Death by Game Show

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 127 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Oointah · Strategy · Jan 22, 2016

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$2.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
17
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Death by Game Show?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 127 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 83 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
31 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
The mechanics are pretty nice, the enemies and buildings drop nicely when getting destroyed, and everything moves pretty good.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
20 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics are well-designed for a two-dimensional game, pretty much basically cartoonish, but they are well detailed, fitting the game perfectly.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
The audio is pretty nice, all of the sounds are well-optimized, as well as the soundtrack being great and funny.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
12 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
It's a mix of tower defense and tower offense, with nice background story, interesting characters/towers and pretty graphics.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
5 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
This is a good game but was even better if had multiplayer/online i bet would be very fun to play it against a friend!

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay31 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Story12 reviews
Multiplayer5 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
100% still recommend
Optimization
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
92% still recommend
Interface
75% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$2.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $2.99

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