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Better Than Dead

MONTE GALLO · MicroProse Software · 2026-05-12

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 12, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A brutal bodycam revenge FPS set in Hong Kong. Slide into bullet time, fight up close, learn each environment's rhythm, and turn every run into a faster, bloodier revenge scene.

72%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 323 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity down 69% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,428 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.49 at Steam (2026-05-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50350320262026Week of 2026-05-12: 503 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 237 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$13.492026-05-122026-07-222026-05-12 — best price $13.492026-05-19 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $13.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-15 — best price $13.492026-07-22 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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