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Worse Than Death
Developer BancyCo
Worse Than Death is a scary, action-adventure horror game about a high school reunion that goes horribly wrong! Run for your life, hide from terrifying enemies, and solve devious puzzles to uncover the dark secrets of your wretched home town. From the Steam store page
77 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
LovedLoved
39 positive · 13 negative
95% range 62–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 39 | 13 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 0 | 20 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
40 of 53 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
75% recommend · 38 yes, 13 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 51 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (53 of 68 positive).
Players praise the game's art style and atmosphere, calling it a well-crafted horror experience. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the story and ending lackluster or clichéd. [4][5][6] The gameplay is considered easy, with simple puzzles and stealth sections. [7][8][9]
Representative posts
- [5]
Small horror game that never quite gets off the ground. While the pixel-art visuals are nice and atmospheric, bland gameplay and outright bad story prevents from enjoying the game.
- [1]
- Great mix of pixel & hand drawn art. - Tricky (but fun) puzzles. - Creepy/eerie atmosphere. - Good story & characters. All round great game. Would definitely recommend.
- [2]
Good horror adventure. There is probably every possible genre cliche in it, but it's well crafted, spooky and worth the time.
- [3]
Worse Than Death is an atmospheric indie horror experience that proves suspense does not require photorealistic visuals or elaborate combat systems to leave a lasting impression. Developed and published by BancyCo, the game follows Holly, a young woman who returns to her hometown to reconnect with old friends, only to become entangled in a terrifying series of events tied to memories she would rather forget. What …
- [4]
A very beautiful and enjoyable short horror game, if one with a lackluster story.
Summarised from 34 of the 75 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Worse Than Death sits at 75% positive across 52 opinionated reactions from 2 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 77 · most liked firstApple sent us notices that Home and Worse Than Death (both of which have been Game of The Day, BTW) will be removed from the App Store because... they're not live-service games that require constant updates. Others have said it already, but sometimes shit is just DONE. #gamedev #indiegame
positive · AI labelView post →Share a weird fact about your #indiegame . Mine: most of our third game, Worse Than Death, was designed while sipping iced coffee at a maid cafe. 🎀 #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Description Worse Than Death is a 2D survival-horror game with a mix of pixel art and comic book-style illustrations. You play Holly, a young woman who hasn't set foot in her hometown since graduation and is now coming back for a high school reunion. You're only supposed to spend some time with your best friend Flynn and reminisce about your high school days (and the terrible accident that killed his fiancee/your friend Grace)... but things are going to escalate quickly. The game plays out…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey, it's a proper intro post! I'm Ben, a Toronto videogame developer who runs a studio called BancyCo with my wonderful wife. We've made indie games for 11+ years & now have a growing team. For some reason PlayStation really likes us. Home, Alone With You, Worse Than Death... and soon, Game #4.
neutral · AI labelView post →My Playtime: 5.4h (100% achievement, finished the game thrice) My First Playthrough: 3.6h Grindy Achievement(s): No. Optional Achievement(s): Yes (19 achievements). Difficult Achievement(s): No. Intro Worse Than Death is a sidescroller thriller game about a woman that explores areas infested with monsters and strange phenomena. The game was split into 8 short chapters with some checkpoints in between. Pros: - Jumpscares are not scary, but they will definitely surprise you - Cleverly done…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was...okay. I'd say the only real reason I'm giving it a thumbs down is because comparatively pricewise, there are other games that have done much more for the same amount of money. The story is...fine. It's fine. Holly comes back to a 10 year class reunion to meet up with her best friend Flynn after she left town for college after a tragedy struck. As befits a horror game, stuff goes sideways real fast. It's not that the story is bad, per se, but moreso that it's executed in odd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy sixth birthday to our second #horror game, Worse Than Death! 💀 It's still my favourite of our #indiegame children.
