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Dead Island Retro Revenge cover art

Dead Island Retro Revenge

Empty Clip Studios · Deep Silver · 2016-05-31

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 01, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Aug 01, 2016 (Xbox One), Jun 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Time for some 16-bit retro revenge! When his beloved cat gets kidnapped, Max sets out across a zombie-infested California to get him back by force!

Dead Island Retro Revenge is an Action game released in 2016, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 730 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 730 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3.72★
PlayStation Store rating (1,878 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 730 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-12-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 26 of 45 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992016-05-092026-10-112016-05-09 — best price $4.992016-10-24 — best price $2.792017-01-09 — best price $2.492017-04-17 — best price $4.992017-08-14 — best price $2.502017-10-17 — best price $4.992017-12-09 — best price $4.992018-02-20 — best price $4.992018-04-27 — best price $4.992018-08-12 — best price $2.622018-11-22 — best price $2.492019-01-28 — best price $4.992019-07-01 — best price $2.492019-12-01 — best price $2.492020-02-14 — best price $4.872020-05-29 — best price $4.392020-06-29 — best price $4.392020-08-19 — best price $4.992020-09-24 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $1.992020-12-12 — best price $4.992021-02-04 — best price $4.992021-03-12 — best price $4.992021-04-13 — best price $4.992021-05-27 — best price $4.142021-10-05 — best price $4.142022-02-14 — best price $1.992022-06-13 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-05-23 — best price $4.992024-02-05 — best price $4.992024-08-02 — best price $4.192025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-12-13 — best price $0.992026-05-28 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
39.2%
earned "INSERT COIN"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)7,8572%13
Xbox One (Xbox)6,0212%13
Steam (Steam)1,60212%13

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

Player tags

2DGoreRetroActionArcadeRunnerViolentZombiesBeat 'em upSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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