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Red Death cover art

Red Death

Panda Indie Studio · 2017-03-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 18, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 25, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Mar 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 18, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 17, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Mar 17, 2020 (Xbox One)

Red Death is a vertical shooter, Prologue of the series Project Starship!

Red Death is an Action and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive (78% of 127 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 128 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
3.57★
PlayStation Store rating (179 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 128 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492017-03-242026-10-112017-03-24 — best price $0.792017-06-10 — best price $0.992017-10-26 — best price $0.492017-11-28 — best price $0.992018-01-18 — best price $0.492018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-07-20 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.692019-02-11 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.692020-01-27 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.892020-11-02 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.692021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-11-24 — best price $0.692022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-06-23 — best price $0.592022-11-29 — best price $0.992022-12-23 — best price $0.692023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492026-09-06 — best price $4.992026-09-27 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
7.3%
earned "IT'S OK!"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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