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Death Squared cover art

Death Squared

SMG Studio · 2017-03-13

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 28, 2018 (Android), Mar 13, 2017 (Mac), Jul 13, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 14, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Mar 14, 2017 (Xbox One), Mar 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

Death Squared is a 2017 Casual and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 724 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 724 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (949 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Death Squared is a puzzle video game developed and published by SMG Studio. It was released in 2017 for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One, and in 2018 for iOS and Android.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 724 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-06-25) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 54 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
270Oct 2016Jul 2026Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 18Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 8 · peak 63Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 51Apr 2020 — avg 11 · peak 39Jul 2020 — avg 11 · peak 37Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 23Jan 2021 — avg 8 · peak 35Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 35Jul 2021 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 31Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 24Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 28Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Apr 2023 — avg 6 · peak 24Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 20Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 22Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 24Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 23Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2025 — avg 27 · peak 149Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 21Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.492017-03-142026-10-142017-03-14 — best price $19.192017-05-22 — best price $19.992017-07-17 — best price $14.992017-11-14 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-10-07 — best price $14.992019-01-28 — best price $14.992019-03-15 — best price $14.992019-10-10 — best price $5.392019-12-19 — best price $6.742020-05-05 — best price $2.992020-07-26 — best price $2.242020-11-25 — best price $3.742021-02-11 — best price $1.792021-05-05 — best price $14.992021-10-07 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-09-26 — best price $14.992023-01-16 — best price $2.992023-04-24 — best price $2.992023-07-17 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.242024-06-27 — best price $1.642024-10-07 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.242025-04-21 — best price $1.792025-06-27 — best price $1.792025-09-29 — best price $2.242026-01-12 — best price $14.992026-09-01 — best price $14.992026-09-07 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-13 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2332026-05-31 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 9 pageviews2026-06-20 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-31 — 11 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-16 — 20 pageviews2026-09-20 — 11 pageviews2026-09-24 — 12 pageviews2026-09-28 — 21 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 15 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
60%
earned "Sir Die A Lot"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)26,1915%25
PS4 (PlayStation)4,62815%26
Steam (Steam)3,4412%25
PS4 (PlayStation)3,26013%26
Switch (Nintendo)2560%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndieCasualPuzzleRobotsSokobanMinimalistLocal Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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