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Dead Space (2008)

EA Redwood Shores · Electronic Arts · 2009-01-09

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Dead Space · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 20, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2008 (PlayStation 3), Oct 14, 2008 (Xbox 360)

You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.

36
playing now
92%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (1239 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 16h · completionist 38h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

36 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead Space is a 2008 survival horror game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows as the debut entry in the Dead Space series. Set on a mining spaceship overrun by deadly monsters called 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. Gameplay has Isaac exploring different areas through its narrative, solving environmental puzzles and finding ammunition and equipment to survive.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 36 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 981 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~123/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,222 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$7.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at EA Store (2020-06-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 75 of 105 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58958920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

127362026-09-15 11:00 — 36 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 83 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 65 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 55 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 120 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 80 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 38 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 77 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 89 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 64 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 96 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 86 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 37 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 76 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 98 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 57 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 64 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 96 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 68 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 73 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 117 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 86 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 36 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
47043Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 200 · peak 450Dec 2012 — avg 92 · peak 227May 2013 — avg 95 · peak 560Oct 2013 — avg 139 · peak 328Mar 2014 — avg 131 · peak 399Aug 2014 — avg 93 · peak 182Jan 2015 — avg 96 · peak 203Jun 2015 — avg 104 · peak 293Nov 2015 — avg 121 · peak 477Apr 2016 — avg 73 · peak 158Sep 2016 — avg 119 · peak 481Feb 2017 — avg 99 · peak 214Jul 2017 — avg 103 · peak 232Dec 2017 — avg 119 · peak 250May 2018 — avg 70 · peak 149Oct 2018 — avg 85 · peak 230Mar 2019 — avg 75 · peak 149Aug 2019 — avg 86 · peak 164Jan 2020 — avg 97 · peak 217Jun 2020 — avg 207 · peak 1,019Nov 2020 — avg 211 · peak 585Apr 2021 — avg 124 · peak 355Sep 2021 — avg 220 · peak 486Feb 2022 — avg 178 · peak 384Jul 2022 — avg 214 · peak 1,221Dec 2022 — avg 206 · peak 445May 2023 — avg 172 · peak 587Oct 2023 — avg 55 · peak 111Mar 2024 — avg 63 · peak 129Aug 2024 — avg 64 · peak 127Jan 2025 — avg 58 · peak 116Jun 2025 — avg 54 · peak 117Nov 2025 — avg 66 · peak 144Apr 2026 — avg 63 · peak 168Aug 2026 — avg 70 · peak 121
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 $4.992015-03-17 — best price $19.992015-05-04 — best price $19.992015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-11-03 — best price $19.992016-03-09 — best price $6.792016-08-16 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-11-29 — best price $19.992018-06-04 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-03-05 — best price $4.992019-07-22 — best price $19.992019-11-18 — best price $8.782020-02-29 — best price $19.992020-06-04 — best price $1.992020-10-09 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-09 — best price $4.992021-08-31 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-03-08 — best price $19.992022-07-26 — best price $19.992024-05-01 — best price $7.992024-09-17 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-08-07 — best price $7.992025-11-20 — best price $7.992026-02-07 — best price $19.992026-04-23 — best price $7.992026-07-15 — best price $7.992026-09-03 — best price $0.002026-09-18 — best price $7.992026-10-03 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6452182026-05-29 — 284 pageviews2026-06-02 — 319 pageviews2026-06-06 — 316 pageviews2026-06-10 — 267 pageviews2026-06-14 — 261 pageviews2026-06-18 — 379 pageviews2026-06-22 — 312 pageviews2026-06-26 — 405 pageviews2026-06-30 — 395 pageviews2026-07-04 — 360 pageviews2026-07-08 — 360 pageviews2026-07-12 — 355 pageviews2026-07-16 — 494 pageviews2026-07-20 — 380 pageviews2026-07-24 — 368 pageviews2026-07-28 — 326 pageviews2026-08-01 — 360 pageviews2026-08-05 — 366 pageviews2026-08-09 — 358 pageviews2026-08-13 — 357 pageviews2026-08-17 — 353 pageviews2026-08-21 — 450 pageviews2026-08-25 — 338 pageviews2026-08-29 — 361 pageviews2026-09-02 — 300 pageviews2026-09-06 — 388 pageviews2026-09-10 — 344 pageviews2026-09-14 — 368 pageviews2026-09-18 — 554 pageviews2026-09-22 — 433 pageviews2026-09-26 — 397 pageviews2026-09-30 — 405 pageviews2026-10-04 — 448 pageviews2026-10-07 — 345 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

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

Player tags

DarkGoreSpaceActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterFuturisticStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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