Skill issue? Now it's on the record.
Every death, counted. It spots the death screen and bumps the number a second later: no buttons to press, no count to correct.
It knows when you've gone Hollow.
An obvious death screen is enough on its own. If it's borderline, the app waits for the sound or the text to back it up. After each count it ignores the next 20 seconds, so a slow death animation still counts once.
The death screen
Three times a second it scores how much your screen looks like a death. It goes by how the screen looks, so it still works with your game set to Italian.
lies of p · 3 frames a second · counted at 14.7s
The jingle
It also listens for the death sound, straight from your computer's audio. You don't need to set up a virtual cable.
The words
Install Tesseract, a free text-recognition tool, and it will also read the red text on screen and check it against a list of death messages.
From Lordran to the Lands Between.
These are the 11 games it was trained on. Pick yours from the list in the app before you start.
- Bloodborne
- Dark Souls
- Dark Souls II
- Dark Souls III
- Demon's Souls
- Elden Ring
- Lies of P
- Nioh
- Nioh 2
- Nioh 3
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Playing something that isn't here? Choose Other and type the name. It still works, just more cautiously: the screen alone won't count a death, the sound or the text has to agree.
The only time a summon is allowed: in OBS.
- 1
In OBS, add a Browser source.
- 2
Paste the overlay address.
http://localhost:7777/overlay - 3
Tick Shutdown source when not visible. Done.
Prefer a text source? Point Text (GDI+) at death_count.txt in the app's data folder: ~/Library/Application Support/DeathCounter on macOS, %LOCALAPPDATA%\DeathCounter on Windows.
You can change these in the app too, even mid-stream.
Rest at bonfire: time to check your achievements
Trophy checklists for when you need a break from dying. Missable trophies are marked so you don't lock yourself out of the platinum, and your progress is saved in this browser.
Free. No souls required.
Coming to Mac and Windows. Leave your email and you get one message when it's out, with the download. No newsletter, no account.
It stays free. If it's worth a few Blood Echoes to you, buy me a Ko-fi.
Seek guidance.
What leaves my computer?
Nothing. Everything runs on your computer, and your screen and audio are never uploaded.
Does it work offline?
Yes. It doesn't need an internet connection at all.
It missed a death.
Turn on Show probability and watch the score on a death screen. Near zero means it's looking at the wrong place: use Full screen or reselect the region. If it rises but doesn't count, turn on High sensitivity. Press + to fix the count.
It counted a death that didn't happen.
Turn High sensitivity off and capture just the game window or a region, so chat, alerts and menus stay out of view. Press minus to fix the count.
The OBS overlay is blank.
The app has to be running. If a second copy is open, port 7777 is taken and the app shows the overlay as unavailable.
Nothing happens when I press Start on a Mac.
Allow Screen Recording in System Settings, Privacy and Security, then restart the app.