Action · April 17, 2014

Life Goes On: Done to Death (2014)

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Life Goes On: Done to Death is a comically-morbid platformer where you guide heroic knights to their demise and use the dead bodies to solve puzzles. Wanting to live forever, a mighty king sends his army of knights to find the Cup of Life. On this quest, you will summon knight after knight to be brutally sacrificed. Impale knights on spikes to create a safe path. Catch a knight on a sawblade to land the body on a button. Freeze knights into blocks of ice to reach higher ground. You’ll also electrocute knights to open doors, blast knights out of cannons, and even zombify a knight to be your violent, dim-witted friend. As you journey through treacherous and trap-ridden worlds, you’ll show no mercy to solve each challenging puzzle. In this game, death is not a setback. It is your only means to progress. Key Features You must die to solve puzzles. We hope you’re okay with killing knights, since this is a pretty twisted way to solve puzzles! Dying is your only way to progress. As you sacrifice knights, you'll figure out how to use the dead bodies with the mechanisms in the game to solve each challenging puzzle. Morbid, yet comical gameplay. You’ll kill so many knights, you might even feel remorse! But flinging a bumbling knight into a saw blade or turning one into your violent, puzzle-solving friend is comical. Trust us. Vibrant, trap-ridden worlds. Journey through 65+ levels within four vibrant, colourful worlds full of lava, ice, spike pits, portals, zombies, cannons, and much more. And there are extra-difficult challenge levels for hardcore puzzle-addicts. Unlockable hats and weapons. (Silly ones, of course!) Can you find the Cup of Life wearing a horse head? On top of solving puzzles, you'll be able to unlock amusing hats and weapons. Your knights will spawn wearing silly hats, like beanies and berets, and wielding even sillier weapons, like dead fish and spatulas. Find Jeff! Who is Jeff? Well, he's furry, cute, and lurking in every level. Will you be his friend? Challenges! There are awards for solving levels with the least number of knights and completing them in record time! Life Goes On: Done to Death also includes a kick-ass boss fight, a map-integrated storyline, an armoury to check out all your hat and weapons, and other features that will make you laugh at death.

Action releases from 2014

146 Action titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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Full audio (12)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Dutch
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil

Peer Action titles

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Dark Humor · 179
  • Funny · 179
  • Platformer · 175
  • Puzzle · 170
  • Fantasy · 165
  • Family Friendly · 153
  • Comedy · 148
  • Puzzle-Platformer · 115
  • Indie · 78
  • Casual · 68
  • Singleplayer · 53
  • Great Soundtrack · 45
  • Adventure · 43
  • Side Scroller · 40
  • Physics · 40

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.4k Steam reviewsTop 89% in Action
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 77 — top 56% of Action titles
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 90% for session depth among Action

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 2.4k reviews

2.3k positive · 96 negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

6.9/10

Curator recommendations

2.1k

Press Quotes

“This melon-twister's wicked personality alone might be enough to pull you into its death grip.” 8/10 – Gamespot “An inventive and outlandish puzzler that executes with bloodthirstily aplomb.” 8.5/10 – Gameplanet “It would have pleased Goldilocks, if Goldilocks liked puzzle platformers. And rampant disregard for human life.” Destructoid

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

21

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 17, 2014
DeveloperInfinite Monkeys Entertainment Ltd.
Publisherk-Critical, Infinite Monkeys Entertainment Ltd.
Base price$12.99
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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