The Game Census
Dead End Job cover art

Dead End Job

Ant Workshop Ltd · 2019-12-13

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 13, 2019 (Linux), Dec 13, 2019 (Xbox One), Dec 13, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2019 (iOS), Dec 13, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.

73%
positive of 139 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 133% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 139 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.84 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 11 of 24 observed days · $16.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520192026Week of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.842019-12-132026-08-272019-12-13 — best price $12.742020-01-28 — best price $16.992020-03-04 — best price $11.892020-04-19 — best price $6.662020-06-05 — best price $7.222020-07-18 — best price $16.992020-08-31 — best price $16.992020-10-05 — best price $15.192020-11-01 — best price $16.992020-12-16 — best price $6.802021-01-18 — best price $14.332021-03-04 — best price $14.332021-04-06 — best price $16.992021-05-03 — best price $14.332021-06-01 — best price $14.332021-07-18 — best price $16.992021-08-27 — best price $3.812021-10-11 — best price $14.332021-11-29 — best price $15.292022-01-17 — best price $16.992022-03-24 — best price $14.332022-06-11 — best price $3.392022-08-26 — best price $12.482022-11-28 — best price $15.192023-02-10 — best price $2.542023-05-03 — best price $12.482023-07-15 — best price $19.992023-09-11 — best price $16.992023-11-17 — best price $15.292024-01-30 — best price $12.482024-04-15 — best price $16.992024-07-12 — best price $16.992024-09-05 — best price $16.992024-11-27 — best price $1.692025-12-18 — best price $0.842026-08-27 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "What's This?"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil…

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionShooterCartoonyColorfulTop-DownFast-PacedLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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