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Dead Age

Silent Dreams · Headup · 2016-11-04

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 04, 2016 (Linux), Dec 20, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 07, 2018 (Xbox One), Nov 04, 2016 (Mac), Nov 04, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

8
playing now
82%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.49
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (263 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 140k–336k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,606 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-90%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 24×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 100 of 144 observed days · $0.69 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21921920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.99$0.992016-07-142026-08-302016-07-14 — best price $10.152016-11-05 — best price $15.992017-04-10 — best price $15.992017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-04-17 — best price $14.992018-08-05 — best price $13.432018-11-17 — best price $11.432019-02-04 — best price $12.742019-05-06 — best price $4.502019-08-12 — best price $11.932019-12-06 — best price $14.992020-02-14 — best price $13.862020-05-18 — best price $13.512020-08-20 — best price $12.632020-10-22 — best price $9.442021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-08 — best price $2.252021-05-06 — best price $12.632021-07-03 — best price $2.992021-09-10 — best price $3.202021-12-02 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $1.942022-07-19 — best price $1.792022-11-22 — best price $2.242023-03-06 — best price $1.492023-07-04 — best price $14.992023-10-09 — best price $1.202024-01-08 — best price $1.402024-04-08 — best price $1.492024-07-12 — best price $14.992024-09-30 — best price $14.992025-01-06 — best price $0.992025-04-07 — best price $1.282025-07-15 — best price $1.492025-10-02 — best price $1.592026-01-02 — best price $14.992026-04-09 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
67.4%
earned "Bitten Pedestrian Fighter"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, German, Polish, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,9172%77
Xbox One (Xbox)4233%77
PS4 (PlayStation)39017%52
PS4 (PlayStation)24915%52

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieActionCasualZombiesStrategySurvivalAdventureRogue-likeSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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