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Shamantitan · Published by Shamantitan
Positive — 100% positive (16 reviews) · 13 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A short 3D Platformer and Collectathon situated in Hell. Play as a humble cat (with wings!) and get to the top of the mysterious tower!
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Indie, Casual · 2025 · More under £5 games
Embark on a quirky journey through Hell in A Short Death, where you control a flying feline and race to the tower's peak. Challenge yourself in this casual, 3D adventure from Shamantitan.
About this game
In this dark and atmospheric 3D Platformer, you control a humble cat in the realm after death. Meet strange and ominous characters throughout your journey as you jump, glide, run, and hop to the top of the mysterious tower that calls to you.
Gameplay
Platform your way to the top of the mysterious tower! You have an assortment of jumps at your disposal to traverse your way up, including a double jump, backflip, and dash jump. As you climb the tower, you will gain the power to transform into other animals with their own unique movements to utilize for moving quicker and farther.
Pick up collectibles along the way! Throughout your adventure, you will spy various tokens that will be beneficial to you. They will allow you to buy fun hats, skip difficult sections, and more.
Key Features
Lots of neat hats!
Expressive voice-acting for over 2000 words of dialogue!
Optional checkpoints so falling isn't so bad!
Atmospheric, but no jump scares. Death is scary enough as is!
Did I mention hats? There's a witch hat and blue backpack you can wear too!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4200 2.00GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- Sound Card: Windows Compatible card
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
The Ice Key is Waiting! v1.0
Thank you to everyone who has played "A Short Death!" This is not just a patch but also extra content! You can now find the Ice Key in New Game+, but you'll have to do some platforming and target shooting to earn it. Good luck! Bug Fixes: -Stop street from disappearing when door animation was triggered, resulting in a very long fall -Stop the elevator camera from being active after returning to a checkpoint -Make the speedrun timer appear if it was previously on -Hide the Thorny Devil's lopsided shadow when wall-jumping -Disable narrator tips on New Game+ -Autocam now looks slightly up and down for certain platforming sectionsRead full article on Community Announcements (ashortdeathgame)Patch NotesOfficial
v0.99
-Fixed Speedrun Timer naming to work for saving and loading -Tiny level collider adjustments to prevent unintended fallingRead full article on Community Announcements (ashortdeathgame)Patch NotesOfficial
v0.98
Enabled Steam AchievementsRead full article on Community Announcements (ashortdeathgame)Patch NotesOfficial
v0.97
Added options for Mumble Dialogue (dialogue becomes meows) and a Speedrun Timer (pauses for dialogue). -Another patch incoming for fixing Steam AchievementsRead full article on Community Announcements (ashortdeathgame)Patch NotesOfficial
v0.96 Patch
Fixed bug where incompatible demo save data was recognized by the full game and loaded incomplete data, leading to potential softlock situations. Small Edits -reduced jitter caused by truck physics being offset from player physics -edited the pause menu's checkpoint UI to update on load if unlockedRead full article on Community Announcements (ashortdeathgame)
