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Death Becomes You

Death Becomes You

Released: 8/4/2023

Death Becomes You is a murder mystery visual novel set in a magical university. Who murdered your best friend?! You find 4 suspicious students at the scene. As all of them turn on you and accuse you of the murder, how can you find the truth and prove your innocence? Untangle the reasons behind Lyra's death by building friendships with 4 of your fellow magic students. Choose who to investigate in the 4 routes of the story. Who had the motivation to kill Lyra? Or did Lyra have secrets that she was hiding? FEATURES Replayability - multiple routes to unlock more and more of the truth. Characters with complicated motives and interpersonal history. 4 character routes, and 10+ endings (mostly bad ends). ~77,000 words Chamber Ensemble Original Soundtrack composed by Jeffrey Clements

Death Becomes You is a murder mystery visual novel set in a magical university. Who murdered your best friend?! You find 4 suspicious students at the scene. As all of them turn on you and accuse you of the murder, how can you find the truth and prove your innocence? Untangle the reasons behind Lyra's death by building friendships with 4 of your fellow magic students. Choose who to investigate in the 4 routes of the story. Who had the motivation to kill Lyra? Or did Lyra have secrets that she was hiding? FEATURES Replayability - multiple routes to unlock more and more of the truth. Characters with complicated motives and interpersonal history. 4 character routes, and 10+ endings (mostly bad ends). ~77,000 words Chamber Ensemble Original Soundtrack composed by Jeffrey Clements

Death Becomes You is a murder mystery visual novel set in a magical university. Who murdered your best friend?! You find 4 suspicious students at the scene. As all of them turn on you and accuse you of the murder, how can you find the truth and prove your innocence? Untangle the reasons behind Lyra's death by building friendships with 4 of your fellow magic students. Choose who to investigate in the 4 routes of the story. Who had the motivation to kill Lyra? Or did Lyra have secrets that she was hiding? FEATURES Replayability - multiple routes to unlock more and more of the truth. Characters with complicated motives and interpersonal history. 4 character routes, and 10+ endings (mostly bad ends). ~77,000 words Chamber Ensemble Original Soundtrack composed by Jeffrey Clements

Critics

61

Score Breakdown

60.5

Critic Average

4 reviews

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Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

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Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

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Metacritic Disparity

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Combined Disparity

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Average of both sources

Review Timing

2 early (50%)2 launch window (50%)0 late (0%)

Review summary

Updated May 12, 2026

Based on 4 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 60.5/100. Reviews were published 2 before release, 2 within the 60-day launch window, and 0 later.