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DEAD RISING®

Capcom · 2016-09-12

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 13, 2016 (Xbox One), Sep 13, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Aug 08, 2006 (Xbox 360), Sep 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!

DEAD RISING® is an Action, Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 7269 reviews).

35
playing now
88%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (212 ratings)
22
Nexus mods (17k downloads)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (2,792 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 10h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead Rising is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom originally for the Xbox 360. The game's story follows wartime photojournalist Frank West, who becomes trapped inside a shopping mall in the town of Willamette, Colorado, during a deadly zombie plague. West must uncover the truth behind the plague before a rescue helicopter arrives in three days to evacuate him.

Trailer

DEAD RISING® trailer thumbnail

Dead Rising Xbox 360 Trailer - Official Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 281 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,297 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 182k–436k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,269 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.70 at GamersGate (2024-09-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 19 of 51 observed days · $7.29 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15215220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

69172026-09-16 05:00 — 43 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 45 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 69 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 30 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 43 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 55 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 46 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 40 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 28 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 42 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 44 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 24 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 39 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 47 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 31 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 49 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 41 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40016Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 400 · peak 993Jan 2017 — avg 50 · peak 116May 2017 — avg 16 · peak 36Sep 2017 — avg 90 · peak 250Jan 2018 — avg 41 · peak 89May 2018 — avg 27 · peak 53Sep 2018 — avg 21 · peak 42Jan 2019 — avg 30 · peak 74May 2019 — avg 51 · peak 143Sep 2019 — avg 18 · peak 39Jan 2020 — avg 34 · peak 76May 2020 — avg 55 · peak 122Sep 2020 — avg 70 · peak 264Jan 2021 — avg 49 · peak 105May 2021 — avg 61 · peak 126Sep 2021 — avg 32 · peak 63Jan 2022 — avg 56 · peak 107May 2022 — avg 64 · peak 141Sep 2022 — avg 54 · peak 118Jan 2023 — avg 77 · peak 144May 2023 — avg 57 · peak 131Sep 2023 — avg 49 · peak 103Jan 2024 — avg 60 · peak 120May 2024 — avg 52 · peak 117Sep 2024 — avg 145 · peak 304Jan 2025 — avg 38 · peak 91May 2025 — avg 30 · peak 59Sep 2025 — avg 34 · peak 62Jan 2026 — avg 36 · peak 69May 2026 — avg 39 · peak 74Aug 2026 — avg 43 · peak 86
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.45$2.702016-08-092026-10-152016-08-09 — best price $19.992016-12-12 — best price $19.992017-05-15 — best price $15.992017-09-14 — best price $7.362018-02-08 — best price $8.002018-07-13 — best price $14.292018-10-30 — best price $5.992019-01-28 — best price $19.992019-08-26 — best price $4.802019-12-06 — best price $19.992020-02-16 — best price $18.402020-05-25 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $5.992021-02-15 — best price $5.402021-05-02 — best price $20.452021-08-16 — best price $5.392021-11-19 — best price $5.992022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-05-11 — best price $19.992022-08-09 — best price $4.532022-11-01 — best price $17.392023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-05-07 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $6.002023-08-29 — best price $19.992023-11-07 — best price $19.992024-01-22 — best price $5.162024-03-02 — best price $17.392024-04-29 — best price $5.222024-06-27 — best price $6.002024-10-24 — best price $9.992025-03-10 — best price $9.992025-08-04 — best price $8.392025-10-29 — best price $9.042025-12-18 — best price $8.722026-08-17 — best price $8.192026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7201892026-05-30 — 251 pageviews2026-06-03 — 202 pageviews2026-06-07 — 262 pageviews2026-06-11 — 276 pageviews2026-06-15 — 215 pageviews2026-06-19 — 245 pageviews2026-06-23 — 229 pageviews2026-06-27 — 277 pageviews2026-07-01 — 267 pageviews2026-07-05 — 228 pageviews2026-07-09 — 225 pageviews2026-07-13 — 272 pageviews2026-07-17 — 250 pageviews2026-07-21 — 304 pageviews2026-07-25 — 216 pageviews2026-07-29 — 301 pageviews2026-08-02 — 320 pageviews2026-08-06 — 259 pageviews2026-08-10 — 327 pageviews2026-08-14 — 223 pageviews2026-08-18 — 238 pageviews2026-08-22 — 230 pageviews2026-08-26 — 250 pageviews2026-08-30 — 274 pageviews2026-09-03 — 222 pageviews2026-09-07 — 366 pageviews2026-09-11 — 291 pageviews2026-09-15 — 230 pageviews2026-09-19 — 314 pageviews2026-09-23 — 296 pageviews2026-09-27 — 335 pageviews2026-10-01 — 234 pageviews2026-10-05 — 294 pageviews2026-10-08 — 365 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
68.1%
earned "Freefall"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Where its players are

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

Player tags

GoreFunnyActionComedyHorrorClassicSandboxZombiesSurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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