have a Nice Death is a good game at it's core with movement so precise you can use KBM even as a controller player, art rivaling Hollow Knight and…”
“WANT to love this game. It has so much going for it. Great art, characters, cool design. But it MASSIVELY suffers from artificial difficulty. Game feels great most of the floors then during boss fights you simply can’t…”
“Every rougelike enjoyer should try this game out. Was surprised at the initial difficulty and it took some time to figure things out to beat the game but It was very rewarding to finally beat the game... only to realize…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1] A fluid, charming and outright beautiful game, but with flaws [/h1] Have a Nice Death is a good game at it's core with movement so precise you can use KBM even as a controller player, art rivaling Hollow Knight and…”
“its an extremely fun game!! the visuals are amazing and i love the story and the weapons!! ... but... sadly i have to mention in the 1.3 hours i played the game crashed once and got me stuck in a closed area where i had…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“What an incredible indie game. Have a Nice Death really surprised me, just like when I played Hollow Knight for the first time. I’m not usually a fan of 2D games, nor am I a big indie enthusiast, but Hollow Knight helped me become more open-minded about this type of game—and…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“+ Beautiful animation A pleasant combat system - Nothing new in the genre Weak plot Primitive level design An unpleasant gray filter 8/10 Strong and good Roguelike Unfortunately, the game doesn't bring anything new. And the levels are very primitive and without secrets. Anyway,…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“[h1] ♡ TLDR ♡ [/h1] I'm really on the fence to recommend this or not... Its more complex than a yes or no. Its not a bad game, and while $25 for this 2023 title is not unreasonable... milage on this feels somewhat black and white. You may like it and be perfectly happy, or hate…”
— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Hack and Slash · Singleplayer · 2D · Funny · Action · 2D Platformer · Cartoony · Dark Humor · Cartoon · Rogue-like · Gothic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Official site | https://www.haveanicedeath.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-Bit) Processor: Intel Core i3 6100 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or higher | AMD R7 360 or higher - Some crashes may occur with Integrated graphics (GPU built into the processor) Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Specifications are not final and are subject to change. Intel HD may crash.