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Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel cover art

Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel

Quill Yuri · 2021-11-09

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2021 (Mac), Nov 09, 2021 (Linux), Aug 04, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 04, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 04, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.

0
playing now
93%
positive of 27 reviews
Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 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 down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 86% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2024-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 1 of 3 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420212025Week of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$4.492021-11-092026-08-272021-11-09 — best price $7.642021-12-22 — best price $7.642022-01-27 — best price $7.642022-04-18 — best price $7.642022-06-23 — best price $7.642022-07-09 — best price $7.642022-09-02 — best price $6.292022-11-07 — best price $5.572022-11-23 — best price $6.292022-12-22 — best price $6.292023-02-20 — best price $5.842023-03-16 — best price $6.292023-08-07 — best price $6.742023-11-21 — best price $6.742023-12-21 — best price $6.742024-06-27 — best price $5.212024-11-21 — best price $4.492024-12-20 — best price $4.492025-02-17 — best price $4.492025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-06-26 — best price $4.492025-08-14 — best price $4.492025-09-29 — best price $4.492026-08-27 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
77.3%
earned "Coffee"
44.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CrimeMagicMysteryDetectiveNarrationStory RichText-BasedDark FantasyVisual NovelInvestigation

Census log

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

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