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Death by Game Show cover art

Death by Game Show

Oointah · 2016-01-22

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 22, 2016 (Linux), Jan 22, 2016 (Mac), Jan 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Death by Game Show is a frenetic strategy game where your reactions and decisions matter. There is no hand of god, instead you're dropped into the action against a 26th century chaos droidgasm. Prove your smarts, win your freedom, and survive Death by Game Show.

77%
positive of 128 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 23,455 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 128 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

17
achievements tracked
39.3%
earned "You're A Reader!"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-04-25 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieActionComedyStrategyDifficultControllerFast-PacedLevel Editor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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