In Dead End Job your character, being desperate for money, accepted a job working for the Grim Reaper. You must do the dangerous work of capturing lost souls, whilst being under the pressure of tight deadlines which you must meet at the risk of being fired.

Your work involves first chasing lost souls through a city and catching up to them, at which point you will do battle using a vacuum cleaner. Combat involves dodging various projectiles and tiring out the souls by pulling them around with the vacuum cleaner. As you capture more souls you will get promoted and be able to upgrade your character to grow more powerful to help you get as far as possible and beat your high score.