Steam app 1166290 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 21:06 UTC
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
687 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
80 months, February 2020 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 404 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Death and Taxes was released on 20 Feb, 2020.
The game talks about difficult topics in philosophically and helps people deal with topics around death. Mentions of death, suicide in written text.
| Language | Full audio |
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| English | ● |
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| Russian | |
| Simplified Chinese | |
| Traditional Chinese | |
| Turkish | |
| Spanish - Spain | |
| Japanese |
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Gameplay Trailer
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Halloween Content Update Trailer
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The pre-launch pre-trailer
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Cinematic Trailer
Watch on Steam60 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Dec 2020 to Jan 2026 · times in UTC
Good tidings to you, Reapers!Happy to say that we are at a historic low price for Death and Taxes now! If you want to get some reaping done (hard work), then now is a great time to do so ^_^Additionally, if you haven't seen it yet, do give…
OakwarriorGood summer tidings, Grims!Oak here! Just wanted to give you a bit of an update on all things Death and Taxes.First of all, we're on the Summer Sale at a cool -85% off! If you already own Death and Taxes, do consider getting CraftCraft…
OakHi everyone! Oak here.Here's a small little update on Death and Taxes for you!We've been polishing the Japanese translation for the game and we did notice that there were some font issues for the game popping up so I made a quick pass to…
OakGreetings, Grims! Oak here with some fine news. I'm quite chuffed to announce that THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING SWIMMINGLY. We're now finally on track to release the first major update for Broken Alliance, and also getting on the final release…
PlaceholderGameworksHi Grims, This is a special short cross-game announcement for CraftCraft / Death and Taxes! Quartermaster Mortimer from Death and Taxes is back! And he will be your customer in our next game, CraftCraft... Here is a sneak peek of it!…
LeeneHappy Birthday to you, Grims! Creative Director Leene here and I just wanted to let you know that, today, 5 years ago, we released Death and Taxes and this calls for a moment of celebration! And to share some fun DnT stuff you might have…
LeeneHi Grims! Oak here. Happy to see you again! We're delighted to announce that we're going deeper into the abyss with our discounts for Death and Taxes, now at a whopping -85% off! That being said, I also want to give you an update on what we…
OakHello Grims! It is almost 5 years from the initial release of Death and Taxes. We have been very busy making a new games, Broken Alliance and CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator... But we also have small updates to share for Death and…
LeeneHey everyone! Oak here. I accidentally messed up the streaming settings for SimFest, but now it's live again! Have fun watching ^_^
OakHello Grims! Oak here. I love to be the bringer of good news and I'm proud to say that we have finally finished up the Spanish translation! Many, many thanks to all the people who helped get this done! Much love to: Luka Giacco María…
OakHello Grims! Oak here again, bringing good news and updates galore. Just recently we launched the demo for one of our new games: CraftCraft! Make sure to give it a whirl if you like... well, crafting. Additionally, we're on the final…
OakHi Grims, Creative Director Leene here! We have been busy at work on our 2 new games and I am happy to announce that you can try the free demo of CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator now here…
LeeneHello Grims! Oak here. Since Leene was busy with CraftCraft, I took it upon myself to stream a bit of Death and Taxes for y'all! Tune in if you want to see a bit of behind-the-scenes stuff, and if you want to get some smol announcements as…
OakHi Grims! Oak here. Excuse my terrible puns, but I have an announcement to make! Death and Taxes is available now on XBox and will be released on the 18th of April on PlayStation! If you have not taken the *grim* plunge yet, now is the…
OakHello Grims! 'tis the season again! Death and Taxes turned FOUR years old! Unfathomably cool to think about. As has been tradition, we try do take care of our first game, which means that occasionally we get the urge to just... put more…
OakHello everyone！ Death and Taxes is now participating in the Lunar New Year Festival 2024. Hope you like our game!
LiacHello Grims! Oak here again! Long time no see ^_^ I'm happy and extremely proud to announce that Death and Taxes was selected to be a part of the Storyteller's Festival! If you are interested in narrative-driven games, this is your one stop…
OakHi Grims, Please enjoy the Autumn Sale! Hurry amd get Death and Taxes at 70% off to start your reaping life!
Liac{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36100298/1cfcb04a05492f1f77732bb572614ac3d88f1374.png It's been about a year since we started work on CraftCraft, a Fantasy Merchant Simulator where you use your wits as a blacksmith to fight for the creative future of a…
Alakai{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36100298/1cfcb04a05492f1f77732bb572614ac3d88f1374.png It's been about a year since we started work on CraftCraft, a Fantasy Merchant Simulator where you use your wits as a blacksmith to fight for the creative future of a…
AlakaiHello Grims! I have a few cool updates for you (and a special hello to all our visitors from the Visual Novel Fest)! First of all, we finally hit 300 000 copies sold on Steam! This is quite the milestone for us, especially considering that…
OakwarriorHi Grims! We hope you all can enjoy the Summer Sale. If you're interested in Death and Taxes, take this opportunity to purchase the game at 70% off. Happy reaping!
LiacHi Grims! We are pleased to announce that we are now participating in LudoNarraCon 2023!
LiacHi Grims! It's Oak here, with a small update on what we've been doing with Death and Taxes. We've continuously strived to get Death and Taxes localized to other languages, and so far it's been going quite well! Recently we've added Turkish…
OakwarriorJoin the influencers as Grim.
