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The Hordes of the Dead

Sergio Castillo · 2025-10-30

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 24, 2018 (Mac)

A brutal and gory survival horror, limited resources, blood, exploding heads, zombies ripped in half and crawling, bullets leaves in them visible damage. Every encounter with the Z could be your last. Inspired in classic horror games with a modern gory touch, a love letter to the zombie genre.

The Hordes of the Dead is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2025, priced at $3.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 23 reviews).

65%
positive of 23 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 83% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 27,559 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320182026Week of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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