Acid Nerve’s Death’s Door is playable on PS4 and PS5 and features a Crow, acting as a Grim Reaper, who harvests souls. After venturing to a realm where death doesn’t exist, you must gather several Great Souls to open Death’s Door. The isometric action-adventure title combines aspects of The Legend of Zelda and Dark Souls for a challenging but fan experience.

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Death’s Door sees players playing as a crow that reaps the souls of the dead, with a structure defined by an overworld and dungeon-based progression similar to classic The Legend of Zelda titles. Within less than a week of its launch, the game had amassed over 100,000 players, and though updated figures haven’t been provided since then, developer Acid Nerve has said that the game’s success has exceeded all of its expectations.

In our review of Death’s Door, we awarded the game a score of 8/10, saying, “Even with a few issues, Death’s Door is a tightly designed, challenging game that does wonders with its classic Zelda-inspired formula.” You can read our full review through here.

At the recent State of Play, publisher Devolver Digital announced that Death’s Door will be launching for PS5 and PS4 in November. Shortly afterward, the publisher confirmed on Twitter that it’ll be launching for the Nintendo Switch as well.

On a PlayStation Blog post, Acid Nerve confirmed that the game will run in 60 FPS on the PS5, while it will also support the DualSense’s haptic feedback. From your attacks to even your movement, expect the feedback for all of it to reflect “the weight, speed, complexity, and feel of each impact”, as the developer puts it.

Death’s Door is currently available on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC, and will launch for PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch on November 23.

In our review of the game, we awarded it a score of 8/10, saying, “Even with a few issues, Death’s Door is a tightly designed, challenging game that does wonders with its classic Zelda-inspired formula.” You can read our full review through here.

The critically acclaimed Death's Door swings open on PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch on November 23! pic.twitter.com/ugwvOOrKbN

— Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) October 27, 2021

Speaking to 9news, David Fenn – one half of the two-man team at Acid Nerve – said that the game’s success has met Acid Nerve’s “wildest expectations.”

“Nothing could’ve gone better,” Fenn said. “It’s kind of just our wildest expectations have been met.”

Acid Nerve’s Mark Foster went on to remark that Death’s Door being an Xbox console exclusive was part of the plan from the get go, and commented on its success despite the fact that it’s not available via Xbox Game Pass. “It was always Xbox exclusive, that was the plan from the very beginning,” Foster said. “It seems like people are actually willing to buy a game in 2021, which is a nice surprise.”

Of course, given Death’s Door nature as an indie game and the fact that it’s so heavily inspired by classic Zelda games, it goes without saying that there’s quite a lot of demand for the game on the Nintendo Switch. And while Acid Nerve has nothing to announce right now regarding any ports, the developer is aware of that.

“There’s no current plans we can announce today,” Fenn said, “but Switch is a very popular request for game developers these days.”

Currently, Death’s Door is available on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC. You can read our review of the game through here.

Developer Acid Nerve recently took to Twitter to confirm that Death’s Door has already amassed over 100,000 players. The game launched less than a week ago, on July 20, so this is a pretty impressive milestone. This does not, of course, reflect the game’s sales, but it’s a notable accomplishment nonetheless.

Death’s Door is available now on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC. In our review of the game, we awarded it a score of 8/10, saying, “Even with a few issues, Death’s Door is a tightly designed, challenging game that does wonders with its classic Zelda-inspired formula.” You can read our full review through here.

Over 100,000 players have stepped through Death’s Door in the first week!

Thank you so much for the support and love for our little crow. pic.twitter.com/6Pi6Py5ZUN

— ACIDNERVE / DEATH'S DOOR (@acidnerve) July 26, 2021

Death’s Door is the story of a crow, except this one reaps the souls of the dead. Everything is business as usual until one particular soul is stolen by a thief. It’s the crow’s job to retrieve it, even if it means traveling to a strange world where things never die.