positive · AI labelView post →Been replaying the Silent Hill 2 remake (and loving it all over again). Still find it funny that it has the same X-ray puzzle as our second horror game, Worse Than Death. #gamedev #indiegame #horror
neutral · AI labelView post →My debug overlay for Worse Than Death was always... a little intense. 😵💫 #gamedev #indiegame #GameMaker
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #gamedev Monday, fellow game creators. I'm taking a step back from our new project to do an emergency update to Worse Than Death — which is about to be delisted on iOS due to Apple's rules. I appreciate #GameMaker letting me sort diagnostics like this! #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →Worse Than Prom Night Taking a step aside from the completely narrative-driven Home, Worse Than Death aims to deliver a more straightforward story, while also expanding on the gameplay mechanics to present a more familiar horror game. And it does deliver, although without much of an aftertaste. Playing as Holly, you return to your hometown for a high school reunion, which begrudgingly wakes up some painful memories for our heroine. Soon she finds herself racing across town to solve a murder…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Small horror game that never quite gets off the ground. While the pixel-art visuals are nice and atmospheric, bland gameplay and outright bad story prevents from enjoying the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worse Than Death. The game’s title is just begging to be used against it, but no—I will take the high road. Unfortunately this high road is bumper-to-bumper with truck nuts and middle fingers, so it still ain’t going to be pretty. What we have here is an anemic point-and-click adventure game with spooky trappings that doesn’t have a single interesting idea. Almost nothing in its cliched mystery, cookie cutter puzzles, bland writing, nor its cartoony art style feels fresh. The only mechanics…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The comic book-like story graphics are superb, but everything else is a letdown. The "stealth sections" are too easy to take seriously - even other indie games have more complex monster behavior. The story is a mass of cliches that aren't even that well put together. It makes less and less sense the more you think about it. Honestly, it's really kind of a shame they wasted such a pretty character design on this schlock. Maybe they should try again with a better writer and sweep this first try…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the 👻 STEAM SCREAM SALE 🧛! Both Home and Worse Than Death are included, and they're 85% off until Nov. 2. 😱 HOME: go.bancy.co/homeSteam 💀 WTD: go.bancy.co/wtdSteam #horror #indiegame #gaming #halloween
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah, it's April. That doesn't mean you can't play spooky games! Our critically-acclaimed second #horror game, Worse Than Death, is 85% off for the Xbox Un-Halloween Sale. 👻❎ 👉 www.xbox.com/en-us/games/... #indiegames #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello, fellow #indiegame lovers! Our first three games are all 70% off as part of the #PlayStation Indies sale. 💀 Worse Than Death: go.bancy.co/wtdPS4 🚀 Alone With You: go.bancy.co/awyPS4 😱 Home: go.bancy.co/homePS4 If you like horror or sci-fi, please spread the word!
neutral · AI labelView post →All of our games have had game consoles hidden in them. 🔍 😱 Home: #PS2 / #GameCube (depending on the platform) 🚀 Alone With You: #SegaCD 💀 Worse Than Death: #SegaSaturn Did you find what we snuck in Neo Harbor Rescue Squad? #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Can you believe it's been FIVE YEARS since our last game, Worse Than Death!? 💀 It launched today in 2019 on PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and Steam. It's my favourite of all our projects, and I can't wait to return to #horror for our next game. #indiegame
positive · AI labelView post →Our two story-rich #horror games are deeply discounted in the #Steam Scream sale! 🔪 Make choices, uncover dark mysteries, and scare yourself silly with these indie classics: 😱 Home: go.bancy.co/homeSteam 💀 Worse Than Death: go.bancy.co/wtdSteam #indiegame #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Game 113: Worse Than Death This was great, compared to other games like White Day and Ao Oni its a bit underpar but great. I like this. Only issues were the audio. It feels like you can't hear much unless you turn up the volume a lot (I have hearing issues so yea) 9/10
positive · AI labelView post →I was really excited to play this game on my birthday at night, and I was really into it for the first 10 minutes, until the mechanics of the game play loop was introduced (15 minutes in, it's basically: press a button to hide within the background, wait until the enemy passes by, pop back out). While the enemy mechanics are similar to Lone Survivor, Lone Survivor is a much better game in all aspects (game play, story, atmosphere, etc). I feel bad for saying that because I can tell a lot of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been publishing a #horror manga sequel to our third game, Worse Than Death, for the past little while. Three new chapters are hitting #Webtoon starting today! 👀 m.webtoons.com/en/canvas/wo...
neutral · AI labelView post →- Great mix of pixel & hand drawn art. - Tricky (but fun) puzzles. - Creepy/eerie atmosphere. - Good story & characters. All round great game. Would definitely recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh, PSA: the Canadian #TaxHoliday applies to physical videogames, and we have a few! @vgp-videogamesplus.bsky.social stocks our titles: Switch 3-pack: videogamesplus.ca/products/bei... Alone With You PS4: videogamesplus.ca/products/alo... Worse Than Death PS4: videogamesplus.ca/products/wor...
