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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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“short, cheesy fmv with terrible acting, where dying is just as fun as not dying, especially with chapter select and backspace skipping the current scene. there are bloopers (only after beating the game on hard), behind the scenes pics, a gallery to rewatch all the unlocked death…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“played the demo and fell in love. played the full game and loved it. but by the time i started replaying for the other branches, i wasn't as enthralled. it's not the dev's fault that the best experience is the first one, of course! but it is on them for creating such a silly,…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Absolute garbage, I love it. The comedy and easter eggs were not lost on me. I won't ever play it again, but for the 60 cents I paid, it was enough to feel good about it.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement 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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2022 Patch 3
New feature: Press Backspace to skip the current clip. Fixes for bug in Patch #1: Two fonts not displaying Russian characters.
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
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
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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Comedy · FMV · Quick-Time Events · Action · Nudity · Indie · First-Person · Choices Matter · Violent · Funny · Casual · Mature (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://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