Released Feb 20, 2020 $12.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Death and Taxes

By Placeholder Gameworks

Choices Matter Story Rich Simulation Point & Click Multiple Endings Strategy Puzzle Choose Your Own Adventure Replay ValueCasualInteractive FictionDark Comedy

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Reviews 7,900 Very Positive

Players yesterday 30 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

Death and Taxes is a game tagged Choices Matter, Story Rich and Simulation by Placeholder Gameworks, released Feb 20, 2020. It has 7,900 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Dear Edmund, Death's Intern and Harlot's Diary.

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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Dear Edmund 87% match · Choices Matter, Story Rich, Simulation
Death's Intern 81% match · Choices Matter, Story Rich, Simulation
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Heaven? Maybe Later 77% match · Choices Matter, Story Rich, Simulation
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Everything Steam lists for Death and Taxes · record updated 2 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID1166290

Release dateFeb 20, 2020

Last change number40252281

Last record update2 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Placeholder Gameworks
Publisher: Placeholder Gameworks, Hawthorn Games
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Placeholder Gameworks
Technologies: Unity detected
Links: Facebook X YouTube Discord

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes		Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes		Yes
Turkish	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes
Japanese	Yes		Yes

Windows macOS Linux 64-bit

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on phoneRemote Play on tabletFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$12.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$12.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

Ukraine₴UAH

Every price change is kept from Oct 24, 2026 on. Pick a region below to compare.

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
23168660	public	May 10, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
398420	Death and Taxes	1	$12.99
54671 Bundle	Craft and Taxes	1	$13.59
51051 Bundle	Life & Death	1	$14.39
38425 Bundle	Difficult Decisions	1	$11.04
15825 Bundle	Death & Taxes + Headliner: NoviNews BUNDLE!	1	$11.89
29745 Bundle	Life & Death Simulator Bundle	1	$15.99

ID	Name	Price (US)
1327330	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
1166291	—	Windows	3.22 GB	776.1 MB	5239210462332055101
1166292	—	macOS	3.22 GB	776.0 MB	8634509295100073306
1166293	—	Linux	3.23 GB	777.4 MB	6578355355870319520
1327330	— DLC 1327330	All	636.3 MB	595.9 MB	4570222942547498746

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	23168660	May 10, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Death and Taxes

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Death and Taxes.exe		Windows
Death and Taxes.app\Contents\MacOS\Death and Taxes		macOS
DeathAndTaxes.x86_64		Linux

Space per player976.6 KB

Filesup to 100

Save locations3

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Placeholder Gameworks/Death and Taxes/Saves	*.RIP	All
LinuxHome	Placeholder Gameworks/Death and Taxes/Saves	*.RIP	All
MacAppSupport	Placeholder Gameworks/Death and Taxes/Saves	*.RIP	All

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Update history

Oct 26, 2026 · 18:04 #40252281
- common.store_tags.14 21 → 4166
- common.store_tags.15 ~~4166~~ → 3871
- common.store_tags.16 ~~3871~~ → 42152
- common.store_tags.17 ~~42152~~ → 4182
- common.store_tags.18 ~~4182~~ → 4747
- common.store_tags.19 ~~4747~~ → 3799
- common.store_tags.3 ~~1698~~ → 1721
- common.store_tags.6 ~~1664~~ → 1698
- common.store_tags.7 ~~4486~~ → 1664
- common.store_tags.8 ~~4711~~ → 4486
Oct 25, 2026 · 13:41 #39323160
- appid removed
- common.ReleaseState added released
- common.releasestate removed

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Death and Taxes

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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