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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!
Death and Taxes is a choices matter, story rich and simulation game
developed by Placeholder Gameworks
and published by Placeholder Gameworks and Hawthorn Games.
Released on February 20th 2020 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 7 languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 7,028 reviews of which 6,106 were positive and 922 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 1.79€ on Steam with a 85% discount, but you can find it for 0.60€ on Gamivo.
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
- Processor: i3 or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 2 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: macOS 10.12+
- Processor: i3 or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04+ or equivalent
- Processor: i3 or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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TLDR: What it lacks in depth it makes up for with a fun story, multiple endings, and a plethora of achievements to aim for. PROS: ➕Music ➕Humor ➕Multiple choices/endings ➕Collectables/achievements ➕Good replayability considering its genre ➕Character customization CONS: ➖Minimal/repetitive gameplay ➖Can drag on with minimal plot development ➖Lack of emotional investment Content (Game world/Narrative) – The game world consists of a visual novel-esque type of backdrop - you’ll either be plucking away at your office job via Papers, Please, or you’ll be talking to a character like a visual novel. There is some small traversal with an elevator that I really don’t think should have been in the game. Would be less clicking if it was just zoomable rooms a la Fallout Shelter. The narrative is good, basically you do your job or you don’t. There are consequences either way and the choices you make directly impact the multiple endings. Gameplay (Mechanics/Difficulty) – Really you’ll only be making choices by checking boxes or what type of response to say. There isn’t much for gameplay here, but that’s generally par for course for visual novels. Not a difficult game - the game cleverly holds your hand depending on which route you want to take, either go against the rules, or follow them. Graphics (Quality/Technical) – Not bad, mostly hand drawn or pixelated. Good on technical, I experienced no bugs or issues. i9-13900KF | RTX 4090 | 64GB RAM | 1440p @ 240hz | Windows 11 installed on SSD Audio – Music is solid, I liked the radio on your desk, but you only get ~3 song choices. Still, each was different and good in their own way. Great voice acting, most of the characters are voice acted and there is a good amount of lines here. Replay Factor (Longevity) – There’s some decent replay. First, the amount of achievements here is very high considering the length. Second, the multiple endings backed by many different choices provide some good replayability, even if it does boil down to 4 stats. Third, New Game+ is smoothly transitioned and immediate upon completion. I also really like how in NG+ there are options that reference how this isn’t your first playthrough. This might be one of the most replayable “Visual novel”-type games that is out there. Final Verdict – Death and Taxes (D&T) is a sort of visual novel game where you play as the grim reaper and make choices on who lives or dies. These choices influence the plot and endings for the game. For my biggest negative, I would say it's the lack of direct impact relating to the choices of killing or sparing people. It seems like that consequences for this choice are purely related to the type of ending and/or interoffice interactions. Whatever choices you make, you get a quick 1-2 sentence headline from your phone app. After reading through almost all of them for multiple in-game days, I just found it boring, uneventful, and just simply detached from any emotional meaning. Perhaps that’s the type of game this is - more of a focus on the humor elements. To expand on this in an even wider lens, there is a lack of meaning for almost all parts of the game aside from either following the rules or going against it. I’ve already mentioned that the humans don’t matter, but this kind of extends to the characters too. You’ll meet a few characters in the bar each weekend and these don’t really matter or affect anything aside from adding some flavor to the world. I’m being nitpicky because D&T is a good game, but it could use some more interesting mechanics with meaning behind them. As for the positives, I enjoyed many aspects of D&T - humor, choices, replayability, achievements, and music. Nothing stood out as exceptional, but all parts were done well. If I had to pick one, I’d say that choices (between rebellion or rules) or humor are my favorite areas. Overall, I enjoyed D&T. It’s fun and tells a short story without burying the player in complex systems. You won’t find deep RPG choices here that will force you to pick between 5 decisions, each with their own varying degrees of consequences. Instead, you’ll check some boxes and things happen based on if you listen to your boss or not. Recommend? [Y/N] Yes You can find my curator page here: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Synik_GR
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Really enjoyed the art style, soundtrack, storytelling and voice acting in this game and would highly recommend! It is very engaging to chose who to spare and who to slay, especially as the narrative unfolds. The characters aren't particularly deep - the main draw here is all the tiny choices with constraints that you are making that add up to your utopia (or hell on earth). I got the utopia ending on the first try and was so happy about it that I didn't play the game for a long time after that. Be aware that if you are an achievement hunter, this one can be a bit on the tedious side, as it requires multiple (eight? nine? can't rightly recall at the moment) playthrus for one of its achievements, and a bit of numerical balancing to unlock one specific achievement, the requirements for which are not made clear to the player. Other than that, this is a very fantastic and fun game to play. Loved the character customization options as well. Thanks for a great experience!
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This is a more casual, lighthearted version of Papers, Please. There's morbid humor, items to purchase, a bar to visit on weekends, and a selection of outfits/looks. It has replay value with the achievements, although it gets repetitive.
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First time I had fun working behind a desk and didn't get a burnout and the desire to scream and cry, curled up on the bathroom floor. (Story is totally made-up and I haven't experienced it /sarcasm)
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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Frequently Asked Questions
Death and Taxes is currently priced at 1.79€ on Steam.
Death and Taxes is currently available at a 85% discount. You can purchase it for 1.79€ on Steam.
Death and Taxes received 6,106 positive votes out of a total of 7,028 achieving a rating of 8.43.
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Death and Taxes was developed by Placeholder Gameworks and published by Placeholder Gameworks and Hawthorn Games.
Death and Taxes is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Death and Taxes is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Death and Taxes is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Death and Taxes is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Death and Taxes. Explore additional content available for Death and Taxes on Steam.
Death and Taxes does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Death and Taxes supports Remote Play on Phone and Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Death and Taxes is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Death and Taxes.
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Game modes
Features
Online players
76
Developer
Placeholder Gameworks
Publisher
Placeholder Gameworks,
Hawthorn Games
Release
20 Feb 2020
Platforms
Remote Play
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