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We Who Are About To Die

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App ID 973230
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Jordy Lakiere
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 27924129
Last Record Update 11 March 2025 – 23:08:58 UTC ()
Release Date 14 November 2022 – 16:59:57 UTC ()
😎 85.49%
7k reviews
74
In-Game

Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas -- rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!

Additional Information

Developer Jordy Lakiere
controller_support partial
ReleaseState released
Publisher Jordy Lakiere
Store Release Date 14 November 2022 – 17:00:01 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.com/invite/8PEutcdwf5
https://www.twitch.tv/jordylakiere
https://x.com/JordyLakiere
https://www.youtube.com/lakierosjordy/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28), Strategy (2), Early Access (70)
Steam Release Date 14 November 2022 – 16:59:57 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 6 December 2024 – 08:51:15 UTC () (1733475075)
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russianWe Who Are About To Die - Идущие на смерть
review_score 8
review_percentage 88
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, OculusXRPlugin SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
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  • category: Playable
  • test_timestamp: 27 November 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 16516478
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2641
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
Early Access Release Date 14 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 28 October 2018 – 16:42:51 UTC (), in changelist #5297925

Supported Languages

13 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
French Yes
Italian Yes
German Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Japanese Yes
Korean Yes
Polish Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes

Tags

🌱 Indie 👻 Action Roguelike 👻 Roguelite 🖥️ Simulation 🎲 RPG 💥 Action RPG 🔋 Physics 🤺 Swordplay 😖 Gore 🔄 Replay Value ☠️ Perma Death 🏛️ Rome 😓 Difficult 💼 Management 🌫 Atmospheric 🛡️ Hack and Slash 👻 Roguelike 🏰 Medieval 💥 Action 📜 Historical

Categories

Single-player Steam Cloud Family Sharing Early Access

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp6 December 2024 – 08:51:47 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 74 players right now
  • 95 24-hour peak
  • 2,266 all-time peak 5 February 2023
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Store data

  • 56,343 followers
  • #1697 in top sellers
  • 6,441 positive reviews
  • 869 negative reviews
  • 88.11% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 31,568 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 85.49% SteamDB Rating
  • 6,441 88.1% positive reviews
  • 869 11.9% negative reviews

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Markers

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14 November 2022 – 16:59 Steam Release -
19 June 2024 We Who Are About to Die- Update -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 74 players live playing We Who Are About To Die on Steam.

We Who Are About To Die had an all-time peak of 2266 concurrent players on 5 February 2023.

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