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Death and Taxes

Death and Taxes Demo is available here 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, wh

Release date
August 6, 2020
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Developer
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Publisher
Pineapple Works
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Death and Taxes Demo is available here 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!

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★ 7.2/10GOG · 58 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 3 / 5
Coming from someone who enjoyed Papers Please, that type of puzzle game captivated me and so I thought a game with similar mechanics would be…
★ 5 / 5
This game has some different endings which depend on your choices, you only get the full experience by playing through the story twice at least.…
★ 3 / 5
While I find the art, music, and gameplay of this game rather engaging (if short), having completed it twice (including the 'goodest' possible ending), the…
★ 3 / 5
Death and Taxes is certainly a quirky game that is distinct in the visual novel genre. It is also a management sim akin to Papers…
★ 5 / 5
I enjoy these games in general (do not feed the monkey, papers please...) and this did it for me. I did not care much about…
★ 3 / 5
Enjoyed it for what it was at the start. The demo made me interested enough to buy the game on sale! that said, the appeal…
★ 4 / 5
I thoroughly enjoyed it, the artstyle was charming, the decisions sometimes hilarious, sometimes tough, the branchign storylines are intriguing and fun to explore and the…
★ 2 / 5
At first, the setting, the artwork and the music is captivating, but very quickly the game becomes utterly boring. You are the Grim Reaper who…

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★ 2 / 5
There's just no game here. Papers, Please has multiple endings, branching paths and frantic gameplay. This has... Nothing. The setting is kind of interesting, but…
★ 5 / 5
Similar to Papers Please. It's great ! Dialogues are funny and choices are real hard to make.
★ 5 / 5
Imagine the worst bureaucracy of Papers, Please but with the most charm of being Death. Beautiful experience and super fun! No glitches, no bugs. Recommended!
★ 1 / 5
Death and Taxes was clearly inspired by the legendary game Papers, Please. However, in Papers, Please, the tedium of going through people's paperwork was offset…
★ 4 / 5
I really enjoyed this game, especially on my second playthrough. the voice acting was amazing. This concept has a lot of potential
★ 4 / 5
A bit disorienting at first, but especially interesting in New Game+ mode.
★ 5 / 5
It's a fun thing to play around with, well voice acted, give it a try while it's on sale
★ 2 / 5
At first, the setting, the artwork and the music is captivating, but very quickly the game becomes utterly boring. You are the Grim Reaper who…

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