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Dead Engine

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

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

72%
positive of 218 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
$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 57% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.4k–9.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 218 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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Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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