Games developed by Placeholder Gameworks
3 census-tracked games, ranked by total Steam reviews.
Placeholder Gameworks has developed 3 games tracked by The Game Census, with 9.2k Steam reviews between them and an overall 86% positive rating. The most reviewed is Death and Taxes (8.6k reviews, 86% positive). Releases span 2020 to 2025.
At the latest census sample, 46 people were playing its one game that reports a live player count. Census health tiers across the catalog: 1 healthy, 2 quiet.
Genres across the catalog: Indie (3), Adventure (2), Casual (2), RPG (2), Simulation (2). Most common player tags: Strategy, Adventure, Early Access, RPG, Strategy RPG, Tactical RPG.
| # | Game | Reviews | Rating | Players | Health | Price | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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! | 8.6k | 86% | 46 | Healthy | $1.68 | 2020-02-20 |
| 2 | CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell. | 607 | 83% | — | Quiet | $11.19 | 2025-05-29 |
| 3 | Broken Alliance From the makers of Death & Taxes comes a turn-based adventure-strategy game, an indie love letter to pixel art, old-school adventure games, mythical creatures and fantasy storytelling. Choose your faction and harness the vast power of magic to save your dying world, shaping your personal storyline. | 63 | 87% | — | Quiet | $11.99 | 2025-01-15 |
Reviews and ratings are Steam totals at the latest census snapshot. Players is the most recent concurrent-player sample recorded by the census and is blank where Steam exposes no count. Health is the census verdict for each game; the tiers are explained in the methodology. Game blurbs, genres and tags are the Steam store's own.