Heya Grims,

Oak here. So, I think we've finally arrived at a reasonable place with the stability of the update. Feel free to grab version 1.2.5 from here and enjoy the new content, now hopefully bug-free!

And if you haven't decided to grab it just yet, we're still -40% off till the 16th of November.

Fixed in 1.2.5:

• Day 28 doesn't end in the very rare case that you talk to Mortimer in the Bar right after you've faxed away the profiles for the day
• Dialogue screen doesn't show your own appearance randomly when exiting dialogue

If there are any other impediments for you when trying to play the game, let me know here or in the discussion boards <3

Much love!
-Death and Taxes

Oak here! Lets cut to the chase: we're happy to announce that we've released the long-awaited Halloween Update for Death & Taxes! Go to your Steam Library RIGHT MEOW and grab the update!

[Hotfix changelog at the bottom of this post]

To commemorate this momentuous occasion, Death and Taxes will be -40% off for the duration of the Halloween Sale! PLUS, we are extending this sale until the 16th of November! We felt like this is only fair due to you folks who are still on the fence and might not be able to afford it right during Halloween <3

And do check out the Bundle of Consequences if you like games such as Death and Taxes because we're in damn fine company there!

What you can expect in the update:

• Unlocked the Cerberus' Den Bar area in Fately Towers! (Open on weekends after work hours)
• 7 new characters to meet in Cerberus' Den
• Over 1000 new dialogue lines, fully voiced
• A whopping 16 spirits to imbibe (including milk for calcium)
• Over 50 new character profiles to discover
• 2 brand new visages, one spookier than the other
• 6 new articles of clothing to reap with in style
• Spooky new desk friends to discover!
• New music to chill to when hanging out with fellow Grims and others
• 10 new achievements to hunt down!

If you've gotten this far, I would also like to say a few words about life, Death and Taxes, and everything. 

It's been over 8 months now since the release of Death and Taxes and it's been strange and amazing at the same time. We didn't expect this level of reception and we are still surprised every day at how many new people get into the game and share their experiences with us. We have a wonderful community (Yot, y'all, you know who you are) and perhaps most notably, we've heard accounts from people having played the game thinking about what death means for them. Thinking about how it has affected their lives and how it has shaped them as people. This is what we set out as our main goal when creating the game. We didn't want to force our own thoughts on all the people playing the game, rather, we wanted to create an entry point. Something neat, funny and stress-free so that people could enjoy themselves while playing and also to contemplate. This has led to some of the most interesting public and private conversations I've had, and it's amazing to see that we did in fact succeed with our main goal.

When we decided to make this update, it was a direct response to all of your feedback and your cherishment for the game (we have over a THOUSAND reviews here, what???). We wanted to put in the things we didn't have the time for initially, and to add or fix things that echoed the most when talking to you. Now this has been done, and while we will continue to support the game if issues do prop up somewhere, in all likelyhood, we won't be adding any more content. We have a specific vision when it comes to this game, and we don't want to compromise that experience too much: short and bittersweet.

So, as we near this holiday of spirits... spare a thought for those who are not beside us anymore in these times, but whom we still carry within us, and celebrate their spirits in both life and whatever comes after.

Thank you so much, for everything. Seriously <3

Much love,

Death and Taxes



EDIT: Do note that we have uploaded a hotfix, check your game version at the bottom left of your screen, you should see version 1.2.4, if not, restart Steam :)

Hotfix changelog:

• Fixed one of Mortimer's lines not activating
  
• Fixed Ra head not appearing.
  
• Changed the Bar to work so that patrons don't disappear but rather disable when their dialogue ends
  
• Fixed Herbert's (Plant Reaper) dialogue from cutting off suddenly
  
• Fixed Bar Quiz duplicate questions
  
• Fixed Bartender appearing in a very strange location at the end of the game
  
• Fixed bar patrons not being interactable in NG+
  
• Fixed Posthumous Spiritualism not triggering
  
• Fixed Cerberus' Den Flyer on Desk resetting its location all the time
  
• Fixed Kharon conversation with Cerri
  
• Fixed Day 24's Fate letter instructions in some cases

Hi everyone!

Oak here again! ^_^

First off I want to extend my thanks to our wonderful cast of voice actors who will be playing the roles in our Halloween Update. I absolutely adore all of your work and you truly have done justice to the characters and I can't wait to share the fruits of your labour with all our players!

Without further ado, meet the denizens of Cerberus' Den!

Abigail Turner as Cerri, the Bartender!


