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Death and Progress

ShenTzu · ShenTzu Games · 2019-08-02

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 02, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A girl wakes up with no knowledge of who or where she is, and she soon finds out that the only way forward... is to die. Death and Progress is a puzzle based RPGMaker horror game inspired by classics like the Witch's House and Ib.

Death and Progress is a $2.99 Indie and RPG game released in 2019, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Positive review sentiment (92% of 25 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 25 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 49,574 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-04-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220192026Week of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$1.492019-08-032026-07-092019-08-03 — best price $2.692019-12-03 — best price $2.992020-01-24 — best price $2.242020-06-25 — best price $2.242020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.002021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $2.092021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $2.242022-02-21 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $2.242023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $2.242023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-12-18 — best price $1.492024-02-19 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-10-03 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $1.492025-02-10 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $1.492025-08-18 — best price $2.992025-11-10 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-04-27 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
49.6%
earned "The Project"
35.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGAnimeIndieHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysteryRPGMakerAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.