Released
Feb 20, 2020
Editions
2
Price checked
25 minutes ago
Tracked since
Oct 13, 2026
Product code
9P9XZD603VTT

Game

Death and Taxes

  • 7,918 reviews. Last 30 days: 69% of 56. Very Positive 86% 30 days: 69%
  • Simulation · Adventure · RPG
  • Sexual themes. ESRB T
  • GOG
  • Nintendo eShop
  • PlayStation Store
  • Steam
  • Xbox
  • Series X|S
  • Xbox One
  • Switch
  • PS4
  • PC
  • Mac
  • Linux

Description

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!

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!

PC requirements

Minimum

OS
Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
Processor
i3 or equivalent
Memory
2 GB
Graphics
Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX
9.0
Storage
2 GB

Recommended

OS
Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
Processor
i3 or equivalent
Memory
4 GB
Graphics
Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX
9.0
Storage
2 GB

Ratings

Steam reviews Very Positive 86% · 7,918 reviews Last 30 days: 69% of 56
GOG 3.6 58 ratings
PlayStation Store 4.4 136 ratings
Xbox 4.2 47 ratings

About the game

Released
February 20, 2020
Official site
ESRB T

Age rating

Sexual themes

Languages 8

LanguageMenusVoiceSubtitles
English
Russian
Brazilian Portuguese
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
Turkish

Install size

Xbox One
1.9 GB
Xbox Series X|S
1.9 GB
Computer
1.7 GB

Editions 2

Part of bundles 5

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