Death and Taxes

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Death and Taxes is a story rich, choices matter and simulation game developed by Placeholder Gameworks and published by Placeholder Gameworks and Hawthorn Games.
Released on February 20th 2020 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 6,438 reviews of which 5,613 were positive and 825 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 1.79€ on Steam and has a 85% discount.

The Steam community has classified Death and Taxes into these genres:

Story Rich Choices Matter Simulation Point & Click Strategy Multiple Endings Choose Your Own Adventure Puzzle Replay Value Casual Interactive Fiction Dark Comedy Narrative Adventure Atmospheric Indie 2D Conversation Character Customization Singleplayer

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
Processor: i3 or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 2 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.12+
Processor: i3 or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
Storage: 2 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 16.04+ or equivalent
Processor: i3 or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Integrated graphics or GPU with atleast 512 MB of VRAM
Storage: 2 GB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Jan. 2025

Really enjoyed the art style, soundtrack, storytelling and voice acting in this game and would highly recommend! It is very engaging to chose who to spare and who to slay, especially as the narrative unfolds. The characters aren't particularly deep - the main draw here is all the tiny choices with constraints that you are making that add up to your utopia (or hell on earth). I got the utopia ending on the first try and was so happy about it that I didn't play the game for a long time after that. Be aware that if you are an achievement hunter, this one can be a bit on the tedious side, as it requires multiple (eight? nine? can't rightly recall at the moment) playthrus for one of its achievements, and a bit of numerical balancing to unlock one specific achievement, the requirements for which are not made clear to the player. Other than that, this is a very fantastic and fun game to play. Loved the character customization options as well. Thanks for a great experience!

Jan. 2025

This is a more casual, lighthearted version of Papers, Please. There's morbid humor, items to purchase, a bar to visit on weekends, and a selection of outfits/looks. It has replay value with the achievements, although it gets repetitive.

June 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

May 2024

What a beautiful piece of Art! Yes, I do get the reviews that complain this is maybe a bit of a tedious and repetitive game because, after-all, being “The Reaper” is a 9-to-5 office job where you read reports on a daily basis, etc. etc. But there is so much more to it! Like: Lots of character customization items, dark humor, freedom of choices, personality tests, a cool bartender, real-life cocktail recipes (no kidding!), talking plants, and wide variety of possible outcomes amongst other things. Even the day-job of reading reports and deciding who gets to live and who must die (all this while not disappointing your ‘Boss’ and/or his cat ) is quite entertaining if you really get into it. Maybe not a game “to die for” (pun intended). But absolutely one to try, even if only for the nice artwork and very unique gameplay it has to offer. Alright now, before you leave, don’t forget to give this review a ‘thumbs-up’! ....Otherwise remember: ‘I’ will be the one making the final decision when your ‘file’ gets on my desk! ;p

Feb. 2024

I thoroughly enjoyed my first playthrough, and plan to get all of the achievements. One playthrough is about 3 hours, and I would say that the game is replayable, especially if you already like management mechanics. I love how many achievements there are, some are quite easy to get, but it's not possible to get them all or even half in one playthrough. One last warning; do not give the cat the gerbil. Maybe do it for the achievement once, but it's not worth the moral agony.

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