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Dead

Alec Smith · Milo Games · 2018-04-06

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!

Dead is a 2018 Action and Indie game priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 91% of 278 reviews and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
91%
positive of 278 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 28,108 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 278 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620182026Week of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
400Jun 2017Dec 2023Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 51Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 211Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2023 — avg 16 · peak 982Jul 2023 — avg 15 · peak 45Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22

▼ −6 avg players (−46.1%) vs prior month — Dec 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.492018-04-072026-07-092018-04-07 — best price $4.242018-06-21 — best price $4.242018-07-23 — best price $3.492018-10-30 — best price $2.492018-11-21 — best price $2.492018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-06-26 — best price $2.492019-10-28 — best price $2.492019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-10-29 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-09-25 — best price $0.492025-03-13 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
24.7%
earned "Dead"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-05-31 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDarkIndieActionHorrorDifficultSouls-likeBullet HellReplay ValueShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

Recent updates

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