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As a Grim Reaper in an afterlife office, review human files, decide who lives or dies, and navigate Fate’s directives.
Released 20 Feb 2020
Judge Human Files
Defy Fate’s Orders
Track World Conditions
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!
Developed by Placeholder Gameworks · Published by Placeholder Gameworks, Hawthorn Games
You play a newly appointed Grim Reaper with an office job: review files about people and decide whether each should live or die. Fate, your boss, issues instructions for your daily assignments, while conversations with him and other characters develop the story.
Each workday, you make decisions from the information in the files and can check reports and news about how the living world is changing. You can also visit the shop to spend your wages on items, customize your Reaper and desk, and talk with characters outside the office.
Your decisions and whether you follow Fate’s instructions shape world conditions and lead to different endings. The story spans a month of work, and New Game+ lets you replay with accumulated items and explore other choices.
Players who enjoy the game often point to its unusual Grim Reaper office premise, its darkly comic writing, and the act of weighing life-and-death decisions. The hand-drawn look, music, voiced characters, customization, and multiple endings also draw praise. Some reviewers find the daily routine repetitive or feel that their choices have too little impact.
In this small Indie, short narrative-based game, you take the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. Your choices will affect the world around you. Keep the chaos away or foil plots to destroy the world and rise through the ranks of Reapers all the way up to MIDDLE-MANAGEMENT, wow!
Death and Taxes is a game in the vein of narrative-based indie titles, such as "Papers, Please", "Reigns", "Beholder" and "Animal Inspector", to name a few. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Have a.. totally normal.. office job
Talk to your boss
Get monies
Buy stuff from Mortimer’s Plunder Emporium(?)
Decorate your desk
Do some paperwork
Pet the cat??
Stare in the mirror and talk to yourself
Don’t let the existential dread set in
DONT LET IT SET IN (ONLY THE FATE OF HUMANKIND IS IN YOUR HANDS, IT'S 100% OK)
Listen to that one really catchy tune in the elevator
Features:
Meaningful choices
Branching storyline with multiple [SECRET] endings
Make-Your-Own-Grim-Reaper!
Fully voiced NPCs
Original Soundtrack
Original artwork featuring watercolour graphics
Dialogue options
Upgrade shop
Twitch integration!
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 60 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | Free Demo |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
