Stunning visuals and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Visually stunning and stylish. Just absolutely stellar design.”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Nobody Wants to Die
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Critical Hit Games2024Detective · Interactive Fiction · Investigation
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, atmospheric Blade Runner-style noir that plays as a short, heavily guided interactive movie. Skip it if you want real detective deduction or a satisfying ending.
Great for
Fans of Blade Runner, Altered Carbon and narrative walking sims who want atmosphere over gameplay
Main risk
Expecting a real detective game and getting a railroaded walking sim with a confusing ending
What players love
Immersive noir cyberpunk atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“It just has that perfect futury, distopian, gritty, noir feel to it that eludes SO many movies and games that try to do it.”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗
Excellent voice acting and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“While all actors were top-notch, I thought the voice actor for James (Phillip Sacramento) nailed it”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
Great world-building and premise
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It is a world where people can get new bodies (or shells) and by doing so, they can essentially live forever.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Cool time-rewind crime scene mechanic
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“the scene reconstruction system is a genuinely interesting mechanic.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Short, engaging story that respects your time
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Great story. Great graphics. And the game respects players time.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Hand-holding, railroaded detective work
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“A detective game that holds your hand so much it accidentally became a walking simulator.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Confusing, disappointing story and ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“towards the end the story becomes one of the worst I've seen, it doesn't make sense”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Choices barely matter; ending hinges on one pick
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Locking the entire ending branches behind a single dialogue decision is just poor game design”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
Poor UE5 optimization and performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“no excuse why this game is literally stutter-fest and almost single digit in literally opening parts.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
No chapter select or manual saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“once I reach the end, I don't find a chapter selector, but a middle finger.”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Too short and feels like it lacks content
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“Terribly short. Feels like a prologue, not an actual game.”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core I3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 or Intel Arc A750
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT or Intel Arc A770
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core I3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 or Intel Arc A750
Storage30 GB available space
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