M1: A Death in the Desert

M1: A Death in the Desert

Dracula's Cave · August 8, 2017 · Adventure, Indie, Casual, Action, Visual Novel

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Mostly Positive72% · 39
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M1: A Death in the Desert price by region

M1: A Death in the Desert costs £1.15 in the United Kingdom, €1.32 in Europe (EUR), $2.04 in the United States, $2.04 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.89 in Canada, NZ$4.49 in New Zealand, A$4.50 in Australia, zł7.37 in Poland and R$10.49 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest M1: A Death in the Desert offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £1.15 −54% £2.49 £1.15 4
Europe (EUR) €1.32 −56% €2.99 €1.32 3
United Statesyour region $2.04 −32% $2.99 $2.04 4
Georgia (USD) $2.04 −32% $2.99 $2.04 4
Canada CA$3.89 CA$3.89 — 1
New Zealand NZ$4.49 NZ$4.49 — 1
Australia A$4.50 A$4.50 — 1
Poland zł7.37 −45% zł13.49 zł7.37 3
Brazil R$10.49 R$10.49 R$18.54 2

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 M1: A Death in the Desert

When M wakes up in an abandoned hotel he has no memory of how he got there. In the bedside draw he finds a list with three names and a gun with three bullets, but what he does with this information is up to you. Embark on a violence-soaked post-apocalyptic adventure where the answers to your questions come at a price. How far will you go to discover the truth?

Features
  • An engaging visual novel with deep moral choices
  • A labyrinth of branching pathways that culminate in one of five distinct endings
  • Two and a half thousand lines of dialogue told across fifteen locations. A full playthrough takes approximately 3–4 hours depending on reading speed.

M1: A Death in the Desert — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

M1: A Death in the Desert is a choice-driven visual novel with retro-styled graphics and philosophical themes that some players find meaningful, though others feel the story fails to engage and the pacing is hampered by text delays. Common criticisms focus on the game being short, light on actual choices, and priced too high for its content, with some players questioning whether it belongs on a gaming platform at all. Most players who enjoyed it recommend it only to visual novel fans at a discount.

Recommended Mar 29, 2024
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7 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 27, 2021
[list][*][b][h1]Morlan's shorts:[/h1][/b][/list] Omit the tag "Action" and you'll be alright. The only animation consists of some graphical changes when things happen, e.g. some dies. [b]You[/b] don't move. You make a few choices that change the ending. The story and delivery are fun to follow and that was enjoyable as was the music! Surprisingly it's quite good for such a title. But the price is definitely off, [b]yep even for 3 coins it's too much[/b]. Few grammar errors and quite a short game (in content) that takes longer to finish because of the text delay.. but points for different endings. Drac's back.. [b]Don't waste more time reading lengthy reviews.. time is of the essence![/b]
3 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 29, 2025
It's like a mix of classic adventure games(art style), and visual novel. There aren't a ton of choices, but they seem to flow rather nicely from what I played. The story absolutely didn't hook me, so I've given up on this experience pretty early on. Hard to connect with the characters and all that jazz. But hey, if you like Visual Novels and are swayed by the nostalgic visuals you might want to give this one a shot.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 30, 2021
M1: A Death in the Desert is an e-book with a kind of philosophical theme where you're given a gun with three bullets and three names. This may be a bit of a spoiler, but the only sane solution is to shoot this game three times. As an e-book, this is obviously not a game. On Steam, which is for games, that's not gonna work out very well. As far as books go, it's worse than a book. You don't have to click your mouse every time you want to read a sentence with a real book. And this is badly written. If they could write properly, they'd be published authors, not trying to sell e-books on a gaming platform. You can get better books for free from libraries, online, etc etc etc. It's impossible to recommend this to anyone.
1 found this helpful
Recommended May 5, 2023
Easy achievements, 100% / 20min.
Recommended May 14, 2022
We are what are actions dictate. I was thinking about this the other day oddly enough. In our current digital age it is easy to have something dredged up from your past where you were in the wrong or as a collective our opinions were wrong; we're human after all. Not all of us have the ability or "lucky chance" to choose the right side from the get go. But we all have the opportunity and change our minds. Our actions today speak more to who we are than what we've said in the past. Our actions dictate who we are and want to become. So overall neat short story that happened to mesh well with a shower thought from a couple of days ago on my part.

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