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Death or Treat cover art

Death or Treat

Saona Studios · 2023-05-11

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 05, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 02, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 11, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), TBD (PlayStation 4), Jul 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

The Halloween spirit is missing! Play as Scary and help him save HallowTown. "Death or Treat" is a 2D action-roguelite and hack & slash, with handpainted environments and traditional animation. Explore all the worlds and defeat hordes of enemies using different weapons and skills.

74%
positive of 108 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.90
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 16,499 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 108 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.90
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.41 at Steam (2024-02-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 14 of 15 observed days · $15.58 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020232026Week of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$2.412023-05-112026-09-192023-05-11 — best price $22.492023-06-02 — best price $14.902023-07-13 — best price $14.902023-07-31 — best price $14.902023-09-07 — best price $14.902023-11-02 — best price $14.902023-11-28 — best price $14.902023-12-16 — best price $14.902024-01-04 — best price $14.902024-02-06 — best price $2.412024-03-14 — best price $2.762024-03-25 — best price $2.762024-05-06 — best price $2.762024-06-12 — best price $2.762024-06-27 — best price $2.762024-07-26 — best price $2.762024-09-08 — best price $2.762024-10-28 — best price $2.762024-11-27 — best price $2.412024-12-19 — best price $2.762025-01-26 — best price $2.762025-03-13 — best price $2.762025-03-24 — best price $3.452025-05-21 — best price $2.762025-06-27 — best price $2.762025-07-22 — best price $2.762025-09-29 — best price $2.762025-10-27 — best price $2.412025-12-18 — best price $2.762026-02-12 — best price $2.762026-04-15 — best price $4.142026-06-25 — best price $3.452026-08-29 — best price $3.102026-09-19 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Beginner Builder"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-05-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCuteIndie1990'sActionCombatCartoonCartoonyColorfulHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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