9 to Die
Survive the quarter. Thrilled for you!
What is 9 to Die?
9 to Die is a free browser game that satirises big-company office life. In this survivors-like you steer one office worker through a 16-minute quarter while your skills fire on their own and a horde of stand-ups, change requests and mandatory training closes in. There is nothing to download and no sign-up.
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Price: Free to play · Runs in: Web browser · Players: Single player · Genre: Action, Survivors-like, Satire · Version 0.1.0 · Updated · 9todie.com · Contact hello@9todie.com
How do I start playing?
Press Clock In on the menu at the top of this page and you are playing, with nothing to install and no account to make. Move with the keys or by dragging on a touch screen, stay out of reach, and your skills do the rest. One full quarter takes 16 minutes.
Please arrive on time.
- Pick a department. Each has its own health, skills and career tracks.
- Pick a floor. You open each new floor by closing the quarter on the one below.
- Clock In. The quarter starts straight away.
- Keep moving. Use W, A, S and D or the arrow keys. Your skills fire on their own.
- Choose your cards. Each level offers three upgrades. Press 1, 2 or 3 to take one.
Which departments can I play?
You choose one of 9 departments: Sales, Engineering, HR, Finance, Legal, IT, Marketing, Facilities, Operations. Each has its own starting skill, health, executive action and three career tracks, so no two play alike. Sales is the usual first pick for new players.
Please see your manager about a transfer.
- SalesQuota is a number. Numbers go up.
- EngineeringIt worked in staging.
- HRPeople are our greatest asset.
- FinanceShow me the variance.
- LegalDiscovery is one-way.
- ITTurn it off and on again.
- MarketingPerception is reality.
- FacilitiesThe building answers to us.
- OperationsOn time. In full.
What are the floors?
The game has 12 floors, each named after something people say about work. Every floor has its own cast of enemies, calendar bosses, final boss and hazard, and it plays out over the same 13-week quarter. You open them one at a time by closing the quarter on the floor below.
Your floor has been reassigned.
- OnboardingDrinking from the firehose.
- The Cubicle FarmWelcome to the cubicle farm.
- Skeleton CrewDoing more with less.
- The SilosWe work in silos.
- The Wild WestIt's the Wild West out here.
- Boil the OceanThis quarter, we're going to boil the ocean.
- The FiefdomEvery department is its own fiefdom.
- Mandatory FunTeam-building is mandatory fun.
- The Legacy SystemNobody knows what it does, so nobody can turn it off.
- The Ivory TowerLeadership lives in an ivory tower.
- The Sinking ShipRats leaving a sinking ship.
- The Rat RaceIt's a rat race.
Is there a guide?
Yes, and it is free and written from the game's own data, so its numbers change when the game does. It covers 52 bosses, 63 kinds of enemy, 121 skills, 75 run items and 125 achievements, with a tier list and a build for every department.
Open the guide · Tier list · Builds · Getting started · Fix loading