Press X to Not Die

Press X to Not Die

Released Oct 2017

A ridiculous live-action B-movie adventure you will never forget! You wake up to find your town in chaos. Everyone has gone crazy and is just attacking each other! A cryptic message is the secret to survival-- Press X to not die!

89% positive · 4,076 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Press X to Not Die launched out of Early Access on October 6, 2017, having received substantial content additions throughout its Early Access period. Both DLC items (the Soundtrack and Special Edition Content) shipped in 2016 and are fully released. After the 1.0 launch, the developer returned in early 2022 with a series of quality-of-life and technical patches (engine migration, global stats, PlayStation button prompts, clip skip feature), with the last of these landing on February 28, 2022. These were explicitly framed as spin-offs of work being done on a new project, not as new content expansions for the game itself. The most recent developer communication is from August 23, 2025, when All Seeing Eye Games announced their next game, Star Squadron, on the Press X to Not Die store page. That post makes clear the studio has moved on to a new project and references Press X to Not Die as a past work and source of inspiration. No new content for Press X to Not Die has been announced or implied. All DLC is released, no unreleased items exist in the store listing, and the developer has not suggested any further updates are coming to the game. The 2022 patches represent the last substantive development activity on the game, and the August 2025 post — while the most recent communication — reinforces that the studio's focus is now on Star Squadron. Press X to Not Die is a complete, finished product.
Evidence
Developer announced their next game, Star Squadron, citing Press X to Not Die as a past work and source of inspiration. No further content for Press X to Not Die is mentioned or implied.
news post · Aug 23, 2025 source development ending
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Official 1.0 launch day post celebrating the full release of the game after its Early Access period.
news post · Oct 6, 2017 source content shipped
high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
All Seeing Eye Games
Achievements
11
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

You wake up to find your town in chaos. Everyone has gone crazy and is just attacking each other! A cryptic message is the secret to survival-- Press X to not die!

Survive the streets, find your girlfriend, find out what happened, and get the hell out of town in this ridiculous live-action interactive movie adventure!

Key Features

  • Press buttons like your life depends on it! Because it does!

  • Over 35 minutes of HD footage!

  • Graphics so amazing, they look like real life!

  • 29 unique ways to die!

  • Uncover the secrets behind the madness in a branching storyline that reflects your choices!

  • A Dynamic Dialogue system that constructs key spoken sentences on the fly to reflect your actions and performance, providing for an unprecedentedly dynamic experience in an interactive movie.

  • “1994 Mode” re-renders the game as it would have looked during the golden age of interactive movies!

  • Steam Leaderboards to share your high score and the choices you made, with the world!

  • Fight a clown!

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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