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Dead Maze cover art

Dead Maze

Atelier 801 · 2018-02-13

Steam

ActionFree To PlayMassively Multiplayer

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

Releases: Feb 13, 2018 (Mac), Feb 13, 2018 (Linux), Feb 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.

Dead Maze is a free-to-play Action, Free To Play, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2018, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (75% of 4811 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

44
playing now
75%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Dead Maze trailer thumbnail

Dead Maze Reveal Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 44 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 102 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (919 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
68768720182026Week of 2018-02-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

71212026-09-15 12:00 — 33 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 43 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 28 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 71 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 36 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 53 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 39 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 36 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 38 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 39 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 48 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 56 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 39 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 36 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 26 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 35 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 55 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 30 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 21 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k0Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2018 — avg 1,040 · peak 3,819May 2018 — avg 505 · peak 879Aug 2018 — avg 338 · peak 539Nov 2018 — avg 181 · peak 327Feb 2019 — avg 182 · peak 323May 2019 — avg 157 · peak 373Aug 2019 — avg 114 · peak 176Nov 2019 — avg 152 · peak 266Feb 2020 — avg 117 · peak 191May 2020 — avg 144 · peak 221Aug 2020 — avg 114 · peak 175Nov 2020 — avg 115 · peak 191Feb 2021 — avg 170 · peak 254May 2021 — avg 168 · peak 251Aug 2021 — avg 150 · peak 227Nov 2021 — avg 113 · peak 201Feb 2022 — avg 119 · peak 193May 2022 — avg 100 · peak 170Aug 2022 — avg 108 · peak 180Nov 2022 — avg 86 · peak 143Feb 2023 — avg 99 · peak 171May 2023 — avg 93 · peak 175Aug 2023 — avg 76 · peak 129Nov 2023 — avg 69 · peak 126Feb 2024 — avg 76 · peak 136May 2024 — avg 72 · peak 127Aug 2024 — avg 69 · peak 129Nov 2024 — avg 66 · peak 125Feb 2025 — avg 68 · peak 140May 2025 — avg 59 · peak 103Aug 2025 — avg 52 · peak 92Nov 2025 — avg 57 · peak 102Feb 2026 — avg 46 · peak 81May 2026 — avg 43 · peak 80Aug 2026 — avg 44 · peak 85
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

26
achievements tracked
65.4%
earned "A fortunate encounter"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, German, Polish, Arabic, Hungarian, Turkish, Dutch, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,0951%26

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DLootCo-opActionMMORPGZombiesCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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