DEAD LETTER DEPT. on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.

DEAD LETTER DEPT. is a horror, typing and mystery game developed by Mike Monroe and Belief Engine and published by Belief Engine.
Released on January 30th 2025 is available in English on Windows and Linux.

It has received 641 reviews of which 618 were positive and 23 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 13.31€ on Steam and has a 10% discount.

The Steam community has classified DEAD LETTER DEPT. into these genres:

Horror Typing Mystery Simulation Atmospheric Psychological Horror Stylized Text-Based Dystopian Surreal Short Dark Singleplayer First-Person Emotional Supernatural Multiple Endings Procedural Generation Adventure Experimental

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 or higher, 64bit
Processor: Intel CPU Core i3
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 460
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: Keyboard & Mouse required

Linux

OS: Tested on Zorin, Ubuntu, SteamOS, Arch Linux
Processor: Intel CPU Core i3 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Vulkan rendering capability required
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: Keyboard required, SteamInput supported for SteamDeck

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

Dead Letter Dept was one of those games I just found by chance. A random browsing session of steam lead me here and the premise seemed seemed pretty interesting and fresh. Picked it up pretty soon after playing the demo and damn, I'm surprised I haven't heard more about this game! Never would have thought I'd end up creeped out and unsettled playing a typing game but here we are with a game that did exactly that! The core game play is pretty simple in it essentially being 'type what you read', but it's done in such a way that keeps you invested with some pretty dark and interesting entries you need to make. They seriously nailed the atmosphere. It's so dark, creepy and can get genuinely unsettling at times if you allow yourself to get fully immersed in it. Definitely recommend playing with a headset because some of those little sounds gave me chills

Feb. 2025

What a deeply unsettling game -- I love it. The atmosphere of this game is downright oppressive at times, and the tension and stress for something as innocuous as correcting OCR on mail is extremely good. There's a lot of typing, so if you're not fond of typing a lot, potentially under stress, this might not be for you. Some of the content on postcards and the sort are exceptionally grim or edgy descriptions of events, so if that's something that might make you deeply uncomfortable, this might also not be for you. Otherwise, this is a wonderfully creepy experience, and if the idea of this game piques your interest at all, absolutely check it out.

Feb. 2025

Not only has this game managed to improve my typing speed but its also genuinely unnerving, I didn't think typing peoples addresses would give me so much anxiety but here we are. Love the visuals and the detail each piece of mail has. The story goes way deeper than i expected, even after 3 playthroughs there's still a lot to uncover.

Jan. 2025

I'm not necessarily shocked with the quality of DEAD LETTER DEPT., I just really wasn't expecting it to be so good. Sections of the writing here will be burned into my head for a while. The atmosphere is absolutely perfect and manages to gets its hooks in while also suffocating you. The scares are both subtle and effective. The amount of content and story to unpack and unravel is seemingly massive. This has the chance to be one of the best horror experiences (or really just experiences in general) of 2025. Don't miss it.

Jan. 2025

Absolutely stunning. You basically play as a data-entry employee, which means being a fast typist is extremely useful, but put through the lens of a horror game with meta elements. I don't want to give too much away but there's a ton of mindfuckery involved and so far I've only got one ending out of some number the game doesn't tell you, but I'll be going for all of them. It's not a super long experience but with all of the paths you can take, it's the perfect length for multiple playthroughs. It's not a jumpscare type game but I still found myself leaning away from the screen or nudging the volume down just through atmosphere alone.

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-10% 14.79€ 13.31€

9.0

618

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Developer

Mike Monroe, Belief Engine

Publisher

Belief Engine

Release 30 Jan 2025

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