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Breath of Death VII

Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC · 2011-07-13

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 13, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 22, 2010 (Xbox 360)

Resurrect the classic era of RPGs with the retro parody RPG, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning. Join Dem the Skeleton Knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince as they explore an undead world in search of the secrets of the past. Laugh! Cry! Laugh some more!

Breath of Death VII is an Indie and RPG game released in 2011, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1465 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
56/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning is an indie turn-based role-playing video game developed and published by Zeboyd Games. It was released on April 22, 2010, for Xbox 360 under the Xbox Live Arcade service, and on July 13, 2011, for Windows. It was later bundled with its spiritual successor, Cthulhu Saves the World, as a compilation pack. Despite the title, the game is standalone and unconnected to any other games. A parody of 8-bit Japanese role-playing games, it takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which humans have gone extinct. The main character, an undead skeleton knight named Dem, is accompanied by other undead party members in a quest to stop an evil force. Breath of Death was positively received by critics, who commended its gameplay, story and low price, but also called it overly basic and generic. On December 12, 2024, a 16-bit-style remake was released as Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated on Steam, developed by Shadow Layer Games.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 49,477 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 59k–117k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,467 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.442015-01-012021-02-152015-01-01 — best price $0.982015-02-09 — best price $0.472015-04-13 — best price $0.442015-06-11 — best price $0.442015-06-29 — best price $0.442015-09-28 — best price $0.442015-10-29 — best price $0.442015-11-25 — best price $0.502015-12-22 — best price $0.502016-02-05 — best price $0.502016-03-14 — best price $0.982016-04-28 — best price $0.982016-06-23 — best price $0.982016-07-25 — best price $0.982018-06-22 — best price $0.982018-07-30 — best price $0.982018-10-01 — best price $0.982018-10-30 — best price $0.502018-11-21 — best price $0.892018-12-20 — best price $0.892019-01-07 — best price $1.192019-02-04 — best price $0.892019-05-13 — best price $0.982019-06-26 — best price $0.982019-10-28 — best price $0.592019-11-26 — best price $0.892019-12-19 — best price $0.892020-01-23 — best price $1.492020-03-02 — best price $1.492020-06-25 — best price $0.502020-10-05 — best price $1.192020-10-29 — best price $0.592020-11-25 — best price $1.192020-12-22 — best price $1.192021-01-25 — best price $1.492021-02-11 — best price $1.492021-02-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1722026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 5 pageviews2026-07-08 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 8 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 7 pageviews2026-09-22 — 2 pageviews2026-09-26 — 14 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 13 pageviews2026-10-11 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGFunnyIndieRetroShortComedyFantasyParody

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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