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Have a Nice Death is 60% off now!
The darkly charming roguelike hit of 2023, Have a Nice Death, is on sale now for 60% off! Don’t miss your chance to get this indie gem on sale at a massive discount. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1740720/Have_a_Nic…
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Have a Nice Death is on Sale Now
The darkly charming roguelike hit of 2023, Have a Nice Death, is on sale now as part of the Steam Autumn Sale! Head over to Steam to get the hack’n’scythe adventure for 50% off. Don’t miss your chance to get this indie…
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We are now Arc Games
We're very excited to announce that we are now Arc Games! We're the same team of passionate gamers that brought you many beloved franchises including the Remnant series, Have a Nice Death, Star Trek Online and Neverwint…
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Minor Hotfix - March 18, 2024
CHANGES - The condition to unlock the achievement “Oh Shoo, O’Shah” has been modified: instead of getting all the curses AND penalties, you just need to get all the curses. BUGFIXED - We've also fixed a problem that cou…
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Have a Nice Death is on sale NOW
The darkly charming roguelike hit of 2023, Have a Nice Death, is on sale now as part of the Steam Winter Sale! Get the hack’n’scythe adventure for 33% off. Don’t miss your chance to get this indie gem on sale this holid…
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Minor Hotfix Patch
Hello New Recruits! We just released a minor hotfix addressing a bug you all had reported plus fxing some small issues with dialogues. Thank you for your continued support! BUG FIXES The curse “Fake It ‘Til Ya Make It”…
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Steam Awards Game of the Year Nominations Now Live!
Thanks to all the support from the dedicated new trainees of Death Inc. This year's Steam Awards voting is live! Show Death he deserves a holiday!
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Hotfix - 2023/05/15
QUALITY of DEATH IMPROVEMENTS New entries in workerguide: => The effects (get a curse to unlock), => The Thing in the Fridge (use the fridge in breakroom to unlock) Changed some entries in workerguide Tutorial for bette…
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Hotfix - 2023/04/13
BALANCING OVERALL Change Natural Disaster Department order to pair with the War Department -> Unlocked once the player will beat Major Pliskhan -> Rebalance the economy of the game since there is now one less full world…
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A Note From Simon #6
Hello Everyone, It was quite a long road! For those who haven't heard about it, we just released HAVE A NICE DEATH out of early access not too long ago. Everyone here at Magic Design Studios is very happy about finally…
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Have a Nice Death is available NOW!
Have a Nice Death is a hand-drawn 2D Action Rogue-Lite where you play as Death, Founder and CEO of Death Incorporated—a sprawling corporate empire that processes souls for the afterlife—who currently finds himself teete…
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Launch Update Notes
All of us at Magic Design Studios and Gearbox Publishing are beyond ecstatic for all mortals to finally jump into the full game and join Death Inc.! Development on Have a Nice Death has been incredible - from our big an…
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A Note From Simon #5
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! (Never too late to say that.) A new chapter starts for everyone, including at Death, INC. Let's dive right back to work then. Last December, we have released our last content patch which had a l…
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Gameplay Overview
Learn the ins and outs of everything in the darkly charming 2D action rouge-like, Have a Nice Death, and how to be the afterlife’s best boss! Launching on March 22, 2023.
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Life in the Afterlife: Tools of the Trade
Running Death, Inc. is hard work and takes special tools! With more than 70 different weapons - a variety of Scythes, Cloaks, and Pitbook spells - there’s something for everyone. Here’s a little sign-on bonus for our ne…
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Life in the Afterlife: Tour of Death, Inc.
In this new trailer for Have a Nice Death, you can take a carefree tour of Death Inc., your new home away from home... forever! Death Inc. is the Underworld’s leading mega corporation in charge of processing souls into…
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