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Death Stair

Fun Sponge Games · Missing Link Games · 2016-08-16

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRacingSports

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Missing the days of split screen multiplayer or wanting to play with actual in-person friends in the same room? Death Stair is a local multiplayer stair climbing game. Play locally with maximum three friends and race to the finish while the fourth, armed to the teeth with an arsenal of unconventional ammo types, does everything to stop...

Death Stair is a 2016 Action, Casual, Indie, and Racing game priced at $5.99, with a Mixed sentiment (69% of 288 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 286 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.2k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 286 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.15 at GamersGate (2018-04-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 14 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.302016-08-162026-07-162016-08-16 — best price $9.592016-11-21 — best price $4.992017-01-10 — best price $4.992017-04-14 — best price $0.992017-05-22 — best price $0.492017-07-15 — best price $0.492017-10-20 — best price $2.992018-01-22 — best price $0.302018-04-27 — best price $2.992018-09-11 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-03-21 — best price $1.992019-07-08 — best price $1.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492020-02-27 — best price $0.372020-05-29 — best price $1.992020-11-06 — best price $1.992021-02-01 — best price $3.992021-09-20 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-03-24 — best price $0.502022-07-28 — best price $0.502022-10-31 — best price $0.792023-03-16 — best price $0.792023-07-24 — best price $0.592023-12-04 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $0.892024-05-31 — best price $5.992024-09-16 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-06-03 — best price $0.542025-08-27 — best price $0.542025-10-23 — best price $0.772026-01-15 — best price $0.722026-04-14 — best price $5.992026-07-16 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
33.6%
earned "I'M DONE!"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3502%12

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

Player tags

FunnyIndieActionCasualRacingSportsPhysicsFast-PacedCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

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

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