Choice of the Deathless
Released Aug 2014
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
91% positive · 324 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation
Choice of the Deathless is a text-based interactive fiction game by Max Gladstone, published by Choice of Games. It released on August 29, 2014, as a complete, self-contained narrative experience — a single-story game based on Gladstone's Craft Sequence novels. The store description presents no announcements of additional content, DLC, expansions, or post-launch updates. There are no DLC listings and no developer communications referencing future content. The game was released as a finished product and shows no signs of any post-launch content cycle having ever existed.
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Store description presents a complete, self-contained necromantic legal thriller with no mention of DLC, expansions, or planned post-launch content.
Short description confirms a fully contained narrative premise with no indication of ongoing or planned content additions.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Choice of Games
Achievements
32
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
"Choice of the Deathless" is a necromantic legal thriller by Max Gladstone, Campbell Award-nominated author of Three Parts Dead and Two Serpents Rise. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
"Choice of the Deathless" is a necromantic legal thriller by Max Gladstone, Campbell Award-nominated author of Three Parts Dead and Two Serpents Rise. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
- Explore a fantasy realm with a rich and evolving backstory, based on the novels published by Tor Books.
- Play as male or female, gay or straight, dead or alive (or both).
- Build your career on carefully reasoned contracts, or party all night with the skeletal partners at your firm.
- Navigate intrigue and mystery in a world of scheming magicians and devious monsters.
- Look for love in at least some of the right places.
- Balance student loans, sleep, daily commute, rent payments, and demonic litigation—hey, nobody said being a wizard was always fun.
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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