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Press X to Not Die

Press X to Not Die

A ridiculous live-action B-movie adventure you will never forget! You wake up to find your town in chaos. Everyone has gone crazy and is just attacking each other! A cryptic message is the secret to survival-- Press X to not die!

Released Oct 6, 2017 Developer All Seeing Eye Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ComedyFMVQuick-Time EventsActionNudity
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-10-22)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

90.0%positive4,100 reviews
Recommended · 25 found this helpful

“Press X to Not Die is an interactive short story with Full Motion Video (FMV). It's short but worth playing through for its quirky laugh-out-loud humour alone. Story A lot of people are suddenly behaving ferociously, attacking everyone who isn't afflicted on sight. You know,…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 34 found this helpful

“Remember all the things you loved (or perhaps, hated) about FMV games back in the 90's? Well, All Seeing Eye Games does and has packed "Press X to Not Die" full of them, along with a bit of self-referential humor and even some current industry tropes along the way. Like the…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 16 found this helpful

“'Press X to Not Die' is hilarious for 30 minutes. That's about the time you need for a single play-through. These first 30 minutes are just fantastic. I hadn't laughed that hard for a very long time. It was awesome. If you're willing to pay 3$ for 30 minutes extraordinary fun,…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

5peak since Aug 2026
0 0 1 0 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.

11achievements
11.8%median completion
4.2%rarest: A Button Pressing God
42.3% of players 39.6% of players 20.1% of players 14.2% of players 12.1% of players 11.8% of players 8.0% of players 7.4% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 4.2% of players 42.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
42.3%You Got the Touch — Finish the game on at least Medium
39.6%Chocolate Chocolate — Chocolate Chocolate. Chocolate? Chocolate.
20.1%Oops, I did it again. Again. — Don't learn your lesson.
Rarest badges of honor
4.2%A Button Pressing God — Finish the game on Ridiculous without dying
5.6%Close enough — Experience at least 90% of the game
6.2%25 Ways to Die — Die in at least 25 different ways

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.

$2.99current · sampled 2026-10-22 11:56 UTC
$0.59lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US2.99 USD
EU2.99 EUR
UK2.49 GBP
Australia4.50 AUD
Canada3.89 CAD
Japan350 JPY
Brazil10.49 BRL
China15.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$2.1 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$3.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-22). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-09 09-30 10-22

Latest official news

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

Aug 23, 2025
Wishlist our new game STAR SQUADRON today!

We know, we know, it's not Press X to Not Die 2 . But the good news is we're aiming even higher. While it may not be obvious, Press X to Not Die draws large inspiration from the Wing Commander series.

Feb 28, 2022
2022 Patch 3

New feature: Press Backspace to skip the current clip. Fixes for bug in Patch #1: Two fonts not displaying Russian characters.

Feb 26, 2022
2022 Patch 2: The Big One

It's the Big One! Game updates: PlayStation button prompts option. By popular demand! We went into George Lucas mode and made minor changes to 10 clips to smooth out some remaining editing issues. Glo

Feb 10, 2022
2022 Patch 1

A Press X to Not Die update in 2022? It’s true! We’re working on cough something new cough and taking the opportunity to port some of the new features we're developing back into Press X to Not Die . T

Nov 23, 2017
Mac and Linux support for DLC!

We noticed today that our DLC were still listed as Windows-only when in fact they work perfectly fine on Mac and Linux! We've updated their store pages!

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsComedy · FMV · Quick-Time Events · Action · Nudity · Indie · First-Person · Choices Matter · Violent · Funny · Casual · Mature (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil *
ControllerFull support
Achievements11
Official sitehttp://pressxtonotdie.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: Dual Core Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 800x600 or higher DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Keyboard & Mouse or Xbox 360 Gamepad