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The Durka: You will (not) die

The Durka: You will (not) die

"The Durka: You will (not) die" is a visual novel in the genre of fur, the plot of which unfolds on the territory of the Russian Federation, in an alternate reality.

Released Sep 6, 2021 Developer Crucial Experiment Publisher Unknown Softwares Lab Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Early AccessChoose Your Own AdventureVisual Novel2DInteractive Fiction
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

89.5%positive419 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Great story but my character had a comb-over so 8/10”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Well, I imagine I would have gotten more out of this if I spoke Russian... However I do not. Still ♥♥♥♥ was wild. I encountered a mysteryman, cyborgs, clones, my parents (I think), a science-fiction lab, time travel, a room full of guns all on my first play through. Well done…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Очень интересная игра. (Памагити миня диржат в дурки в заложниках ааааа)”

— a player, Steam review · 3 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 2026-09-26.

15achievements
1.7%median completion
0.9%rarest: Who are you?
3.1% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 3.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
3.1%Green grass?.. — You will find a mysterious person in the window, do not be afraid and look at his mask!
2.6%Endure — Listen to your father, wait a moment — you will understand the price of his advice ahead!
2.4%Kish — With a smile, play like a King, and win hearts with jokes!
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Who are you? — Spend two hours in the game and don't die of boredom! (It does not count time spent in the main or game menus)
0.9%Acceleration wizard — Fly through the trees like a whirlwind, earn 150 points in Flappy Bird!
0.9%Tasty morsel — If you catch a fever like you're on a hunt, you'll earn 150 snake points!

Latest official news

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

Sep 16, 2025
Important News About the Project

Hello everyone! Crucial Experiment here. Today we, unfortunately, have some not-so-happy news. We are forced to completely stop the development of our game . We’ve realized that, for now, we cannot ha

May 18, 2024
Demo version output

It was a very long development of the demo version of the game, and we had to postpone the update date for a couple of weeks due to minor improvements, but now we are ready to present the game to you.

Apr 03, 2024
DevBlog #4 - Content

Hello, did you expect to see us again? Yes, this is us, Crucial Experiment, alive and with a new devblog. What can we tell you about the development of the game at the moment? We are already finishing

Jun 29, 2023
DevBlog #3 - Are we alive?

Greetings all, Crucial Experiment returns from its cosy greenhouse to the world! That day has come, the whole team is back together, which means it's time to get down to making the game, and we even h

May 06, 2022
DevBlog #2 - Pineapple Truth

Hello everyone again, Crucial Experiment is in touch! This time we have bad news for the players who are waiting for the game. No matter how painful it was for us, but due to the lack of team and stre

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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GenresAdventure, Indie, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · 2D · Interactive Fiction · Cute · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter · Comedy · Fantasy · First-Person · Controller (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Narrated Game Menus · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesRussian, English
ControllerFull support
Achievements15
Official sitehttps://crucialexperiments.com/product/1
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 and up Processor: 2.0 Ghz 64-bit Intel-compatible Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 or DirectX 11 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 308 MB available space