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Dead Containment cover art

Dead Containment

Grump Dog Games · 2022-10-21

Steam

ActionCasualIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dead Containment is an on-rails shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Players fend off the undead as they race through a city under siege, blasting away the horrors that roam the streets using a variety of weapons. Playable solo or online co-op.

93%
positive of 69 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 18,789 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 69 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020222026Week of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.992022-10-212026-01-052022-10-21 — best price $8.992022-10-28 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $8.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $8.492023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-05-08 — best price $8.492023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-09-11 — best price $8.492023-09-18 — best price $9.992023-10-26 — best price $7.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $8.492023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $8.492024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $7.492024-04-22 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $5.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-06-02 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-01 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionArcadeCasualShooterZombiesMultiplayerEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

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