Fit check
Is Dead by Death worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Retro platformer fans who want trap-filled dungeon exploration
- Players who enjoy searching for hidden treasures and keys
- Action players who prefer learning enemy patterns and managing weapons
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking dialogue, character conversations, or a story-led structure
- Players who prefer direct movement without inertia or control-focused challenges
- Players looking for a multiplayer or cooperative dungeon game
Our take on Dead by Death
Rather than centering dialogue or a guided narrative, this platformer leaves its dungeons to exploration, enemy-pattern reading, and hidden treasure hunting. The absence of dialogue shifts attention toward movement, traps, weapons, and discovering how each area works.
What is Dead by Death?
Dead by Death is a retro-style platformer about exploring 36 dungeons filled with traps, monsters, secrets, keys, and treasures.
Players search each area, learn enemy behavior, and select weapons such as pistols, grenades, and scatterguns for different positions and attack directions. Treasures provide skill upgrades, including increased crit rate, attack power, resistance, or maximum health. Character movement includes inertia, making control part of the challenge. The game has no dialogue and was developed by one person. Its structure centers on dungeon exploration, combat, traps, and discovering how each area and enemy works.
How Dead by Death plays
- 01Thirty-six dungeons
- The adventure includes 36 areas containing traps, enemies, keys, secrets, and treasure.
- 02Weapon variety
- Pistols, grenades, and scatterguns provide different attack options, including attacks across varied heights and directions.
- 03Treasure upgrades
- Collected treasures can improve skills such as crit rate, attack power, resistance, and maximum health.
- 04Inertia-based movement
- Character control includes resistance and inertia, making movement adaptation part of play.
Dead by Death compared to similar games
Dead by Death focuses on retro platforming across 36 trap-filled dungeons, with inertia-based movement, weapons, secrets, and skill upgrades. Vagante also combines dungeon exploration and combat, but its description presents a dark-fantasy adventure centered on questing for fame, riches, and power. Ghost of a Tale instead emphasizes immersive exploration, stealth, disguises, and conversations in an animal-populated medieval world.
Dead by Death: platforms & release
Is Dead by Death worth it?
It is worth it if: retro platformer fans who want trap-filled dungeon exploration. Skip it if: players seeking dialogue, character conversations, or a story-led structure.
Where can I download Dead by Death?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Dead by Death's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Dead by Death on?
Windows only.