neutral · AI labelView post →New year, new stream! 📺 Starting tonight at 8pm EST, I'll be going through our previous games (Home, Alone With You, Worse Than Death) in @gamemaker.io and updating them for Steam/iOS patches. Come watch a veteran indie game dev squint at his old code in horror! 👉 www.twitch.tv/thebenjaminr...
neutral · AI labelView post →The atmosphere and the story are exceptionally well-crafted; they had me hooked, and I couldn't put the game down. However, I can't say that the game posed much of a challenge. The sections with monsters roaming the area are surprisingly easy to navigate (I even earned both the Flawless and Ghost achievements without much effort). If you're seeking a challenging experience, this might not be the game for you, as it leans more towards a story-oriented experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent game for what it is. I loved the mixture of graphics, which made for a nice change of pace for a fan of pixel graphics. The sounds and music in the game were also really good. For a supernatural story, it was decent albeit a bit short, but the plot twist at the end seemed like a cheap/easy way to do a "oh hey look, you ACTUALLY didn't know what was going on!" which isn't bad, per se, but I'm not totally a fan of that kind of story work. Almost all the puzzles were a bit too easy and if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good horror adventure. There is probably every possible genre cliche in it, but it's well crafted, spooky and worth the time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a short, side scrolling game. I bought it after seeing it on youtube. I do think the ending is a bit, weird. But the art style switching between pixel, and head shots is pretty good. only thing I'd change is adding a different monster per location. Maybe a location specific monster. solid 6/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros - Great art-style and overall presentation - Simple but engaging game-play and interesting puzzle design. Not too hard, game flows along nicely. - Auto-save - Different difficulty options. Cons - Ending was a little bit of an anti-climax. - Short, I left the game running a fair bit so my time is significantly overstated.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a strange little gem. The horror isn't just from the monsters, it's from the secrets we keep. Loved the art and the puzzles. Didn't love the ending, and not enough was resolved for me. That being said, the game is definitely worth it's $10 asking price!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed it - pursuing the mystery, like with Home, I like this guy's games. But I'd feel shaky recommending it in general. Would rate neutral if I could.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's been lots of Xbox news lately, and you can get our horror action game Worse Than Death on Xbox for 85% off until tomorrow. Talk about timing! ❎ www.xbox.com/en-us/games/... #indiegame #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Nope, I rolled a flat zero in the Aftermath. They've also become a flesh-melted Cronenberg but they're buried under rubble in a Fate Worse Than Death. Only two out of five of the rats survived our Rat Patrol game and the one that infected mine has been Forever Changed...
neutral · AI labelView post →We can believe it! Our third game (Worse Than Death) did better on iOS in its first few weeks than other platforms because Apple Canada promoted (and featured) us. Likewise with PlayStation; we perform better there, always.
positive · AI labelView post →worst twisted story ending ever played
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oooooh, great list, thanks! If you have room, I'd love to be included. I made indie horror game Home back in the day and its horror follow-up, Worse Than Death. www.bancy.co/games/home
neutral · AI labelView post →Just a heads-up that our physical Being Home Alone With You is Worse Than Death triple-pack for #NintendoSwitch has got a beefy discount for #BlackFriday over at @vgp-videogamesplus.bsky.social! videogamesplus.ca/products/bei...
