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Death or Treat

The Halloween spirit is missing! Play as Scary and help him save HallowTown. "Death or Treat" is a 2D action-roguelite and hack & slash, with handpainted environments and traditional animation. Explore all the worlds and defeat hordes of enemies using different weapons and skills.

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Developer
Saona Studios
Publisher
Saona Studios, Hawthorn Games
Release
May 11, 2023
3 years and 84 days ago
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Mostly Positive106 reviews74.5%

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About the Game

Join Scary in the HallowVerse to make things great again!



You will play as Scary, the owner of Ghost Mart, leader in manufacturing candies for Halloween.

Discover a huge world with lots of rooms, explore new maps in every run while you try to survive the hordes of enemies. It’s not an easy task, every world is even more tricky than the other. Starting with Darkchat, the Storyum lab, Riptok, the most used app sede, Deviltube, leaders distributing storyum, and the last but not least FaceBoo!, the ultimate epic frontier.

Will you overcome the callenge and dare to defeat Clark Fackerberg?

Choose your combat style



Combat is one of the fundamental pillars of Death or Treat. Choose your favorite weapon style (fast, heavy or ranged) and face a real horde of enemies in the purest hack'n slash style: fly through the air and attack the crowd with force, move nimbly and look for their weak point.

Collect valuable hidden treasures to unlock new terrifying weapons and spooky skills that will help you in your journey.

Home, sweet home: HallowTown



Meet the spooky but friendly neighbours of HallowTown, they are a coffin of surprises!

Each one of the stores that you will find in HallowTown can provide different profit for your enterprise. You can create new weapons at Frank's Forge, or buy healing potions at DetoxBucks. Our vampire shopkeeper, Joe Bite Them, will help you get new empty slots for your inventory, and the Pumpkin guys will teach you how to craft magic spells. Finally, go to Pumpkin© to trade your ingredients for more candies!

A whole handpainted world to explore



“Death or Treat” is an action hack and slash rogue-lite 2D with traditional animations and handpainted environments.

We work with traditional illustrators and animators, each of them brings their best to create HallowTown in a distinctive style. Each world has its unique look and vibes, so make sure to enjoy every run!
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