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Death's Door

Acid Nerve · Devolver Digital · 2021-07-20

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 20, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 23, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 23, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Nov 23, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 04, 2023 (iOS)

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

130
playing now
93%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (185 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 16h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

130 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Death's Door is a 2021 action-adventure game developed by Acid Nerve and published by Devolver Digital. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on July 20, 2021, and for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 23, 2021. Ports for Android and iOS were released on December 4, 2023, for Netflix subscribers.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 130 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,500 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~188/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 441k–992k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,049 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$3.99-80%
Gamesplanet$3.99-80%
GOG$4.99-75%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-09-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 105 of 158 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20212026Week of 2021-07-01: 2,295 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,527 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,051 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 828 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

157482026-08-06 22:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 113 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 110 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 79 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 157 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 123 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 83 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 146 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 124 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 68 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 118 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 109 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 60 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 116 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 97 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 60 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 116 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 137 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 70 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 107 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 68 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 104 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 106 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 67 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 64 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 102 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 70 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 130 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.24$3.992021-06-122026-08-302021-06-12 — best price $19.992021-11-19 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-03-02 — best price $22.242022-04-22 — best price $13.992022-06-24 — best price $12.982022-08-19 — best price $11.992022-10-18 — best price $9.992022-12-12 — best price $8.502023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-04-05 — best price $9.992023-06-01 — best price $9.992023-07-15 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $9.992023-11-17 — best price $7.992024-01-15 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-05-03 — best price $5.992024-06-26 — best price $4.992024-08-14 — best price $19.992024-10-09 — best price $7.992024-11-26 — best price $4.992025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-03-01 — best price $19.992025-04-17 — best price $6.702025-06-02 — best price $19.992025-08-11 — best price $4.992025-09-28 — best price $19.992025-11-20 — best price $4.202026-01-22 — best price $4.992026-03-27 — best price $7.992026-05-01 — best price $4.452026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-08-03 — best price $4.992026-08-25 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

299612026-05-31 — 90 pageviews2026-06-03 — 92 pageviews2026-06-06 — 88 pageviews2026-06-09 — 94 pageviews2026-06-12 — 91 pageviews2026-06-15 — 118 pageviews2026-06-18 — 86 pageviews2026-06-21 — 93 pageviews2026-06-24 — 77 pageviews2026-06-27 — 123 pageviews2026-06-30 — 116 pageviews2026-07-03 — 89 pageviews2026-07-06 — 299 pageviews2026-07-09 — 120 pageviews2026-07-12 — 93 pageviews2026-07-15 — 118 pageviews2026-07-18 — 90 pageviews2026-07-21 — 134 pageviews2026-07-24 — 61 pageviews2026-07-27 — 119 pageviews2026-07-30 — 87 pageviews2026-08-02 — 88 pageviews2026-08-05 — 87 pageviews2026-08-08 — 78 pageviews2026-08-11 — 61 pageviews2026-08-14 — 78 pageviews2026-08-17 — 72 pageviews2026-08-20 — 90 pageviews2026-08-23 — 101 pageviews2026-08-26 — 88 pageviews2026-08-27 — 208 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
42.5%
earned "Squid Soup?"
19.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,39121%24
PS5 (PlayStation)10,24947%25
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)9,31016%24
PS4 (PlayStation)5,97140%25
Windows (Xbox)1,72722%24
Switch (Nintendo)5220%0

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

Player tags

3DRPGCuteActionCartoonyAdventureIsometricAction RPGSouls-likeExploration

Census log

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

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