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Dead Frontier 2 cover art

Dead Frontier 2

Creaky Corpse Ltd · 2019-07-15

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jul 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.

655
playing now
70%
positive of 28k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
twitch viewers (latest)
12/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
142h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

655 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 655 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,085 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~136/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,723 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.5k3.5k20182026Week of 2018-09-01: 3,507 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,216 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 939 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 47 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k5852026-08-06 21:00 — 670 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 795 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,213 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 688 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 939 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,258 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 779 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,106 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,326 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 780 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 814 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,294 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 668 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 883 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,290 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 645 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 776 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,201 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 831 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 862 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 994 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 788 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 743 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,041 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 802 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 585 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 784 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 831 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 655 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

2702026-08-28 04:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
3.7%
earned "This is just the beginning"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesRemote Play on Tablet

11 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French, Italian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3911%141

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvEGoreHorrorMMORPGSandboxViolentZombiesSurvivalMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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