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Dead Drop

Ethan Waite · Volens Nolens Games · 2017-04-21

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 21, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dead Drop is a tense two-player game of espionage and deception, where one player has to blend into a crowd and mimic AI movement to avoid detection from the other player.

Dead Drop is an Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 160 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 160 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 160 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-10-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.492017-04-222026-08-052017-04-22 — best price $5.992017-09-25 — best price $5.992017-11-28 — best price $5.992018-07-23 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-03-27 — best price $0.592021-06-24 — best price $0.592021-10-28 — best price $0.592021-12-06 — best price $0.592022-01-27 — best price $0.592022-04-03 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $0.592022-08-19 — best price $0.592022-10-25 — best price $9.992022-12-14 — best price $9.992023-01-29 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-10 — best price $9.992023-10-30 — best price $0.492023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-02-21 — best price $0.492024-04-21 — best price $0.492024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-09-22 — best price $0.492024-11-28 — best price $0.492025-02-10 — best price $0.492025-03-24 — best price $0.492025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-09-07 — best price $0.492025-10-22 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-01 — best price $0.492026-04-14 — best price $0.492026-07-22 — best price $0.742026-08-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

PvPCo-opFunnyIndieActionArcadeCasualPuzzleStrategy2D Fighter

Census log

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

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