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Dead Pixels

CSR-Studios · 2012-12-07

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 04, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 10,948 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 97k–194k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,425 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820172026Week of 2017-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek 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

202026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.742015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.012015-07-21 — best price $0.742015-12-01 — best price $2.992016-05-17 — best price $2.992016-10-18 — best price $2.572017-07-05 — best price $2.992018-04-02 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $0.742020-04-28 — best price $2.992020-06-06 — best price $2.992020-06-21 — best price $2.402020-07-06 — best price $2.402020-07-20 — best price $2.992020-08-04 — best price $2.992020-08-19 — best price $2.992020-09-03 — best price $2.992020-09-17 — best price $2.192020-10-02 — best price $2.692020-10-17 — best price $2.192020-11-05 — best price $2.692020-11-20 — best price $2.692020-12-05 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $0.892021-01-16 — best price $2.442021-01-31 — best price $2.442021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-03-04 — best price $2.992021-03-19 — best price $2.992021-04-04 — best price $2.992021-04-19 — best price $2.992021-05-04 — best price $2.992021-05-19 — best price $2.992021-06-03 — best price $2.992021-10-03 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $1.012022-05-23 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $1.072025-06-27 — best price $1.072026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
35.9%
earned "Supply and demand"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,5435%30

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

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opIndieRetroActionZombiesSurvivalControllerLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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