Death and Taxes

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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!

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Overview

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About the Game

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!

The feel

AtmosphericFunny

Genres

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Tags

2DAdventureAtmosphericCasualCharacter CustomizationChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureConversationDark ComedyIndieInteractive FictionMultiple Endings

Ways to play

  • Single-player

Weak PC? It still plays

Download the translation, then play Death and Taxes on Cloud PC

Death and Taxes needs at least 2 GB of RAM and 512 MB of VRAM. Cloud PC is a Windows computer with a strong GPU in the cloud. You control it from your laptop, phone or desktop.

1

Turn on Cloud PC

Log in to Thinkmay and start your machine. You get a Windows desktop of your own.

2

Install the game and the translation

Install the game from Steam as you would at home, then download the translation on this page and copy it in.

3

Play in Vietnamese

Play on a laptop, phone or desktop. Controllers and microphones work.

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