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Have a Nice Death

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

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Have a Nice Death is an Action, Indie game released in 2023, priced at $8.74, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive (86% of 10801 reviews) sentiment.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

38
playing now
86%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (497 downloads)
4.43★
PlayStation Store rating (1,223 ratings)
23h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.74
steam price (US)

38 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

Have a Nice Death trailer thumbnail

Have a Nice Death - Official Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 38 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 5% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 216k–486k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,801 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$8.74-65%

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 76 of 107 observed days (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

129322026-09-15 13:00 — 65 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 53 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 50 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 81 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 72 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 51 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 56 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 58 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 53 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 54 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 58 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 40 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 32 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 94 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 65 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 68 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 99 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 61 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 47 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 109 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 74 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 48 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 41 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
86764Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 867 · peak 1,773May 2022 — avg 281 · peak 603Jul 2022 — avg 295 · peak 654Sep 2022 — avg 214 · peak 740Nov 2022 — avg 166 · peak 378Jan 2023 — avg 177 · peak 340Mar 2023 — avg 535 · peak 2,481May 2023 — avg 307 · peak 560Jul 2023 — avg 218 · peak 470Sep 2023 — avg 122 · peak 313Nov 2023 — avg 131 · peak 261Jan 2024 — avg 129 · peak 272Mar 2024 — avg 110 · peak 243May 2024 — avg 110 · peak 275Jul 2024 — avg 95 · peak 191Sep 2024 — avg 91 · peak 201Nov 2024 — avg 74 · peak 169Jan 2025 — avg 92 · peak 173Mar 2025 — avg 86 · peak 199May 2025 — avg 65 · peak 189Jul 2025 — avg 97 · peak 252Sep 2025 — avg 78 · peak 250Nov 2025 — avg 64 · peak 179Jan 2026 — avg 67 · peak 142Mar 2026 — avg 72 · peak 151May 2026 — avg 80 · peak 168Jul 2026 — avg 65 · peak 145Aug 2026 — avg 78 · peak 193
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.492022-03-082026-10-092022-03-08 — best price $14.992022-11-08 — best price $14.992023-03-30 — best price $19.992023-07-21 — best price $17.492023-09-30 — best price $20.992023-11-22 — best price $16.742024-01-05 — best price $20.492024-02-24 — best price $21.992024-03-28 — best price $16.742024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-06-18 — best price $20.492024-07-19 — best price $14.992024-08-15 — best price $14.992024-09-13 — best price $13.242024-10-18 — best price $12.492024-11-21 — best price $10.992025-01-01 — best price $19.792025-02-08 — best price $11.002025-03-10 — best price $24.992025-04-16 — best price $12.492025-06-07 — best price $12.502025-07-11 — best price $24.992025-08-28 — best price $9.992025-09-18 — best price $10.002025-10-18 — best price $10.002025-11-23 — best price $10.002026-01-01 — best price $24.992026-02-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-07 — best price $19.792026-06-25 — best price $7.252026-08-01 — best price $23.202026-09-11 — best price $7.522026-10-09 — best price $8.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3262026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 18 pageviews2026-06-08 — 23 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 17 pageviews2026-06-20 — 15 pageviews2026-06-24 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 19 pageviews2026-07-14 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 21 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 15 pageviews2026-08-07 — 23 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 18 pageviews2026-08-19 — 12 pageviews2026-08-23 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 21 pageviews2026-08-31 — 28 pageviews2026-09-04 — 32 pageviews2026-09-08 — 19 pageviews2026-09-12 — 13 pageviews2026-09-16 — 26 pageviews2026-09-20 — 16 pageviews2026-09-24 — 19 pageviews2026-09-28 — 22 pageviews2026-10-02 — 20 pageviews2026-10-06 — 32 pageviews2026-10-09 — 24 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-03-24, latest 2023-03-30 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DFunnyActionComedyGothicCartoonCartoonyControllerDark HumorRogue-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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