Death Stair

Death Stair

Released Aug 2016

Missing the days of split screen multiplayer or wanting to play with actual in-person friends in the same room? Death Stair is a local multiplayer stair climbing game. Play locally with maximum three friends and race to the finish while the fourth, armed to the teeth with an arsenal of unconventional ammo types, does everything to stop...

69% positive · 285 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Death Stair launched on August 16, 2016 and received active post-launch support through late 2016. The developer shipped patches in August and September 2016 addressing feedback from PAX West, and then released one notable content update on November 15, 2016 — the "Clouds" mode, which added a new map and three new weapons for the Gunner role. That November 2016 post is the last recorded developer communication of any kind. No further updates, announcements, or developer posts have appeared since then — a silence spanning from November 2016 through today (June 2026). There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content, and no developer statements about ongoing plans. The game has no DLC listed at all. Given nearly a decade of silence following what appears to be the final content drop, the game is best understood as a complete, finished product that shipped everything the developer built for it.
Evidence
The 'Clouds' mode update added a new map and three new Gunner weapons (tridents, boulders, lightning orbs). This is the last recorded developer communication.
news post · Nov 15, 2016 source content shipped
high
Death Stair officially launched on Steam on August 16, 2016.
news post · Aug 16, 2016 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Publisher
Missing Link Games
Achievements
12
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Looking for that new party game to liven things up? Have some friends you don’t want to keep as friends anymore? Death Stair is exactly what you're looking for.

Death Stair is the world’s greatest competitive multiplayer stair climbing game. In local or online play, up to three people race to the finish while the fourth, armed to the teeth with an arsenal of unconventional ammo types, does everything to stop them. Death Stair takes competitive multiplayer to new extremes with ridiculous ragdoll physics and ludicrous 3v1 asymmetrical gameplay! Will you hate the player or hate the game in this chaotic ordeal designed to make friends into enemies.

Features include:

  • Dig your elbows in with up to 4 player split screen
  • Full online support means you can destroy your long distance relationships too
  • A combination of 1st and 3rd person Action
  • Exact revenge on your friends in a new way every match with our All-New Party Mode with more than 200 Million possible match outcomes!
  • Take to the stairs or to the skies in a variety of detailed environments
  • Full controller support for that classic party game feeling
  • Original Soundtrack composed the legendary Matthew A.C Cohen
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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