neutral · AI labelView post →Our 2nd horror game, Worse Than Death, is also 85% off for the Steam Scream sale! 💀 Solve tricky puzzles, hide from scary invisible monsters, and uncover a tragic tale in this action-adventure title. Fun achievements and 3 difficulty settings! 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/1029100/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Was a very nice game, up until the final act of the story. It was a huge letdown. This couldve been a great start to a series. I love the pixel graphics, the puzzles were great, but the secret that you the player realize is stupid. I mean break the game stupid. Then there was not really an ending, it just leaves you going "Are you kidding me?! 5 hours of my life for that!" The big secret that you the player have as Holly is...she was in love with Grace. Thats it...you say that, the ghost tells…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was short very linear horror game probably taking around 5 hours to complete with 1 to 3 hours more if you're going for 100%. I really like the art style and animations, I think they're quite nice and the grainy filter the game has is a nice touch, the sound and ambience is also quite nice, the intro music especially is a BOP, I think it's custom made for this game, makes me wonder if there's a full version somewhere out there. As for the story, it is quite an interesting one with some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cheap jumpsacres, stupid puzzles, "stealth". Ay let's update, finished this game. Initially I was very angry at first two puzzles. Those were lacking hints. Rest of puzzles were so-so but understandable. Except for last one, my sight is not very good and I it took a bit of squinting to figure out that second number was 8 (password is 1853) but that was not the case. Number 1 was written with just straight vertical line "I" pardon me that I thought that it was just some visual garbage that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worse Than Death is a 2D indie horror title set amidst a small town's High School reunion attended by protagonist Holly and her friend Flynn, who are ten years removed from the school, while Holly herself having left the town itself shortly after graduation. While at first the setting seems innocuous enough, with Holly making smalltalk with old small town friends, the game quickly devolves into a near-Lovecraftian style of horror, as mysterious forces disrupt the reunion, and Holly is seperated…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game. The story is intriguing and I really like the art style but the awful "stealth" sections absolutely killed it for me. I made it to part 7 and finally just couldn't be bothered anymore. The exploration sections where you're doing some classic adventure type item hunting is neat but then the stealth comes back. "Oh look, it's cold and the music's amped up. Time to run a bit and then hide in a shadow until the baddie walks past and then hopefully I can get to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very beautiful and enjoyable short horror game, if one with a lackluster story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fine, but not much more than that. Worse Than Death has a likable set of protagonists with realistic human problems, but little else worth mentioning. It isn't very scary either in gameplay or in narrative which is less than ideal for a horror game, but it's short so at least it doesn't waste time and keeps you moving from location to location and puzzle to puzzle. The plot starts out interesting with lots of threads and possibilities, but there isn't enough fuel in the tank to make much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worse Than Death is an atmospheric indie horror experience that proves suspense does not require photorealistic visuals or elaborate combat systems to leave a lasting impression. Developed and published by BancyCo, the game follows Holly, a young woman who returns to her hometown to reconnect with old friends, only to become entangled in a terrifying series of events tied to memories she would rather forget. What begins as a personal visit gradually transforms into a tense descent into fear,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worse Than Death — From Ontario developer/publisher Benjamin Rivers comes "A scary, action-adventure horror game about a high school reunion that goes horribly wrong!”. On sale for $3.74 (70% off) until Feb 17 2026. www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a puzzle game, but the puzzles are too obtuse. It tells you all the clues, but at the same time the "logic" is too arcane. Having played some horror adveture puzzle game this one has some nice atmosphere but puzzles zre more frustrating than interesting
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a well-crafted labor of love. The tone of the story and town was established perfectly, and I often found myself constantly asking, “what am I walking into next?” The ending left me scratching my head a bit because there wasn’t as much explained as I had hoped (I still have so many questions), but the twists and turns to get there were a lot of fun. Overall a nice slice of side-scrolling horror, and I look forward to checking out this studio’s other games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good, solid horror game with a nice pixel art style and interesting story that had me hooked till the end. Good atmosphere and the puzzles were difficult but not ridiculous, generally. Only criticism would be that the title screen music is a bit strangely out of place, and the ending felt a bit rushed. But those are minor things really, overall enjoyed it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a lot going for it. Game mechanics are solid, pixel art is masterfully done and the puzzles are a good way to break up the game albeit a little contrived. However, the story and the game's pacing feels off to me and the fear factor just isn't present. The bold claim "Top Ten Best Horror Games Of All Time" probably made me going in expecting a lot more. Worth a play and it may stick for some more than others.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10 Game Of Thrones Fates Worse Than Death youtu.be/iBwTZ7h0CSY?...
neutral · AI labelView post →fun adventure game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, I'll just start off by saying I did not like Home, but this game looked a lot better so I decided to give it a chance. And while the game looks and plays a lot better than Home, the story once again just falls flat to me. Here are my pros and cons of the game: PROS: Looks fine. Not the best looking point and click I've ever played, but it definitely is well done and well made. The movement is fine, even if the run animation is wonky. The puzzles are fairly easy, and easy to find hints for.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spooky made me jump 4 times
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The puzzles are fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really good and eerie horror game. The art work is excellent and the atmosphere is terrifying. The story has a few plot holes, but nothing too major.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute game. Cool story, you can get through this game quickly in one sitting.
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