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Dead Format

Katanalevy · Oro Interactive · 2025-12-10

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 10, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".

83%
positive of 198 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 12,689 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 198 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.35 at GameBillet (2026-04-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 41 of 65 observed days · $6.42 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520252026Week of 2025-12-10: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-02: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$7.252025-12-102026-09-052025-12-10 — best price $14.442026-01-07 — best price $13.772026-01-09 — best price $16.992026-01-14 — best price $16.992026-01-23 — best price $10.192026-02-09 — best price $10.192026-02-24 — best price $16.992026-03-25 — best price $16.822026-04-01 — best price $13.772026-04-06 — best price $10.192026-04-16 — best price $16.992026-04-24 — best price $16.422026-04-28 — best price $8.212026-05-08 — best price $14.262026-05-12 — best price $8.492026-05-20 — best price $16.992026-05-30 — best price $16.992026-06-12 — best price $8.492026-06-19 — best price $7.542026-06-24 — best price $7.252026-06-30 — best price $7.992026-07-04 — best price $16.502026-07-23 — best price $7.292026-07-31 — best price $13.772026-08-03 — best price $16.492026-08-05 — best price $16.492026-08-07 — best price $8.252026-08-13 — best price $8.252026-08-15 — best price $16.502026-08-22 — best price $8.492026-08-25 — best price $8.412026-09-03 — best price $16.992026-09-05 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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