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Death and Taxes
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!
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Very Positive (92) - 83% of the 92 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
All Reviews:
Very Positive (5,666) - 87% of the 5,666 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
20 Feb, 2020
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Placeholder Gameworks, Hawthorn Games

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About This Game

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!

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

The game talks about difficult topics in philosophically and helps people deal with topics around death. Mentions of death, suicide in written text.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • 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
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
    • Processor: i3 or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 9.0
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • 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
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 10.12+
    • Processor: i3 or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • 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
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 16.04+ or equivalent
    • Processor: i3 or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
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