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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

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.

183
playing now
94%
positive of 30k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (1077 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 28h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Dead Space 2 takes place three years after the events of Dead Space, in 2511. Following his nightmarish encounter on the USG Ishimura, former engineer Isaac Clarke arrives on the Sprawl, a civilian space station built on the remains of Saturn's moon, Titan, which was broken into pieces in a planet-cracking operation. Here a new Necromorph outbreak begins. Isaac witnesses the panic that overtakes the station from the start.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 183 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 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,695 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

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 27 of 41 observed days (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

3271002026-08-06 21:00 — 234 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 147 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 199 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 232 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 187 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 224 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 293 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 225 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 261 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 327 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 167 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 196 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 230 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 145 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 219 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 213 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 165 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 209 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 258 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 138 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 113 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 179 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 162 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 150 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 196 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 173 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 100 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 172 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 183 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — 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 $3.992026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

7212026-08-26 19:15 — 19 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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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