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To Be or Not to Be

Text adventure about cultivating immortality through dialogue and stat-building minigames

Team K · Published by DSGame · Released Dec 9, 2022

AdventureRPG

Reviews
Very Positive
88% of 8,864
Recent reviews
Very Positive
84% of 65 in 30 days
Players
50
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
3 years ago
Apr 13, 2023
Minimum PC
NVIDIA Geforce
0.4 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

What is To Be or Not to Be?

In this single-player text adventure, the protagonist turns to immortality cultivation as their life runs out. You click through dialogue to advance the story, play minigames to raise attributes and unlock scenes, and develop characters through an idle desktop-pet mode.

For you if...

  • +you like minigames tied to story progression
  • +you enjoy developing characters through idle desktop-pet play

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer action over reading dialogue
  • −you avoid games with nudity and sexual content

Players over time

▼ -61% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 99 players on Oct 1, 2026.

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Nov 7, 202650
Nov 6, 202623
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Nov 4, 202622
Nov 3, 202634
Nov 2, 202622
Nov 1, 202652
Oct 31, 202649
Oct 30, 202635
Oct 29, 202621
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Oct 27, 202614
Oct 26, 202614
Oct 25, 202637
Oct 24, 202618
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Oct 21, 202614
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Oct 18, 202622
Oct 17, 202633
Oct 16, 202621
Oct 15, 202623
Oct 14, 202631
Oct 13, 202620
Oct 11, 202654
Oct 10, 202651
Oct 9, 202651
Oct 8, 202655
Oct 7, 202689
Oct 6, 202695
Oct 4, 202690
Oct 3, 202666
Oct 2, 202687
Oct 1, 202699
Sep 30, 202650
Sep 29, 202652
Sep 27, 202690
Sep 26, 202661
Sep 25, 202666
Sep 24, 202635
Sep 23, 202683
Sep 23, 202621
Sep 22, 202610
Sep 21, 20269

How many players finish To Be or Not to Be?

23% of Steam players have unlocked «终有尽时», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

To Be or Not to Be screenshot 1

To Be or Not to Be system requirements

Minimum: NVIDIA Geforce, 0.4 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run To Be or Not to Be?

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Minimum

OS
Windows7/8/10
Processor
Intel Core i5
Graphics
NVIDIA Geforce
Memory
400 MB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space

Does To Be or Not to Be have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does To Be or Not to Be run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
46
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: Simplified Chinese.

Does To Be or Not to Be use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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