Taking inspiration from old-school titles in The Legend of Zelda series, Death’s Door offers an isometric perspective with hack and slash combat. For more details on what makes the game so much fun, check out our official review here. It now remains to be seen whether it will release for other platforms like PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch.

Death’s Door sees you playing as a crow that reaps the souls of the dying, and for those who enjoy the classic Zelda formula, there’s a lot to like here. Item-based progression, plenty of emphasis on exploration, dungeons based on item-focused progression and puzzles, and tense and challenging combat and boss fights- it’s all presented and accounted for here, in addition to oodles of charm.

In our review of the game, we said, “Even with a few issues, Death’s Door is a tightly designed, challenging game that does wonders with its classic Zelda-inspired formula.” You can read our full review through here.

In Death’s Door, you play as a crow employed by the Reaping Commission, essentially working a 9-to-5 job reaping souls of the creatures whose time in the world of the living has come to an end. When one of your jobs goes wrong because of an unforeseen complication, you’re forced to go back out there and fix your errors. But what starts as a simple mission to reap the soul that you were originally told to reap turns into a journey of much larger proportions- one that may very well end up changing the very cycle of life and death itself.

"As someone who loves games like A Link to the Past and all the other games like it that it spawned directly or indirectly, I’m ecstatic about how good Death’s Door is."

Story isn’t exactly front and centre in Death’s Door, but the narrative bones here are solid. Depending on how much you choose to explore at certain points in the game, you can uncover more flavour text to flesh out the story, which reveals some pretty interesting details, and though I wouldn’t go as far as calling it “captivating”, I would definitely say that I was pleasantly surprised at how invested I was in Death’s Door’s narrative. Of course, what helps is that the game is just overflowing with charm and personality, thanks to witty dialogue and an assortment of bizarre characters that are impossible not to adore- like a guy who has a pot for a head and is appropriately named Pot Head, or a musician who sings and write some pretty unforgettable so-bad-they’re-amazing songs.

Once you set out on your journey, from there, you’re basically playing a Zelda game- from the top-down camera to the dungeons-based structure, from the focus on puzzles and exploration to the lock-and-key metroidvania level design, Death’s Door wears its Zelda influences on its sleeve.

What’s striking about Death’s Door is how it instantly just feels great to play. The movement, the combat, the way it keeps building on its ideas, the simplicity with which it conveys so much through pure gameplay- it feels very old-school in its design sensibilities, and I mean that in the best way possible. The pacing here is immaculate, and you’re always constantly moving from one challenge to the next. Puzzles, (most) combat encounters, entire dungeons and areas last exactly as long as long as they need to, and do everything they can with their distinct themes.

What helps with that, of course, is the excellent level design. The dungeons and the areas leading up to them are all impeccably crafted, characterized by metroidvania-esque design that sees them looping in and around themselves. This means you’re constantly returning to areas that you’ve already been to, either because you’re backtracking or because the path you’re on just naturally takes you back there, and unlocking shortcuts to cut down the distances you have to travel in the future feels as satisfying as you’d imagine. If there’s one thing I can fault the game for in this area though, it’s that it has no map function. For a game that emphasizes exploration and backtracking in intricate and layered environments as much as Death’s Door does, the lack of a map is downright baffling.

"What’s striking about Death’s Door is how it instantly just feels great to play. The movement, the combat, the way it keeps building on its ideas, the simplicity with which it conveys so much through pure gameplay- it feels very old-school in its design sensibilities, and I mean that in the best way possible."

Like Zelda games, Death’s Door also puts heavy emphasis on item-based progression, which means you’ll regularly come across spots in the world or in dungeons where you can’t progress until you’ve got a certain item. Something like that never fails to compel players to backtrack and explore, and Death’s Door is well aware of the fact- it leverages that technique time and time again, and does it quite well. Beyond that, things such as hidden collectibles, optional mini-bosses and combat encounters, and other rewards – such as new weapons – also constantly encourage you to explore every nook and cranny of whatever environment you find yourself in.

