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Dead Signal

Reflect Studios · 2023-10-20

SteamEpic Games Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Dead Signal is a $12.99 Simulation game released in 2023, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1101 reviews).

3
playing now
89%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,955
twitch viewers (latest)
3955.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (136 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 97 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (302 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,101 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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27027020232026Week of 2023-10-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1114Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 111 · peak 268Nov 2023 — avg 37 · peak 182Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 30Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 22Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 35 · peak 129Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 107Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 40Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 12 · peak 33Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 28Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 36Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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.

Recent updates

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