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Dead Second

Spunge Games Pty Ltd · 2022-10-14

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 07, 2021 (Meta Quest 2), Sep 12, 2024 (PlayStation VR2), Oct 14, 2022 (SteamVR)

Dead Second is the award-winning rail-shooter inspired by arcade classics like Time Crisis. Easy to learn but hard to master, use the 'Dead Second' bullet time system to take down enemies with high fidelity impact physics reactions. Experience intense shootouts and gunplay unlike any game before it!

88%
positive of 51 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (320 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 28,107 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120222026Week of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$7.492022-10-152026-03-262022-10-15 — best price $16.992022-10-17 — best price $12.742022-10-21 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992022-12-24 — best price $7.492023-01-06 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992025-12-20 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DVRFPSDarkIndieActionArcadeCombatCartoonShooter

Census log

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

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