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DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION

Agafonoff · 2023-02-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

DR LIVESEY: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, gentlemen, from now on, rom and death means the same thing for you.

DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2023, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 13780 reviews).

2
playing now
94%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
34/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION trailer thumbnail

DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION - OFFICIAL STEAM TRAILER

≈145,368 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 550 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~69/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,618 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 276k–621k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,801 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.5k4.5k20232026Week of 2023-02-01: 2,837 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4,526 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5312026-09-15 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2203Feb 2023Aug 2026Feb 2023 — avg 94 · peak 452Apr 2023 — avg 75 · peak 818Jun 2023 — avg 63 · peak 1,558Aug 2023 — avg 64 · peak 256Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 32Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 35Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 63Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 97Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 43Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 469Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 51Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 114Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 108Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 86Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 81Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 63
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.282023-02-132026-09-272023-02-13 — best price $0.592023-03-16 — best price $0.282023-05-06 — best price $0.282023-06-19 — best price $0.282023-07-29 — best price $0.282023-11-07 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-01-18 — best price $0.992024-03-02 — best price $0.992024-04-15 — best price $0.992024-05-29 — best price $0.992024-07-25 — best price $0.992024-09-07 — best price $0.992024-10-21 — best price $0.992024-12-18 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-01-31 — best price $0.992025-03-12 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-04-25 — best price $0.992025-06-08 — best price $0.992025-07-24 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.652025-10-20 — best price $2.992025-12-05 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $0.772026-02-18 — best price $0.652026-03-19 — best price $0.652026-04-03 — best price $0.652026-05-17 — best price $0.652026-06-25 — best price $0.652026-09-27 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
63.8%
earned "Highlands"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSurround SoundStatsSteam Leaderboards

27 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,6312%130

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RetroActionCombatCartoonDifficultHand-drawnRogue-likeAtmosphericBeat 'em upShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

Recent updates

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