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To Be or Not to Be

Team K · DSGame · 2022-12-09

Steam

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Dec 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is a text adventure game that combines the gameplay of desktop pets and mini-games. You can advance the plot by clicking on the dialogue, or play mini-games to accumulate values to trigger new plots, and you can also cultivate your favorite characters by hanging up.

To Be or Not to Be is an Adventure, RPG game released in 2022, priced at $12.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 8279 reviews).

68
playing now
89%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Exploring the wonderful world of immortality on the computer desktop, your life has entered the countdown, and the only way to reset the hourglass of your life is... cultivating immortals!(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

To Be or Not to Be trailer thumbnail

To Be Or Not To Be (1942) Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 68 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 416 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~52/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,790 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 166k–374k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,322 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.84 at Steam (2026-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20222026Week of 2022-12-01: 1,493 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29962026-09-14 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 26 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 60 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 29 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 38 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 40 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 122 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 117 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 47 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 132 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 176 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 176 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 299 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 36 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 162 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 232 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 96 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 69 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
46734Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 467 · peak 1,990Feb 2023 — avg 258 · peak 718Apr 2023 — avg 145 · peak 330Jun 2023 — avg 113 · peak 293Aug 2023 — avg 107 · peak 342Oct 2023 — avg 190 · peak 612Dec 2023 — avg 129 · peak 414Feb 2024 — avg 316 · peak 1,151Apr 2024 — avg 107 · peak 477Jun 2024 — avg 246 · peak 857Aug 2024 — avg 258 · peak 731Oct 2024 — avg 180 · peak 793Dec 2024 — avg 182 · peak 592Feb 2025 — avg 104 · peak 282Apr 2025 — avg 68 · peak 244Jun 2025 — avg 118 · peak 313Aug 2025 — avg 86 · peak 314Oct 2025 — avg 64 · peak 274Dec 2025 — avg 67 · peak 193Feb 2026 — avg 72 · peak 261Apr 2026 — avg 34 · peak 133Jun 2026 — avg 74 · peak 265Aug 2026 — avg 71 · peak 341
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$5.842022-12-092026-08-232022-12-09 — best price $11.692023-01-19 — best price $11.562023-03-03 — best price $11.562023-03-16 — best price $11.432023-08-07 — best price $11.042023-09-28 — best price $10.652023-11-13 — best price $10.392023-11-21 — best price $9.742023-12-21 — best price $9.352024-02-10 — best price $9.092024-03-14 — best price $8.962024-04-30 — best price $8.702024-06-12 — best price $8.702024-06-27 — best price $8.442024-08-03 — best price $8.182024-09-29 — best price $7.792024-11-08 — best price $7.792024-11-27 — best price $7.402024-12-19 — best price $7.142025-01-09 — best price $10.392025-03-04 — best price $7.142025-03-13 — best price $6.752025-04-20 — best price $6.752025-06-07 — best price $6.752025-06-27 — best price $6.752025-08-23 — best price $6.752025-09-29 — best price $6.492025-11-27 — best price $6.232025-12-18 — best price $6.232026-02-12 — best price $6.102026-03-19 — best price $6.102026-04-30 — best price $6.102026-06-12 — best price $6.102026-06-29 — best price $5.842026-08-18 — best price $5.842026-08-23 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
93.8%
earned "可笑孝景不丈夫"
38%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-12-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,32619%46
Steam (Steam)1,00417%33
Switch (Nintendo)100%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

FPSRPGNSFWHentaiMatureNudityAdventureComic BookStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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