| Dead or School | |
| Developer: | Studio Nanafushi |
| Publisher: | Studio Nanafushi Marvelous Entertainment (console) |
| Producer: | Yujiro Usada |
| Released: | Windows Switch, PS4 |
| Genre: | Hack-and-slash |
| Modes: | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Platforms: | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows |
is a 2018 hack-and-slash video game made by indie developer Studio Nanafushi for Windows and published by Marvelous Entertainment for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
Set in post-apocalyptic Tokyo, the game follows Hisako, a girl who lives underground and wishes to see the surface after a war forced her grandmother underground 70 years prior whose only memory of the real world were schools.
Along with hack-and-slash, Dead or School also has action RPG and platformer elements. The goal is for the player, as Hisako, to defeat monster enemies throughout Tokyo (Shinjuku, Asakusa, Akihabara, Roppongi).[1]
Dead or School received a mixed critical reception with an aggregate score of 65/100 on Metacritic.[2] In a positive review, Pete Davison of Nintendo Life praised the stages, style and narrative, but noted a number of "technical jank".[3] Digitally Downloaded wrote that "Being a budget game it struggles to maintain a consistency in tone and experience, but a solid loot and upgrade system, some great boss fights, and a good sense of humour, all help to see it through."[4] MANiAC scored it 68%.[5]
Both the PS4 and Switch versions received 31 out of 40 on Famitsu.[6]