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Dead End Job

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Dead End Job

Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.

Action Indie Local Co-Op Top-Down Shooter Singleplayer
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Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back, and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.

  • Exorcise restaurants, offices and other buildings.
  • Use a plasma blaster, your trusty vacuum pack and a whole range of supernatural items.
  • Save your mentor's soul or she'll spend eternity as a spook (voted “Least Preferred Fate” in Ghost Hunter Monthly).
  • So many ghosts.
  • A madcap story written by IGF nominee Xalavier Nelson Jr
  • Drop in/drop out couch co-op, as your mentor appears to lend a hand!
  • Stunning cartoon-quality artwork inspired by 90’s favourites like Ren & Stimpy.
  • Actually, maybe too many ghosts?
  • Featuring original music by the award-winning Will Morton (Grand Theft Auto series).
  • Twitch and Mixer integration allows viewers to help or hinder the streamer.
  • Seriously, can someone please get rid of all of these ghosts?



Please note that Dead End Job supports mouse & keyboard controls for single player, but couch co-op requires at least one player to use a controller.

Familiar Haunts

You take on the role of Hector Plasm, a worker at Ghoul-B-Gone – ‘the Number One experts in paranormal pest control’ – as you’re tasked with heading to haunted offices, restaurants, and other everyday buildings before freeing them of unwanted guests. One minute you're sucking up specters, the next you're sucking up to your bosses, chasing that promotion.
Have you got what it takes to be the best at putting pests to rest?

Don’t Suck… Well, Actually Do

Exercise that fighting spirit, since every specter you snag and every resident you rescue is added to your client’s bill at the end of the job. Haunted by the ghost of your mentor, quite literally, you must learn the ropes and to save her soul before she’s forced to spend eternity as a spook (voted “Least Preferred Fate” in Ghost Hunter Monthly).

Kindred Spirits

Play alone or bust ghosts with a buddy in drop in / drop out co-op that works seamlessly within the main adventure. Plus you can play to an audience with Twitch and Mixer interactivity that allows viewers to help or hinder your assault on the afterlife.

Ghost Writer

Do you love 90's cartoons? Yeah, so do we, and we grew up on their stretchy squishy gross-out laughs. Our love for them spills over into the game like so much ectoplasm. See every nose hair in wacky, vibrant art that brings everyday items to life as screwball spooks to suck up. To top it off, the entire adventure is backed by music from the award-winning Will Morton (Grand Theft Auto series).

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System requirements Windows · Linux

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 8800 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Linux

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 8800 or equivalent
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

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Recommended:
    Game details Languages, features & support
    Publisher
    Ant Workshop Ltd
    USK rating
    12
    Brazilian rating
    12
    Steam Germany rating
    12
    Achievements
    36
    Controller support
    full
    Features
    Single-player, Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
    Languages
    English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
    Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

    Can I Play This?

    Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

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    playable
    Valve compatibility test
    The on-screen keyboard may need to be opened manually.
    Input
    Controller support: unknown
    Structured language support (14)
    LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
    EnglishYesNoYes
    FrenchYesNoYes
    GermanYesNoYes
    Spanish - SpainYesNoYes
    JapaneseYesNoYes
    RussianYesNoYes
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    ItalianYesNoYes
    ArabicYesNoYes
    DutchYesNoYes
    KoreanYesNoYes
    Portuguese - BrazilYesNoYes
    Traditional ChineseYesNoYes
    TurkishYesNoYes
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    Value Score

    Fair Value — 79th percentile.

    Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 79th percentile. Priced as Premium at $16.99.

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    Genre Benchmarks

    Player Count Top 15%
    Value Ratio Top 21%

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Is Dead End Job worth buying right now?
    Wait — $16.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
    When does Dead End Job go on sale?
    Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
    Is Dead End Job free to play?
    Dead End Job costs $16.99 on Steam.
    What genre is Dead End Job?
    Dead End Job is a Action, Indie game.
    Who developed Dead End Job?
    Dead End Job was developed by Ant Workshop Ltd and published by Ant Workshop Ltd.
    What platforms does Dead End Job support?
    Available on Steam for Windows, Linux.

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