Adventure · February 20, 2020
Death and Taxes (2020)
In this small Indie, short narrative-based game, you take the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. Your choices will affect the world around you. Keep the chaos away or foil plots to destroy the world and rise through the ranks of Reapers all the way up to MIDDLE-MANAGEMENT, wow ! Death and Taxes is a game in the vein of narrative-based indie titles, such as 'Papers, Please', 'Reigns', 'Beholder' and 'Animal Inspector', to name a few. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation! Have a.. totally normal.. office job Talk to your boss Get monies Buy stuff from Mortimer’s Plunder Emporium(?) Decorate your desk Do some paperwork Pet the cat?? Stare in the mirror and talk to yourself Don’t let the existential dread set in DONT LET IT SET IN (ONLY THE FATE OF HUMANKIND IS IN YOUR HANDS, IT'S 100% OK) Listen to that one really catchy tune in the elevator Features: Meaningful choices Branching storyline with multiple [SECRET] endings Make-Your-Own-Grim-Reaper! Fully voiced NPCs Original Soundtrack Original artwork featuring watercolour graphics Dialogue options Upgrade shop Twitch integration!
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Choices Matter · 265
- Story Rich · 260
- Simulation · 256
- Point & Click · 249
- Multiple Endings · 229
- Strategy · 225
- Choose Your Own Adventure · 218
- Puzzle · 216
- Replay Value · 215
- Casual · 214
- Interactive Fiction · 204
- Dark Comedy · 196
- Narrative · 193
- Adventure · 189
- Indie · 188
Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 7.0k Steam reviews | Top 34% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 87% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 66% |
| Engagement hours | 3 h average | Top 83% for session depth among Adventure |
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (7)
- English volume_up
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Turkish
- Spanish - Spain volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Spanish - Spain
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Release & Availability
| Release date | Feb 20, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Placeholder Gameworks |
| Publisher | Placeholder Gameworks, Hawthorn Games |
| Base price | $1.94 -85% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
3h
brief (under 5 hours)
Median
2h
Typical completion time
Achievements
60
Steam unlocks available
Reception Metrics
Steam community
87%Very Positive · 7.0k reviews
6.1k positive · 914 negative
Curator recommendations
7.0k
Content Notes
The game talks about difficult topics in philosophically and helps people deal with topics around death. Mentions of death, suicide in written text.
Editions & Packages
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