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Dead Engine

Chocolate Dungeon Games · Red Axe Games · 2026-06-03

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 22, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Dead Engine is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2026, priced at $7.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 218 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

72%
positive of 219 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 137% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.4k–9.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 219 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820262026Week of 2026-01-22: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$4.792026-01-222026-07-092026-01-22 — best price $6.392026-02-05 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $6.392026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-22 — best price $7.992026-04-28 — best price $5.592026-05-05 — best price $7.992026-05-11 — best price $5.992026-05-22 — best price $7.992026-06-03 — best price $5.192026-06-11 — best price $5.992026-06-14 — best price $7.992026-06-17 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Turkish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Thai

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