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Death Must Die

Realm Archive · 2023-11-14

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2023 (Mac), TBD (Xbox One), TBD (Xbox Series X|S)

Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.

158
playing now
90%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

158 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 158 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 775 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~97/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,048 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 434k–977k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,716 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.59 at Humble Store (2024-06-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 1 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.8k4.8k20232026Week of 2023-11-01: 3,725 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 328 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4,825 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,012 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,604 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 888 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

253582026-08-06 22:00 — 111 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 73 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 114 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 112 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 81 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 103 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 125 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 72 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 127 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 130 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 74 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 114 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 127 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 60 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 84 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 98 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 58 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 123 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 149 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 129 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 176 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 228 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 162 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 177 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 213 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 157 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 125 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 183 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 158 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$5.592023-11-142026-07-092023-11-14 — best price $6.292023-11-21 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $6.292024-01-18 — best price $6.292024-03-07 — best price $6.292024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-04-04 — best price $6.992024-04-15 — best price $6.992024-04-25 — best price $6.992024-05-21 — best price $6.992024-07-04 — best price $6.992024-08-15 — best price $5.942024-11-27 — best price $6.292024-12-19 — best price $5.942025-03-13 — best price $6.292025-04-10 — best price $6.292025-06-27 — best price $6.292025-12-18 — best price $5.942026-01-08 — best price $6.292026-03-19 — best price $6.292026-06-25 — best price $6.292026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "The Sign of Fire"
21.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,3482%59

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGLootActionIsometricAction RPGControllerRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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