LiacHi Grims! We are pleased to say that we have been chosen to be part of the EAST MEETS WEST GAMES FEST! I have no idea if I should be writing that in caps, but even then, it's pretty cool so caps are okay I guess >_> I would like to take…
OakwarriorHawthorn Games' first anniversary coincides with the Steam Winter Sale. Therefore, we are now offering discounts on games we published and launching the 5th game recommendation jointly with DouYu, especially for Death and Taxes. There are…
LiacGood day, devoted Reapers! After more than one month of overtime working on the translation and localization of this game, 100,000+ words and 8,700+ items are all done! Thank you for your patience. (Thanks for asking, our working…
LiacHello Grims! Oak here. Just wanted to let y'all know about the progress we've had with Turkish and Chinese localizations! We're happy to announce that the Turkish localization has been completed thanks to our diligent fans. It is available…
OakwarriorHi Grims! Just wanted to let you know how things are going with our next game, Broken Alliance!! This style of game usually has two main layers, the adventure and the combat layer. In the adventure mode, you travel the world map, gathering…
OakwarriorHi Grims! It's Oak here, and today I'd like to give you an update on some changes about Death and Taxes, and some exciting news about our next game, too! First and foremost: the game should now be more stable, with less issues with getting…
OakwarriorHi Grims! Oak here. Time for another big-ass sale (with a historical low of -70% off) and me showing off some really really neat stuff our community has been creating, inspired by Death and Taxes! BUT FIRST! I want to shout out our new game…
OakwarriorHello Grims! 💀 ✨ Exciting news, we just released The Official Death and Taxes Coloring Book! You can download it HERE FOR FREE! Print it out or color it digitally, you choose! Features 9 pages of tasks with artwork by our concept artist…
PlaceholderGameworksHi Grims! Oak here. Nice to soo you, if you're still reading these, after all these times, and if you're new, welcome! A few days ago we hit the two year mark with Death and Taxes. It's been a glorious time since then, and our community is…
OakwarriorHello Grims! Oak here. The test note Fate gives you on Day 4 now appears properly! Sorry for the inconvenience. Much love, -Death and Taxes
Patch notesПривет, Grims. Oak here! I'm happy to announce, that finally, we're releasing the Russian localization of Death and Taxes! What has been added is the Russian translation of all dialogues and profiles (some special in-game items remain…
OakwarriorHello Grims! Oak here. We've got a right treat for y'all. As you may have seen, we're in a bundle with an amazing line-up of games! If you haven't checked it out yet, do take a look, there's a lot of fun and difficult choices to make…
PlaceholderGameworksHi Grims! Oak here again! Just wanted to let you all know that we're on sale for a week :3 And YES I do have some more fan art for you! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36100298/65f48125f2125a20a18b4e99f1d47df358432ad5.png Fancy Fate by Sam…
OakwarriorHello Grims! It's that time of the year again (it's been HOT down here in Estonia let me tell you). We're happy to celebrate the summer with you with a -50% discount ^_^ We've been working on some localization stuff for Death and Taxes and…
OakwarriorHello Grims! Oak here. I've decided to call it with a certain issue we have on some specific hardware configurations for some people and just create a fallback solution. I just want people to be able to play x_x If you have had problems…
OakwarriorHey Grims! Oak here again. We're very excited to be on the front page of Steam today! I hope you're all having a great day, wherever or whenever you may be :) So yeah.. Hi! Hello to everyone new and hello to everyone who's already been with…
OakwarriorHi Grims! Oak here, with a quick update. I've fixed an issue where piglets get stuck on the desk instead of going into the drawer when you put the oink bank into either drawer in the desk. A tiny fix, but much requested to be fixed. And…
Patch notesHello Grims! Oak here, with some good news! We're in the LudoNarraCon 2021 lineup as alumni, and this means we're going to be on sale with -50% off till May 1st! ^_^ Check out the whole event here Additionally, our lead narrative grump…
OakwarriorGreetings, Grims! Oak here, just popping in to say hello! We're starting a sale, putting Death and Taxes off 50% for a week. I would also like to extend my own and the team's gratitude towards everyone who helped make IWOCon 2021 a…
OakwarriorHey Grims! Oak here. I'm happy to announce that Death and Taxes has been selected into the lineup of IWOCon 2021! It's a completely independent virtual indie game expo spearheaded by beloved community members in the indie game dev scene. We…
OakwarriorOkay, uhh. Hi. Oak here. Hi grims. I have some explaining to do. So y'all know that Fate is an absolute stud of a herculean exemplar, and we decided to commission a body pillow. Yeah. Yep. Wheew. I love it though. And well, y'all did ask…
OakwarriorHi Grims! Oak here. Our should I say.. Olá! We're thrilled to announce that we have our first community translation ready to be relased into the world, in Brazilian Portuguese!…
Oakwarrior-Fixed proc of Desk Jockey achievement - now properly ignores Piglets from Oink Bank and Desk Spirits
Patch notesHello Grims! Oak here. Time to party ^_^ Even though last year was a dumpster fire of a shitshow, we still had many fun moments and took what we could from any weird or unusual situation (which happens daily, lol). This includes having a…
OakwarriorHi Grims! Good season's tidings to you all! The holiday season is upon us and thus, also a corresponding sale. We're an historic -45% off until 5th January, so if you like it, have played it elsewhere and want to support us: buy Death and…
OakwarriorEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Death and Taxes - Standalone Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 01 Jun 2020 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | Death and Taxes.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | Death and Taxes.app\Contents\MacOS\Death and Taxes | macos | ||
| Launch | DeathAndTaxes.x86_64 | linux |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataLocalLow | Placeholder Gameworks/Death and Taxes/Saves | *.RIP |
LinuxHome | Placeholder Gameworks/Death and Taxes/Saves | *.RIP |
MacAppSupport | Placeholder Gameworks/Death and Taxes/Saves | *.RIP |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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