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Worse Than Death

BancyCo · 2019-10-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 08, 2019 (Mac), Oct 08, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 08, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Oct 08, 2019 (iOS), Oct 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Worse Than Death is a scary, action-adventure horror game about a high school reunion that goes horribly wrong! Run for your life, hide from terrifying enemies, and solve devious puzzles to uncover the dark secrets of your wretched home town.

78%
positive of 68 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (75 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 19,794 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–4.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 68 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days · $8.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820192026Week of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-26 (Steam store data)

Player tags

GoreIndieActionHorrorViolentThrillerAdventureHand-drawnStory RichPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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