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Death Must Die

Realm Archive · 2023-11-14

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Death Must Die is an Action, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2023, priced at $6.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 21746 reviews) and an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners.

131
playing now
90%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
20
Nexus mods (13k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

131 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 131 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 3% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 435k–979k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,746 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

208682026-09-15 12:00 — 123 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 143 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 105 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 120 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 190 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 128 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 81 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 170 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 130 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 134 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 144 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 120 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 68 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 142 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 152 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 71 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 125 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 126 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 85 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 178 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 188 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 136 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 131 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.8k110Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 5,345 · peak 8,075Dec 2023 — avg 5,837 · peak 13,003Jan 2024 — avg 2,545 · peak 7,374Feb 2024 — avg 856 · peak 1,605Mar 2024 — avg 603 · peak 1,292Apr 2024 — avg 3,488 · peak 15,895May 2024 — avg 2,410 · peak 7,359Jun 2024 — avg 1,336 · peak 3,605Jul 2024 — avg 1,227 · peak 2,308Aug 2024 — avg 850 · peak 1,562Sep 2024 — avg 627 · peak 1,094Oct 2024 — avg 673 · peak 1,527Nov 2024 — avg 521 · peak 933Dec 2024 — avg 494 · peak 927Jan 2025 — avg 428 · peak 815Feb 2025 — avg 344 · peak 590Mar 2025 — avg 315 · peak 567Apr 2025 — avg 699 · peak 4,319May 2025 — avg 1,005 · peak 2,482Jun 2025 — avg 426 · peak 933Jul 2025 — avg 314 · peak 530Aug 2025 — avg 285 · peak 470Sep 2025 — avg 214 · peak 371Oct 2025 — avg 201 · peak 381Nov 2025 — avg 179 · peak 336Dec 2025 — avg 203 · peak 362Jan 2026 — avg 335 · peak 875Feb 2026 — avg 196 · peak 364Mar 2026 — avg 145 · peak 276Apr 2026 — avg 130 · peak 224May 2026 — avg 128 · peak 229Jun 2026 — avg 114 · peak 197Jul 2026 — avg 110 · peak 222Aug 2026 — avg 130 · peak 285
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGLootActionIsometricAction RPGControllerRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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