One Way To Die
Released Sep 2015
After waking from a terrifying dream of your own untimely death, you attempt to make your way to the Finnigan Brothers' Fun Park for its last day then back home again. It's like playing Russian roulette with five chambers loaded, but more frustrating.
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Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
One Way To Die is a free-to-play text adventure that launched in September 2015 and has received a number of updates over the years, including a significant overhaul in October 2019 (version 5.0) that added a new Story Mode, redesigned graphics, and a revamped Saboteur multiplayer mode.
The developer (operating under both CoaguCo Industries and the revived Tenth&Hess Games banner) has been publicly working toward one final update for this game for several years. In a December 8, 2024 end-of-year post, the developer confirmed that the final update's main loop had been rebuilt and the conversion was approximately 90% complete, with a target release of "sometime after the new year — probably January" (2025).
That January 2025 window has now passed without the update shipping, and there has been no developer communication of any kind since December 8, 2024 — a gap of over six months as of June 27, 2026. The developer has not acknowledged the delay, cancelled the update, or provided any revised timeline.
The sole DLC on record — a Deluxe Edition add-on — was released in September 2015 and is fully available. All currently listed DLC is shipped.
Because the developer explicitly announced a final update that remains undelivered, and has gone silent well beyond the expected delivery window with no follow-up, the content situation is uncertain: the update was clearly planned and nearly finished as of late 2024, but its current status is unknown.
Evidence
Developer confirmed the final update for One Way To Die is approximately 90% complete, with the main loop rebuilt, and targeted a January 2025 release.
Last official developer communication as of June 27, 2026. No posts have appeared since this date, representing over six months of silence past a missed January 2025 deadline.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
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Details
Developer
Publisher
CoaguCo Industries
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP
About this game

Set logic aside to play the game where losing is actually winning and your character may be the dumbest person to ever live!
After waking from a terrifying dream of your own untimely death, you attempt to make your way to the Finnigan Brothers' Fun Park for its last day then back home again in this all-new text-adventure from CoaguCo Industries. You must survive ten chapters of ridiculous deaths and traps spanning over one hundred and fifty ways to die with no discernible way to navigate to safety. It's like playing Russian roulette with five chambers loaded, but more frustrating.
Warning, this game is reading. Lots and lots of reading.

- All-new Story Mode to make better sense of your fate
- Legacy Choose and Random Modes unlockable after your first win
- Two holidays modes: Halloween and X-Mas; active on their respective holidays
- All-new multiplayer Saboteur to kill friends or strangers
- 18 achievements
- Hand-drawn art of mostly skulls and blood
- Original music from Azucar

The new Story Mode allows for more choices in the way you perish and better odds of surviving. It incorporates a new luck mechanic that, when it runs out, so does your chances of making it to the Fun Park. The original Choose Mode, where you select a number blindly, and Random Mode, where the computer selects your fate, are included but only accessible after you play the game on Story Mode first.
The new Saboteur feature now allows friends or strangers to jump into your game and dog your ever step with a variety of traps. Don't worry though, you can always choose to jump into someone else's game and return the favor.
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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