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Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG

Silent Dreams · Headup · 2021-03-12

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ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 12, 2021 (Linux), Mar 12, 2021 (Mac), Mar 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 5), Aug 08, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 18, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG is a 2021 Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game priced at $17.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 1339 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

3
playing now
76%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.77★
PlayStation Store rating (133 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

10 years after the initial outbreak of the zombie apocalypse, the members of Jack's camp fled to Freedom City, where a cure for the zombie plague was developed. But the news brings more suffering than relief. New factions have sprung up in the region, in constant battle for dominance. The merciless Military, the shady Smugglers and the Independents made up primarily of civilians. When an Independents' refugee camp was overrun by an undead horde, the few survivors struggle for food and valuable resources in an unforgiving world, always looking over their shoulder for gangs of looters and the f(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (206 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–60k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,339 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.80 at Playsum (2026-09-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 45 of 49 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14814820202026Week of 2020-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2102026-09-15 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1697Jul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 117 · peak 295Sep 2020 — avg 27 · peak 70Nov 2020 — avg 28 · peak 91Jan 2021 — avg 21 · peak 57Mar 2021 — avg 169 · peak 742May 2021 — avg 42 · peak 184Jul 2021 — avg 30 · peak 74Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 35Nov 2021 — avg 24 · peak 65Jan 2022 — avg 21 · peak 50Mar 2022 — avg 18 · peak 48May 2022 — avg 22 · peak 59Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 50Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 38Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 31Jan 2023 — avg 15 · peak 71Mar 2023 — avg 16 · peak 35May 2023 — avg 14 · peak 43Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 34Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 42Jan 2024 — avg 17 · peak 48Mar 2024 — avg 14 · peak 34May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 28Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 39Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 40Nov 2024 — avg 13 · peak 32Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 22Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 40May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 31Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 21Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$1.792020-07-162026-10-142020-07-16 — best price $16.192020-09-21 — best price $17.992020-11-02 — best price $17.992020-11-23 — best price $17.992020-12-01 — best price $17.992021-01-05 — best price $17.992021-02-15 — best price $17.992026-08-15 — best price $17.992026-08-29 — best price $1.792026-08-31 — best price $1.792026-09-02 — best price $1.792026-09-04 — best price $1.792026-09-06 — best price $1.792026-09-08 — best price $1.792026-09-10 — best price $1.792026-09-12 — best price $1.792026-09-14 — best price $1.792026-09-16 — best price $1.792026-09-18 — best price $1.792026-09-20 — best price $1.792026-09-22 — best price $17.992026-09-24 — best price $1.792026-09-26 — best price $1.792026-09-28 — best price $1.792026-09-30 — best price $1.792026-10-02 — best price $1.792026-10-04 — best price $1.792026-10-06 — best price $1.792026-10-08 — best price $1.792026-10-10 — best price $1.792026-10-12 — best price $1.792026-10-14 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.1%
earned "First blood"
34.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Polish

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-05-29, latest 2020-10-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieRetroCasualHorrorZombiesStrategySurvivalAdventureRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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