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Death's Gambit: Afterlife cover art

Death's Gambit: Afterlife

White Rabbit · Serenity Forge · 2018-08-13

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 12, 2020 (Xbox One), Sep 30, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 14, 2018 (Mac), Aug 14, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

16
playing now
81%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (813 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,904 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 139k–335k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,578 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.99-45%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.97-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2020-03-20) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 87 of 116 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
55955920182026Week of 2018-08-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3562026-08-06 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 25 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992018-05-122026-08-302018-05-12 — best price $19.992018-12-10 — best price $11.992019-02-04 — best price $11.992019-09-19 — best price $9.992020-03-20 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-10-07 — best price $19.992022-04-14 — best price $13.992022-08-22 — best price $12.992023-01-10 — best price $11.992023-06-11 — best price $11.992023-08-21 — best price $19.992023-10-25 — best price $11.992023-12-07 — best price $19.992024-01-23 — best price $19.992024-03-11 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-08-08 — best price $14.692024-09-30 — best price $14.692024-11-15 — best price $15.892025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-31 — best price $14.692025-03-01 — best price $14.692025-03-30 — best price $15.892025-05-09 — best price $14.692025-05-29 — best price $15.892025-07-10 — best price $10.992025-07-29 — best price $10.992025-09-02 — best price $14.692025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-24 — best price $15.892026-04-02 — best price $10.992026-04-30 — best price $10.992026-06-11 — best price $10.992026-07-19 — best price $15.892026-08-16 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
64.3%
earned "A king only in name..."
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,4331%43
Switch (Nintendo)710%0
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionAdventureDifficultAction RPGPlatformerSouls-likeAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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