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Dead Island Retro Revenge

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

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Action

Modes: Single player

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!

0
playing now
62%
positive of 725 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 725 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-80%
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 28 of 43 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992016-05-092026-08-302016-05-09 — 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 $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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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