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Trainee Death Simulator

Bone Nail · 2024-11-12

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 12, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.

Trainee Death Simulator is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2024 for $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (93% of 2,006 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-12

6
playing now
93%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 129% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (554 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 40k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,006 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2026-09-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54954920242026Week of 2024-11-13: 369 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 549 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-05: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3332026-09-15 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 24 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 24 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 27 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1936Nov 2024Aug 2026Nov 2024 — avg 193 · peak 696Dec 2024 — avg 65 · peak 245Jan 2025 — avg 39 · peak 113Feb 2025 — avg 38 · peak 127Mar 2025 — avg 25 · peak 83Apr 2025 — avg 18 · peak 52May 2025 — avg 18 · peak 61Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 65Jul 2025 — avg 23 · peak 61Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 37Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 43Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 52Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 33Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 36Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 36Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 45Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 32Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 29May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 33Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 34Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$5.092024-11-132026-07-092024-11-13 — best price $5.392024-11-26 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $5.392025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-01-26 — best price $5.392025-02-09 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $5.392025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-04-23 — best price $5.392025-05-02 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $5.392025-07-23 — best price $5.992025-09-19 — best price $5.392025-09-22 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $5.392025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $5.092026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-02-12 — best price $5.092026-02-25 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.092026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $5.092026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
96.5%
earned "Wake up!"
26.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)37311%30

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

RPGDramaIndieLogicGothicCartoonCartoonyMedievalCard GameSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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