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Have a Nice Death

Magic Design Studios · Arc Games · 2023-03-22

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 05, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 05, 2023 (Xbox One), Dec 05, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 22, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 05, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelike where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss.

97
playing now
86%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
23h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.74
steam price (US)

97 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Have a Nice Death is a 2023 action game developed by Magic Design Studios and published by Gearbox Publishing. Players control Death as he fights against unruly subordinates.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 97 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 410 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~51/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,982 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 215k–485k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,769 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.74-65%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at IndieGala Store (2025-04-08) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 84 of 118 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 1,645 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

184262026-08-07 00:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 42 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 51 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 47 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 65 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 52 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 64 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 73 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 51 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 57 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 117 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 84 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 81 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 184 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 111 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 85 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 117 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 115 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 97 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.492022-03-082026-08-282022-03-08 — best price $14.992022-10-24 — best price $11.992023-03-13 — best price $24.992023-06-12 — best price $19.992023-08-21 — best price $17.492023-10-26 — best price $17.492023-11-22 — best price $16.742023-12-22 — best price $15.012024-02-14 — best price $21.992024-03-16 — best price $14.732024-04-09 — best price $14.732024-05-30 — best price $14.992024-06-18 — best price $20.492024-07-17 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $24.992024-08-30 — best price $20.492024-09-26 — best price $24.992024-10-22 — best price $19.792024-11-21 — best price $10.992024-12-26 — best price $21.992025-01-23 — best price $11.002025-02-21 — best price $12.492025-03-24 — best price $19.792025-04-19 — best price $12.502025-06-07 — best price $12.502025-06-30 — best price $12.502025-08-19 — best price $24.992025-09-06 — best price $10.002025-09-29 — best price $8.352025-10-23 — best price $19.792025-11-23 — best price $10.002025-12-18 — best price $8.352026-01-26 — best price $8.202026-02-23 — best price $24.992026-04-17 — best price $21.492026-05-13 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $7.252026-07-30 — best price $8.122026-08-24 — best price $7.342026-08-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3062026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 30 pageviews2026-06-06 — 22 pageviews2026-06-09 — 17 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-15 — 19 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 20 pageviews2026-06-24 — 15 pageviews2026-06-27 — 17 pageviews2026-06-30 — 18 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-09 — 27 pageviews2026-07-12 — 23 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 17 pageviews2026-07-21 — 19 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-23 — 18 pageviews2026-08-26 — 21 pageviews2026-08-27 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
65.2%
earned "Simple Formality"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)11,7031%37
Steam (Steam)5,1471%37
PS5 (PlayStation)1,4785%38
PS4 (PlayStation)2864%38
Switch (Nintendo)2400%0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyActionComedyGothicCartoonCartoonyControllerDark HumorRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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