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No Vacation for an Executioner

No Vacation for an Executioner

It's a Retro PS2 style Horror ARPG about a frustrated executioner in late 17th century. He ran away from the gallows. It aroused a riot of monsters, he had to clean up this cruel mess, and find out the truth of this crazy world.

Released Mar 23, 2026 Developer JayO Platforms Windows HorrorSurvival HorrorActionRetroAdventure
View on Steam ↗ $13.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

71.2%positive80 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Fantastic, impressively unique game, 9/10 for me. Reminds me of FromSoftware's King's Field. Start, just training, get killed anytime to begin the true game. Save at the desk with the red quill. Whenever there are dark crows with a glowing red cross, read the message ! Anywhere…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“This game is actually awesome when you stop playing it like Dark Souls and start playing it like Silent Hill”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 33 found this helpful

“It always sucks to leave a bad review on such a cool looking game, but I think it's a necessary evil. This game has a really strong sense of style. The art direction is honestly really solid, and I'm a sucker for this particular execution (haha). But it's just unfun to play.…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

10achievements
2.5%median completion
1.7%rarest: Ending B1
5.3% of players 4.9% of players 3.7% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 5.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
5.3%Ending F — Ending F
4.9%Ending D — Ending D
3.7%Ending E — Ending E
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Ending B1 — Hidden achievement
1.8%Ending C1 — Hidden achievement
1.9%Ending B0 — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$13.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$13.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US13.99 USD
EU13.79 EUR
UK11.79 GBP
Australia20.50 AUD
Canada17.99 CAD
Japan1,600 JPY
Brazil44.49 BRL
China49.00 CNY

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

China≈$7.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$16

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Apr 02, 2026
Update Release v1.22 and Demo

1, Big update for parry mechanic This solution is trying to balance the old players and the new ones, I hope it works better. When you holding the 'Parry' button now, he will always keep the parry pos

Feb 06, 2026
Demo update v1.099

-All BGM of the game -English correction -Russian translation -Spanish translation -Portuguese translation Thanks for my friends that gave me great help as below: Music by Hava Harpsicord compose and

Oct 16, 2025
Demo update 1.097

(There are some problems at v1.097. I retrieved it back to v1.096. Please wait for the next update.) The new game trailer was covered by IGN's GT channel, and the traffic suddenly going crazy. Thank y

Sep 29, 2025
Demo update v1.096

Other very small details changed.

Jul 28, 2025
Demo v1.095 update

1, Aiming mechanic changed. There are not dead angle any more when aiming left side, because the whole body will move. 2, Smoother camera control, and the camera will not go through the wall. (Most si

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG
Player tagsHorror · Survival Horror · Action · Retro · Adventure · Dystopian · Indie · RPG · Mystery · Multiple Endings · Singleplayer · Thriller (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
ControllerFull support
Achievements10
Official sitehttps://x.com/JJWong34755181
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: windows 10 Processor: intel i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Iris Xe Graphics DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Realtek Audio