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Trapped Dead cover art

Trapped Dead

Crenetic · 2011-07-15

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 15, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You and up to three friends fight to survive the Zombie outbreak in this game inspired by early '80s horror films!

Trapped Dead is a 2011 Action, Strategy game priced at $0.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed sentiment (41% of 790 reviews).

2
playing now
41%
positive of 790 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$0.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Our story takes place in the early 80s in a small town names Hedge Hill near Kansas City, Missouri. The sowing of a new genetically modified type of corn caused the existence of a new virus which mutated through the natural food chain. A dog bite of an infected animal caused a local outbreak of the virus which rapidly infected the inhabitants of the idyl- lic provincial town. Mike and Gerald, two college boys, are thrown into the middle of a terrifying horror scenario. Having pulled over to a gas station near Hedge Hill during what was meant to be an enjoyable road trip, they are unaware of th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 790 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$0.50-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.25 at GamersGate (2016-06-18) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 57 of 74 observed days · $0.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
340Jul 2012Aug 2023Jul 2012 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2012 — avg 3 · peak 40Jan 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2013 — avg 6 · peak 60Jul 2013 — avg 2 · peak 14Oct 2013 — avg 6 · peak 32Jan 2014 — avg 9 · peak 41Apr 2014 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 11Jan 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 16Jan 2018 — avg 13 · peak 1,338Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 19Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 12May 2023 — avg 19 · peak 424Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.13$0.382015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.492015-04-03 — best price $6.392015-07-15 — best price $9.992016-01-01 — best price $8.992016-06-23 — best price $1.692016-12-15 — best price $1.252017-07-11 — best price $4.992018-01-08 — best price $0.502018-08-02 — best price $4.992018-12-04 — best price $4.992019-05-14 — best price $0.992019-09-28 — best price $5.462020-01-20 — best price $0.992020-04-10 — best price $0.822020-06-25 — best price $0.992020-09-11 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $1.002021-01-12 — best price $4.142021-03-09 — best price $4.992021-05-05 — best price $4.992021-07-26 — best price $0.992021-11-16 — best price $4.992022-03-01 — best price $4.142022-07-29 — best price $0.592023-01-01 — best price $0.962023-05-08 — best price $0.492023-09-29 — best price $4.872024-01-11 — best price $4.992024-04-23 — best price $0.502024-08-27 — best price $4.992025-01-18 — best price $4.992025-06-03 — best price $4.992025-11-18 — best price $3.892026-04-13 — best price $0.572026-09-14 — best price $0.502026-10-14 — best price $0.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

Co-opActionZombiesStrategyTacticalAdventureSingleplayerReal Time Tactics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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