Nobody Wants to Die
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective…
Nobody Wants to Die is an adventure developed by Critical Hit Games, released 17 July 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.49 at Steam. The main story takes about 5.8 hrs to finish.
What Nobody Wants to Die is
Nobody Wants to Die is an adventure game developed by Critical Hit Games and released in 2024. It was published by PLAION. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Experience a noir adventure in an alternate future of New York City in 2329; technology has advanced to offer humans eternal life, allowing consciousness to be stored in memory banks or transferred from one body to another. That is, if you can afford the subscription. See through the eyes of Mortality Department Detective James Karra on his hunt for a serial killer who targets the city’s elite citizens. Investigate crime scenes using his time manipulation augmentation and advanced technology to reconstruct events leading up to each murder and uncover clues that lead to the horrifying truth behind the murders.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are mystery, science fiction and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 26 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Nobody Wants to Die holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 80 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8.5 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.49, that works out to about $0.43 per hour of the main story, or $0.29 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core I3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 or Intel Arc A750. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.49 at Steam, 90% below its usual price. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹1,400.00 (about $14.69), while Germany pays €24.99 — 1.9 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 19 on Steam, which is about $18.99.
What it launched against
Nobody Wants to Die launched on 17 July 2024, within three weeks of Thank Goodness You're Here!, Once Human, Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit and Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Thank Goodness You're Here!, Once Human, Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Nobody Wants to Die yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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