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Dead Space

Motive · Electronic Arts · 2023-01-27

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Franchise: Dead Space · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 27, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jan 27, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.

892
playing now
91%
positive of 70k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
158
twitch viewers (latest)
91/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (230 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 27h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

892 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead Space is a 2023 survival horror game developed by Motive Studio and published by Electronic Arts. A remake of the 2008 game of the same name developed by EA Redwood Shores, it is the first release in the Dead Space series since 2013's Dead Space 3. Like the original game, it is set on the USG Ishimura, a mining spaceship overrun by deadly monsters known as Necromorphs following the discovery of an artifact called the Marker. The player controls engineer Isaac Clarke as he navigates the spaceship and fights the Necromorphs while struggling with growing psychosis.

Trailer

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Dead Space Official Launch Trailer | Humanity Ends Here

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 892 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,426 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,428/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 70,406 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-06-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 19 of 35 observed days · $11.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.5k9.5k20232026Week of 2023-01-01: 9,451 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,118 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9,083 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 646 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,732 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,917 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,239 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,012 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 991 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,106 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 978 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,202 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 917 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,573 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 839 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,508 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,267 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,151 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 122 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k6012026-08-06 22:00 — 849 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 720 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1,243 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 984 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 941 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,459 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1,112 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1,100 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1,529 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 1,091 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 733 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1,162 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 868 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 695 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1,174 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 799 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 664 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1,258 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1,095 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 601 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 874 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 862 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 830 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 995 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 928 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 719 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 657 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 859 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 892 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$5.992022-10-042026-08-282022-10-04 — best price $59.992023-04-06 — best price $47.992023-05-29 — best price $59.992023-07-13 — best price $59.992023-08-10 — best price $59.992023-09-28 — best price $59.992023-11-11 — best price $59.992023-12-11 — best price $59.992024-01-10 — best price $59.992024-02-12 — best price $59.992024-03-28 — best price $59.992024-05-16 — best price $20.992024-07-11 — best price $59.992024-08-19 — best price $59.992024-10-28 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $59.992025-01-09 — best price $59.992025-02-13 — best price $59.992025-03-27 — best price $59.992025-05-21 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $59.992025-08-11 — best price $59.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-12-11 — best price $8.992026-01-27 — best price $11.992026-02-17 — best price $59.992026-03-16 — best price $59.992026-04-13 — best price $59.992026-05-18 — best price $59.992026-07-16 — best price $8.992026-08-28 — best price $17.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5672632026-05-30 — 289 pageviews2026-06-02 — 299 pageviews2026-06-05 — 345 pageviews2026-06-08 — 415 pageviews2026-06-11 — 346 pageviews2026-06-14 — 342 pageviews2026-06-17 — 381 pageviews2026-06-20 — 491 pageviews2026-06-23 — 378 pageviews2026-06-26 — 564 pageviews2026-06-29 — 525 pageviews2026-07-02 — 406 pageviews2026-07-05 — 550 pageviews2026-07-08 — 417 pageviews2026-07-11 — 422 pageviews2026-07-14 — 417 pageviews2026-07-17 — 443 pageviews2026-07-20 — 395 pageviews2026-07-23 — 465 pageviews2026-07-26 — 421 pageviews2026-07-29 — 372 pageviews2026-08-01 — 367 pageviews2026-08-04 — 370 pageviews2026-08-07 — 406 pageviews2026-08-10 — 371 pageviews2026-08-13 — 358 pageviews2026-08-16 — 386 pageviews2026-08-19 — 384 pageviews2026-08-22 — 380 pageviews2026-08-25 — 417 pageviews2026-08-27 — 402 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

40082026-08-28 08:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 91 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 159 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 242 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 265 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 400 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 272 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 163 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 162 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 73 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 121 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 144 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 225 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 247 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 196 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 80 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 158 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
74.4%
earned "Marksman"
32.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)115,3899%48
PS3 (PlayStation)95,25231%49
PS5 (PlayStation)59,72816%48
Xbox Series (Xbox)30,2105%47
Steam (Steam)25,1668%47

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

SpaceActionAliensHorrorRemakeSci-fiShooterSurvivalAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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