What is the cheapest place to buy Death and Taxes?

Kinguin at $1.66 — the lowest of the 7 stores we compare for your region. Kinguin is a keyshop: it resells keys, which can be region-locked or a different edition. The cheapest official store is GOG at $1.69. Prices update through the day, so check the table above before buying.

Is Death and Taxes free?

No — Death and Taxes is a paid game. The cheapest we can find it is $1.66.

Has Death and Taxes ever been cheaper?

Not since September 2026 — the current price matches the lowest we have tracked in that time, $1.66.

Is Death and Taxes Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Death and Taxes Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Death and Taxes on Mac?

Yes. Death and Taxes has a native macOS version on Steam.

Is Death and Taxes multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Death and Taxes as single-player only.

Is Death and Taxes on PC Game Pass?

No — Death and Taxes is not on PC Game Pass right now. The best price to buy it right now is $1.66.

Death and Taxes

Name: Death and Taxes
Brand: Placeholder Gameworks
Availability: InStock

Placeholder Gameworks · February 20, 2020 · Choices Matter, Story Rich, Simulation, Point & Click, Multiple Endings

Buy the Death and Taxes key for Steam from Kinguin at $1.66 — the cheapest of 7 stores we compare.

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Very Positive86% · 8,58429playing now

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$1.66-87%

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Where to buy Death and Taxes — official stores

GOG

Standard Edition · DRM-Free

-87%

$1.69

$12.99

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Steam

Standard Edition · Steam

$12.99

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Humble Store

Standard Edition · Steam

$12.99

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Cheapest Death and Taxes keys — keyshops

Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.

Kinguin

Standard Edition · Steam

$1.66

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Eneba

Standard Edition · Steam

$2.92

Buy

Driffle INC

Standard Edition · Steam

$4.83

Buy

Gameseal

Standard Edition · Steam

$4.64

Buy

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Death and Taxes price by region

Death and Taxes costs £1.45 in the United Kingdom, €1.55 in Europe (EUR), $1.66 in the United States, $1.66 in Georgia (USD), CA$1.89 in Canada, A$2.39 in Australia, NZ$2.45 in New Zealand, R$3.89 in Brazil and zł6.09 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Death and Taxes offer in each region, in local currency
Region	Best price	Official store	Key shop	Stores
United Kingdom	£1.45 −87%	£1.45	£3.65	5
Europe (EUR)	€1.55 −87%	€1.55	€2.65	7
United Statesyour region	$1.66 −87%	$1.69	$1.66	7
Georgia (USD)	$1.66 −87%	$1.69	$1.66	7
Canada	CA$1.89 −87%	CA$1.89	—	3
Australia	A$2.39 −87%	A$2.39	—	3
New Zealand	NZ$2.45 −87%	NZ$2.45	—	3
Brazil	R$3.89 −87%	R$3.89	R$24.58	4
Poland	zł6.09 −87%	zł6.09	zł19.44	4

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Death and Taxes

✦ AI summary

Play as the Grim Reaper stuck in a dreary office job where your decisions about who lives and dies ripple across the world, with your choices leading to multiple endings and rising through the ranks to middle management. This narrative-driven indie pulls from games like Papers, Please and Reigns, blending dark humor with meaningful consequences as you navigate existential dread, decorate your desk, and uncover the mystery of your own existence.

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 \ endings
Make-Your-Own-Grim-Reaper!
Fully voiced NPCs
Original Soundtrack
Original artwork featuring watercolour graphics
Dialogue options
Upgrade shop
Twitch integration!

Death and Taxes — game info

Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player
PC Game Pass: Not included

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Death and Taxes price history

Death and Taxes is $1.66 at Kinguin right now, compared across 7 stores. That matches the lowest price we have tracked.

2026-09-26low $1.66 · now $1.66

Fair price — It's at (or within 3% of) its lowest tracked price.

Death and Taxes price changes · since 26 Sep 2026
Date	Price	Store
30 Oct 2026	$1.66 ▼	Kinguin
28 Oct 2026	$1.69 ▼	GOG
27 Oct 2026	$2.96 ▲	Eneba
20 Oct 2026	$1.69 ▲	GOG
12 Oct 2026	$1.68 ▼	Steam
11 Oct 2026	$2.77 ▲	Driffle INC
9 Oct 2026	$2.48 ▲	Driffle INC
8 Oct 2026	$2.46 ▲	Driffle INC
2 Oct 2026	$1.68 ▼	Steam
26 Sep 2026	$1.69	GOG

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Death and Taxes — questions & answers

What is the cheapest place to buy Death and Taxes?: Kinguin at $1.66 — the lowest of the 7 stores we compare for your region. Kinguin is a keyshop: it resells keys, which can be region-locked or a different edition. The cheapest official store is GOG at $1.69. Prices update through the day, so check the table above before buying.
Is Death and Taxes free?: No — Death and Taxes is a paid game. The cheapest we can find it is $1.66.
Has Death and Taxes ever been cheaper?: Not since September 2026 — the current price matches the lowest we have tracked in that time, $1.66.
Is Death and Taxes worth buying now?: Fair price. It's at (or within 3% of) its lowest tracked price.
Is Death and Taxes Steam Deck compatible?: Mostly. Valve rates Death and Taxes Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.
Can I play Death and Taxes on Mac?: Yes. Death and Taxes has a native macOS version on Steam.
Is Death and Taxes multiplayer?: No — Steam lists Death and Taxes as single-player only.
Is Death and Taxes on PC Game Pass?: No — Death and Taxes is not on PC Game Pass right now. The best price to buy it right now is $1.66.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Death and Taxes receives mixed feedback from players, with some praising its voice acting, storytelling, and atmospheric presentation, while others find the core gameplay loop repetitive and lacking the complexity and moral weight that made Papers, Please engaging. The main criticism centers on the decision-making feeling inconsequential and not becoming more challenging over time, leading to boredom for those seeking a puzzle-like deduction game rather than a narrative experience.

Not recommended Sep 22, 2026

This game gets boring very fast, I've tried getting into it twice over the years and only got around 2 hours in both times. I saw a lot of people comparing it to Papers, Please but, unlike that game, Death and Taxes doesn't get any harder. The instructions don't get more complex and, in the 2 hours I played, a significant portion of the days had the instructions "kill everyone whose profile is at X position". This offers no nuance and no difficulty. Where Papers, Please has you debating whether starving your family for a day is worth letting two long lost lovers reunite, Death and Taxes has you debating whether some useless knick-knack from the shop is worth more than reading a one-sentence tweet the next day. Unless you're REALLY into reading about one-off characters and how their death MIGHT affect the world the next day, I definitely don't recommend this one

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Not recommended Oct 1, 2026

not a fan of this game at all, it definately is not anything like papers please, its not even an anomaly game & it quickly gets boring. maybe its coincidence but i got the feeling that it didnt matter who i chose outside of the times the game says something like dont kill this age or that qualification criteria, i randomly marked them & passed & im not sure if the game is trying to make you care but i didnt , i was just bored & bought the game too long ago so i cant get a refund. i just wanted to warn anyone who might be thinking that this is a papers please deduction/inspection type of game...it really isnt .

Recommended Sep 29, 2026

very well made, pretty deep, amazing voice acting +story telling, thank you to the creators for outting so much heart and soul to this beautiful game

Recommended Sep 26, 2026

1.get hired 2.go to work 3.do nothing for a while 4.steam achievment 5.dopamine hit _->Lifes good<-_

Recommended Sep 26, 2026

slay

Recommended Sep 20, 2026

grim/10 beans

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