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Dead Signal

Reflect Studios · 2023-10-20

SteamEpic Games Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Monitor camera feeds, report valuable info, and hand-deliver shady packages. An hourly quota of reports will test your keen eye to spot the differences, while timed deliveries will force you outside unexpectedly. Until you clock out for the night almost nowhere is safe.

5
playing now
89%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

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

As of 2021, there are over 85 million security cameras in the United States alone. More than half are easily breached—they monitor businesses, public parks, mass transportation… even your homes. The act of placing hidden cameras in such areas is also common, in fact there is a whole business behind it. This presents a monetization option for shady individuals and organizations. Organizations that operate behind the shadows of the Darknet. You happen to work for one of them, and they call themselves . Ran by ‘The Shade’ - your employer. You are tasked in appeasing your employer by monitoring (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,098 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1912026-08-11 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$5.992023-10-202026-07-092023-10-20 — best price $7.992023-10-27 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-19 — best price $12.992024-09-29 — best price $12.992024-10-28 — best price $8.702024-11-04 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $6.492025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-03-13 — best price $9.092025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-06-27 — best price $6.492025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-10-27 — best price $6.492025-11-03 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $9.742026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "Welcome to ViVEX"
22.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6511%18

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

Player tags

3DDarkHorrorPuzzleRealisticRogue-likeSimulationAtmosphericPerma DeathFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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