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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!

0
playing now
91%
positive of 278 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 54% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
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)

Players online

102026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Details

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieActionHorrorDifficultSouls-likeBullet HellReplay ValueShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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