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DEATH PENALTY

81% positive of 108 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by HACKJOB. Published by UnderWare.

About the game

YOU ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH... Slither your way through an impenetrable fortress crawling with devils faster, stronger, and more cunning than any human. By sheer luck you've slipped through the cracks, but discovery means certain death. How long are you going to delay the inevitable?

Tagged by players

Metroidvania
Souls-like
Dungeon Crawler
Stealth
Horror
Turn-Based Combat
Magic
Roguelike
Dark
RPG
Tactical
Dark Fantasy

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
though it would be fun since ive beaten Fear and Hunger already. suprisingly for an RPG maker it was honestly TOO scary to the point where i ALT+F4'd twice. cool game and style but even for me it was too much
29 min played when written. 9 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
To preface, I enjoyed the content I was playing. At first glance it's a fear and hunger clone, but after playing it I actually prefer the combat style of this game to fear and hunger. It's faster paced. You win based off your own decisions. Far too many enemies have the anatomy of humans and I like not feeling like I lost to a random chance miss. Moment to moment gameplay feels good with the typical hiccups of a 12…
13 h played when written. 13 found it helpful.
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