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Dead Space™ 2

Visceral Games · Electronic Arts · 2011-01-25

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Dead Space · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 28, 2011 (Xbox 360), Jan 25, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 25, 2011 (PlayStation 3)

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

Dead Space™ 2 is an Action, Adventure game released in 2011, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 29908 reviews).

194
playing now
94%
positive of 30k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (1077 ratings)
184
Nexus mods (116k downloads)
16h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 28h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

194 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead Space 2 is a 2011 survival horror game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in January. The second mainline entry in the Dead Space series, set on the Titan-based Sprawl space station, follows series protagonist Isaac Clarke as he fights against both an outbreak of the monstrous Necromorphs and debilitating mental illness induced by the alien Markers. Gameplay features Isaac exploring a series of levels, solving puzzles to progress, and finding resources while fighting off Necromorphs. The game included a competitive multiplayer, with the Sprawl's security forces fighting teams of Necromorphs.

Trailer

Dead Space™ 2 trailer thumbnail

Dead Space 2 Launch Trailer

≈378,899 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 194 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,475 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~309/week).
  • · Review velocity up 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 30,023 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Steam$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 52 of 65 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42042020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3641092026-09-15 12:00 — 121 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 207 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 207 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 200 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 364 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 217 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 123 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 235 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 260 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 212 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 217 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 205 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 133 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 202 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 244 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 147 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 182 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 195 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 165 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 197 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 273 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 201 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 109 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 194 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36051Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 266 · peak 552Dec 2012 — avg 110 · peak 232May 2013 — avg 75 · peak 266Oct 2013 — avg 88 · peak 231Mar 2014 — avg 87 · peak 251Aug 2014 — avg 79 · peak 159Jan 2015 — avg 86 · peak 191Jun 2015 — avg 123 · peak 394Nov 2015 — avg 115 · peak 368Apr 2016 — avg 80 · peak 168Sep 2016 — avg 124 · peak 482Feb 2017 — avg 101 · peak 190Jul 2017 — avg 98 · peak 222Dec 2017 — avg 132 · peak 261May 2018 — avg 80 · peak 157Oct 2018 — avg 83 · peak 172Mar 2019 — avg 76 · peak 149Aug 2019 — avg 120 · peak 249Jan 2020 — avg 97 · peak 200Jun 2020 — avg 149 · peak 537Nov 2020 — avg 162 · peak 364Apr 2021 — avg 95 · peak 170Sep 2021 — avg 179 · peak 339Feb 2022 — avg 152 · peak 282Jul 2022 — avg 165 · peak 297Dec 2022 — avg 194 · peak 372May 2023 — avg 126 · peak 336Oct 2023 — avg 90 · peak 244Mar 2024 — avg 116 · peak 242Aug 2024 — avg 121 · peak 253Jan 2025 — avg 118 · peak 226Jun 2025 — avg 112 · peak 259Nov 2025 — avg 137 · peak 318Apr 2026 — avg 155 · peak 369Aug 2026 — avg 181 · peak 337
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-07 — best price $10.832015-04-30 — best price $11.102015-06-17 — best price $9.992015-10-27 — best price $9.992016-02-02 — best price $9.992016-06-24 — best price $13.362016-12-25 — best price $6.002017-11-21 — best price $4.992018-06-08 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $19.992019-09-28 — best price $9.822020-01-12 — best price $7.992020-02-18 — best price $4.992020-05-11 — best price $4.332020-06-05 — best price $17.992020-07-10 — best price $19.992020-08-18 — best price $19.992020-09-20 — best price $19.992020-10-15 — best price $19.992020-11-07 — best price $17.992020-12-02 — best price $17.992021-01-13 — best price $19.592021-02-04 — best price $19.992021-03-11 — best price $17.882021-04-07 — best price $5.002021-08-13 — best price $17.882021-10-28 — best price $4.992022-01-11 — best price $11.352022-03-08 — best price $19.992023-05-29 — best price $19.992024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-11-11 — best price $19.992025-05-15 — best price $19.992026-01-08 — best price $19.992026-06-18 — best price $3.992026-08-16 — best price $3.992026-09-25 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3381492026-06-02 — 207 pageviews2026-06-06 — 207 pageviews2026-06-10 — 192 pageviews2026-06-14 — 183 pageviews2026-06-18 — 219 pageviews2026-06-22 — 272 pageviews2026-06-26 — 287 pageviews2026-06-30 — 264 pageviews2026-07-04 — 260 pageviews2026-07-08 — 236 pageviews2026-07-12 — 281 pageviews2026-07-16 — 265 pageviews2026-07-20 — 246 pageviews2026-07-24 — 229 pageviews2026-07-28 — 252 pageviews2026-08-01 — 233 pageviews2026-08-05 — 214 pageviews2026-08-09 — 266 pageviews2026-08-13 — 196 pageviews2026-08-17 — 265 pageviews2026-08-21 — 308 pageviews2026-08-25 — 273 pageviews2026-08-29 — 235 pageviews2026-09-02 — 221 pageviews2026-09-06 — 247 pageviews2026-09-10 — 215 pageviews2026-09-14 — 316 pageviews2026-09-18 — 337 pageviews2026-09-22 — 329 pageviews2026-09-26 — 273 pageviews2026-09-30 — 253 pageviews2026-10-04 — 311 pageviews2026-10-08 — 243 pageviews2026-10-12 — 313 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

SpaceActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterSurvivalFuturisticStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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