Dead End Job
Released Dec 2019
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.
71% positive · 139 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $16.99
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Evaluation
Dead End Job launched on December 13, 2019 as a complete game. Following launch, the developer (Ant Workshop) shipped two post-launch updates: a bug fix and item addition pack called "Snacks & Attacks" on February 25, 2020, and a more substantial "Seven Deadly Sins" update on October 27, 2020 adding 8 new enemies, 7 new perks, and 7 new pickups. The October 2020 update represents the last piece of new content delivered to the game. A November 2021 news post appearing on the game's Steam page was a general announcement from publisher Thunderful Games about a digital showcase — it made no mention of Dead End Job specifically and contained no content commitments for this game. There have been no developer communications about Dead End Job since October 2020, no unreleased DLC on the store, and no roadmap or announcements of future content. The game launched as a finished product, received two rounds of post-launch additions, and has been quiet since October 27, 2020. All indications are that the game's content development concluded with the Seven Deadly Sins update.
Evidence
Seven Deadly Sins update added 8 new enemies, 7 new perks, and 7 new pickups. This is the last developer communication specifically about Dead End Job content.
Dead End Job launched on Steam on December 13, 2019 as a full release.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Ant Workshop Ltd
Achievements
36
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game

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).Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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