A Game About Literally Doing Your Taxes
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
A Game About Literally Doing Your Taxes is a game about literally doing your taxes.
Never has there been a game so objectively accurate to the role of an everyday tax payer. The goal of the game is to sort the tax from the trash in order to successfully make it through the week. This experience lasts a total of 7 days, so about 10 minutes.
This project was part of a game jam and created in 48 hours!
"A totally normal game about doing your taxes and absolutely nothing else."
-Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Features
- Life-like sliding physics and arm motion.
- Silly ads and very very serious looking tax documents.
- Changing backgrounds.
- Coffee.
- A cool pencil.
Controls (Read carefully)
Tax - Left Arrow
Trash - Right Arrow
Pause - Escape
Wear headphones for best experience.
Liked doing your taxes? You might like our latest game we recently released!
Join the community!
Twitter: @Not_Sailor
Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/y9zSMv4
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS |
Rating | Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars (545 total ratings) |
Author | Not a Sailor Studios |
Genre | Simulation |
Made with | Unity |
Tags | 2D, Casual, Horror, Narrative, Pixel Art, Short, Singleplayer, taxes, Unity |
Average session | A few minutes |
Download
Install instructions
WINDOWS
- Download the .zip file.
- Extract the folder anywhere you'd like.
- Run the file called A Game About Literally Doing Your Taxes.exe
MAC
- Download the .zip file.
- Extract the folder anywhere you'd like.
- Right click AGALDYT.app and click open.
Development log
- Behind The Scenes--AGALYT Dev LogNov 19, 2019
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
HAHAHAHAH damnnn this is a great game. I never thought it will be like that. BTW the plot twist is really good. it really gives morale value to the player to pay taxes
Great game!
CAVE MEN DO TAXES
Really cool concept and was a lot of fun to play through!
This game was incredibly original! ☆
I loved the plot twist and the lore hints behind it! ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ ) 9/10
unplayable garbage.
if you dont like something then ok thats fine but dont be a dick about it
Just take the criticism and keep your mouth shut.
this one was BANGER! def would love to see more like it! also i SCREAMED at.. that one part...(watch this video to get in on the joke)
loved it
que no.. como .. holaa anquee!!
It's a real head banger!
Banger game! I never want to do taxes again. Not that I did anyways.
Thanks for the PTSD
wow! corto y original!! Gracias creador!
Why cant i evade them? Add evading taxes.
I love doing taxe
Who knew taxes were fun.... Maybe
irado, quase infartei
accurately represents what doing taxes is like! what a great educational game :))
Did not realize it was horror till the middle of playing it lol. But the atmosphere and story were riveting. Wonderful job for a game made in such a short time
didn't expect the story X'D I was frighten
100% did not expect that specific twist, but I liked it!
nice game! i didn't know it was a horror game but it was a pleasant surprise
Loved doing my taxes! 10/10
This was pretty cool
Where is my money???
For a 48 hour game jam, this game was really well put together! I still somehow messed up on sorting the taxes, something so simple.
I DIDNT TAKE THE TAXES AND THERE WAS A TEXT JUMPSCARE! THAT IS SO CREEPY!!!
it is broken and wont open on mac :(
great game about doing my taxes 😀👍
oh i remember this game! i was searching for it and found it!
This was a very good short horror game, and made in 48 hours? That's impressive!
Played through this on stream!
i loved it!!!!
genuinely insane i loved it!
very cool game but the horror part is a bit to quick