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A Date with Death

A Date with Death

Two and a Half Studios · released Dec 6, 2023

IndieSimulationFree To PlayPC

Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

90
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence
94%
At launch
98%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
82%
Player sentiment
99%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews98%941000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)99%95108
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 93.0, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 14,721 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 286 reviews sampled · 308 total reviews in window · weighted 202.6 up / 2.5 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

No patch announcements found on Steam yet.