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Stay Dead Evolution cover art

Stay Dead Evolution

Brucefilm · Plug In Digital · 2015-02-04

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Be an action B-movie hero and defeat all your enemies in this intense fighting experience! Stay Dead Evolution is a unique arcade action game based on real life footage.

0
playing now
43%
positive of 145 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 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 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.59-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.41 at IndieGala Store (2023-02-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 71 of 95 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.412015-02-042026-08-222015-02-04 — best price $4.492015-12-23 — best price $1.442016-07-03 — best price $1.192017-01-27 — best price $1.492017-07-26 — best price $1.012018-02-21 — best price $1.012018-08-21 — best price $5.992019-01-04 — best price $5.992019-11-10 — best price $1.012020-01-31 — best price $5.992020-06-04 — best price $5.992020-07-15 — best price $5.992020-09-05 — best price $5.992020-10-16 — best price $5.392020-11-23 — best price $0.872021-01-09 — best price $5.992021-02-15 — best price $0.762021-04-02 — best price $4.992021-05-10 — best price $5.992021-06-28 — best price $0.762021-12-05 — best price $5.992022-04-22 — best price $0.952022-08-17 — best price $0.592023-01-05 — best price $0.762023-04-11 — best price $0.412023-07-01 — best price $4.692023-09-18 — best price $1.122023-12-21 — best price $1.012024-03-16 — best price $4.712024-06-20 — best price $0.962024-09-02 — best price $0.892024-12-03 — best price $4.692025-03-31 — best price $5.992025-07-17 — best price $0.592025-10-27 — best price $4.692026-01-30 — best price $5.992026-04-23 — best price $5.992026-08-08 — best price $0.542026-08-22 — best price $0.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FMVIndieActionRhythmBeat 'em upQuick-Time Events

Census log

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

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