Alongside exploration, combat is the other big pillar that holds Death’s Door aloft, and it’s the very definition of simple yet compelling. Light attacks, heavy attacks, and ranged/magic attacks are pretty much the only thing you have at your disposal, which means that at its core, combat in Death’s Door is quite simple. But with an impressive amount of variety in the enemies you run into and the attacks and movement patterns they employ, and with how the game keeps mixing and matching these enemy types to constantly keep you on your toes, combat ends up feeling far more complex and nuanced than you’d imagine.

Archers that like to hang back, enemies that throw magic balls at you and like to teleport, brutes that like charging at you with a shield and a giant hammer, ape-like foes who like to jump around and throw a boomerang at you from afar, and of course, the set-piece boss battles- Death’s Door keeps introducing new enemy types at a steady pace, and it keeps finding increasingly devious ways to use them. Suffice it to say, combat encounters can get pretty tricky at times, especially when the game starts using environmental hazards, like lasers or moving platforms or crumbling bridges, and tricky arenas where dodging without paying attention to your surroundings can mean falling to your death.

For the most part, Death’s Door’s difficulty hits the sweet spot – more than a few times, I swelled with satisfaction after getting through a particularly challenging boss fight or combat encounter – but there are a few encounters in the game that end up feeling a bit too frustrating. They feel like they’re trying to brute force their way into being challenging rather than achieving that level of challenge with smart design. In these encounters, the game simply throws too much at you, and the pace comes to a grinding halt as you try repeatedly to get past a frustratingly designed encounter. The issue feels all the more aggravating given how perfectly paced the game otherwise is.

"Death’s Door keeps introducing new enemy types at a steady pace, and it keeps finding increasingly devious ways to use them."

While exploration and combat in Death’s Door are top-notch even in spite of a few niggling issues, one area where the game stumbles in crucial ways is the progression. Killing enemies gives you souls, while you can also net large quantities of them by finding soul orbs (which is another way the game encourages exploration), which you then spend in the game’s hub location on one of four different trees- but the rewards feel far too granular. On paper, things such as more attack power or greater speed to reduce the time between dodges sounds excellent, especially in light of how combat in Death’s Door functions, but the results don’t feel tangible. On very rare occasions did I feel like the souls I was spending were making any noticeable difference to my abilities. Mostly, I was doing better because I was getting better at the game – which is its own kind of reward, of course – but it’s disappointing that the system that does exist in the game didn’t engage me on a deeper level.

Death’s Door does stumble, but never so badly that its many immaculate strengths are overcome by its shortcomings. Excellent design, brisk mechanics, and a lot of charm make this feel like it belongs in the pantheon of Zelda games by any metric except for its name- and if you’ve been looking for something to scratch that classic Zelda itch, there’s no better game releasing on the market this month than Death’s Door to meet that need.

This game was reviewed on the Xbox Series X.

The story focuses on a Crow that also serves as a grim reaper of sorts. Each day is fairly monotonous…until a soul assigned to the Crow is stolen. The player must then venture onwards to locate the thief, braving a deathless realm in the process. Of course, along with their trusty scythe, the Crow can also use different abilities like a chain-hook to close the distance on enemies.

Death’s Door releases on July 20th for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC. It supports 4K/60 FPS on Xbox Series X along with fast loading times. More details and gameplay should be revealed in the coming days so stay tuned.

Death’s Door has a fascinating premise, and sees you playing as an ordinary Crow that reaps the souls of the dead. When a soul assigned to you is stolen, it falls to you to track down the thief and finish what’s, in essence, just an ordinary day job for you.

The combat looks fast paced and frantic, mixing magic, melee, and ranged weapons, and squaring you off against all sorts of enemies, from beasts to demigods. The art style and the setting put together are promising what should be quite an interesting adventure. Take a look at its newest trailer below.

When Death’s Door launches on July 20, it will be available on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC.