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Deadlink

Gruby Entertainment · SuperGG.com · 2023-07-27

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 30, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jul 30, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Get ready to put a sizable dent in the profits of megacorporations in Deadlink, a guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with roguelite elements. Your mission is to conduct covert ops while piloting a humanoid combat shell. And no, "covert" doesn’t mean "quiet."

Deadlink is an Action, Indie game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 3665 reviews).

4
playing now
89%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (400 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

You are the Corporate Security Agency’s greatest weapon, and it's your job to make sure the corporations and their shady deals are anything but secure. With the team at HQ backing you up, you're tossed headfirst into the fray, where a military operation with plausible deniability can fix things for a fraction of the cost of a hopeless court case. Every randomized run will be different, but one thing never changes: you will be outnumbered. Get ready to think on your feet as you dash, jump, and use the environment to your advantage. You can't still, not even for a second. Equip your shell with(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

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Deadlink - Official Full Release Trailer

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Health check

Cooling
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (771 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 73k–165k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,673 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.99 at Epic Game Store (2025-09-04) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 19 of 84 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69669620222026Week of 2022-10-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 696 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-09-15 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4537Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 91 · peak 205Dec 2022 — avg 20 · peak 93Feb 2023 — avg 16 · peak 50Apr 2023 — avg 30 · peak 82Jun 2023 — avg 14 · peak 43Aug 2023 — avg 453 · peak 1,907Oct 2023 — avg 49 · peak 163Dec 2023 — avg 31 · peak 73Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 40Apr 2024 — avg 38 · peak 78Jun 2024 — avg 23 · peak 57Aug 2024 — avg 33 · peak 119Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 47Dec 2024 — avg 15 · peak 35Feb 2025 — avg 15 · peak 34Apr 2025 — avg 20 · peak 44Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 26Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 51Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$10.692022-10-182026-10-142022-10-18 — best price $15.992023-02-06 — best price $15.992023-06-19 — best price $15.992023-08-10 — best price $19.992023-10-31 — best price $15.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-15 — best price $17.492024-02-19 — best price $22.392024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-04-22 — best price $24.992024-05-27 — best price $16.242024-06-27 — best price $16.242024-07-31 — best price $24.992024-08-14 — best price $13.742024-10-23 — best price $16.242024-11-28 — best price $12.492024-12-12 — best price $12.992025-01-13 — best price $22.392025-02-18 — best price $22.392025-03-26 — best price $12.992025-05-01 — best price $18.362025-06-12 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $10.692025-08-07 — best price $24.992025-10-02 — best price $12.492025-11-10 — best price $24.992025-12-11 — best price $10.992026-01-19 — best price $24.992026-04-07 — best price $14.992026-05-18 — best price $11.622026-07-31 — best price $22.392026-08-31 — best price $24.992026-09-06 — best price $24.992026-09-12 — best price $24.992026-09-18 — best price $24.992026-09-24 — best price $24.992026-09-30 — best price $24.992026-10-06 — best price $24.992026-10-12 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
76.1%
earned "Little Boy"
8.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-08-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,3521%74
PS5 (PlayStation)3913%66
Xbox Series (Xbox)2401%65

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

FPSActionShooterStylizedCyberpunkDifficultComic BookFast-PacedRogue-liteClass-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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