For fans of Death and Taxes

Death and Taxes gave the Grim Reaper a desk, a boss and a stack of profiles to sort. DEADLINE: Afterlife Processing starts one step later. The dead are already here, waiting in line, and somebody has to file them.

What will feel familiar

• An office in the afterlife. Your post is Station 9, in the Dispositions Section. Where the line starts is not your concern. It ends at your press.
• Lives on paper. Every soul is a life split into three fragments. The record is all you get, and the record is rarely the whole story.
• Rules from above. The directives hang on a board: numbered, amended, always right. When no directive quite fits, the operator decides.
• Pay and a shop. Every processed soul prints a slip, every slip is money, and the catalog at the window always has more.

What is new

You don’t decide who dies. Everyone in the line already has. You decide where each soul goes. Theft? Descend. Charity? Ascend. Then you set the verdict, pull the lever and carry the sealed soul to Disposition A or Disposition B.

It’s a 3D room, played in first person. No menus and no health bars: the interface is the room itself, paper, machines and ink, with a handcrafted soundscape down to every stamp and every gear.

The catalog turns the job into a machine: better boots, a faster line, upgrades for your press, machines for the parts of the job you like least.

Questions

Is DEADLINE: Afterlife Processing like Death and Taxes?

Both are desk jobs in the afterlife, with rules from above, pay and a shop. In DEADLINE the people in line are already dead: you read their lives, follow the directives and seal where each soul goes, in first person.

Is there a demo?

Yes. The demo is part of Steam Next Fest, October 19–26, 2026.

Which platforms is it on?

Windows, on Steam.

Play the demo

The DEADLINE: Afterlife Processing demo is part of Steam Next Fest, October 19–26, 2026.

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Death and Taxes belongs to its creators. DEADLINE: Afterlife Processing is not affiliated with it. Press kit