Michael Malconian as Gus, the Ghost Janitor


Jacob Williamson as the Archivist, Keeper of the Abysmal Archive


Jimmie Yamaguchi as Florian, the Arrogant Reaper


Stephanie Novak as Spawn #114, the Nihilistic Reaper


Gregory Holgate as FRANK WHITTLE, the Anxious Reaper


Olly Thorn as Herbert, the Plant Reaper


And last but not least, reprising his role as Mortimer, the ??????: Isaak Wells!



We're still working to finalize everything for the update and HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TEST IT PROPERLY FOR Y'ALL but here we are! 

Tune in here around 20:00 CET on 29th October and you can meet the various characters in Cerberus' Den (after downloading the updated version of course, haha).


And that's it. Don't want to spoil you too much :)



Much love,

-Death and Taxes

Hello Grims!

It's Oak here, and I come to with absolutely EPIC NEWS. Together with Do Not Feed The Monkeys, Headliner: NoviNews, Not Tonight and Papers, Please, we've formed a 5-game mega-bundle of choice-driven and narrative-focused games.

This bundle will run for 3 months, ending January 2021, so you have plenty of time to make your mind whether to get this or not! You probably have a game or two from this bundle already, but if you're feeling adventurous, I can heartily recommend any of the other games!

We all banded together with seeing both the similarities and the differences in each-others games and want to get you on board each-others, er, boats? Or however the saying goes.

You can check out the bundle right here: CLICK ME, I'M A BUNDLE

Give all these fine folks some love! ^_^

And if you're someone coming over from some of the other games in the bundle, HELLO! I hope you have a good time!

Join us on our Discord if you wanna hang out and talk!

That's it for today!

Much love,
-Death and Taxes

Hi y'all!

Oak here again ^_^

Just wanted to let you know, that we're hosting another Death and Taxes Merch Raffle! Sign up here!



It runs until the 17th of September, 19:00 CET. After that we will choose 10 lucky grims who will win an awesome piece of merchandise from our merch store :3

Good luck, and may Fate be on your side!

Much love,
-Death and Taxes

Hello Grims of the worlds!

Oak here, with a MIND-BLOWING announcement: Death and Taxes is now available on the Nintendo Switch!

If you have a Switch JUST GRAB IT ALREADY X_X

I'm super-mega-hyper-happy about how everything has turned out with it and I hope you all feel the same. I cannot say enough about how thankful I am to the crew at Pineapple Works who took care of getting the game onto Switch.

It's been an absolute blast to see your enthusiasm shared with us, as well ^_^

Now to the (other) good part! We're hosting a raffle to commemorate this epic release, and again, we will be choosing 10 lucky Grims to get a piece of Death and Taxes merch designed by Leene (our creative director and art lead and overall awesome person). Check out the raffle right here!




And that's it for now :3

Go play! Tell your friendssssdfasfngfkjnsdkngfjkdsnkkdnsdjk


I'm so happy ^_^



Much love,

-Death and Taxes

Hello Grims!

Just wanted to let you know that we're on sale for a few days (till the 10th!) sooooooo... tell your friends! ^_^

ALSO; BIG NEWS ON THURSDAY!!! Stay tuned :3

And a big shoutout to Alaka'i from our Discord server for the featured artwork! <3

Much love,
-Death and Taxes

Hey everyone! Oak here again.

As promised, here's the raffle! https://gleam.io/BP1P4/death-and-taxes-merch-raffle

This one is special in that you can enter with your Steam account and if you've clocked at least 2 hours in Death and Taxes you can unlock even MORE tickets for the chance to win some Grim Merch ^_^



The raffle will end at 31st August, 19:00 CET and we will contact the winners shortly after that :)


Much love and good luck!
-Death and Taxes

Heyo, Grims!

Have you ever wanted to get some Death and Taxes memorabilia? Now's your chance.

We're hosting a giveaway on Twitter, starting 19:00 CEST Friday 28th, running 3 days. All info will be posted there once the event starts :)

10 lucky Grims will be chosen to receive the ULTIMATE MERCH.




Much love,
-Death and Taxes

EDIT: Yes, that's a Fate pillow. You saw that right.

Greetings, Grims!


Gamescom is starting really really really soon.


We have a few cozy events planned for you, and we hope to see you all there! You are more than welcome to join us at the booth for some fun times chatting about the game or anything, really. If you haven't yet, be sure to register a guest account for the Indie Arena Booth (it's free and you get to see tons of cool indies if you do) and join our Discord :3

Our kickoff event will start at 27th August at 19:00 CEST, and will go on for around 4 hours, but we're not really strict with the time, if people want to hang out more then that's perfectly OK :)

Take care and see you soon!

Much love,
-Death and Taxes

EDIT: The new starting time is 22:00 CET because the booths will open just then! :) Sorry for the confusion.