Dead Space™ 3
Skip · Shooter · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 32, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.57/hr
- Reviews▼
- 72% of 15,203
- Critics
- 78 players 6 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 60% Shooter
Holding it back: DRM, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 12.7h
- To 100%
- 24.9h 2.0x the story
- Finish
- 26% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 58
Price and sales
- Sales
- 48 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $3.99 October 2023
- Sale every
- 41d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 60 now
- Recent reviews
- 66% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 35% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
79% start to 26% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
48 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 65 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Aliens: Fireteam Elite ($5.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection ($29.99, scores 8).
More about Dead Space™ 3
Steam's global achievement data puts 26 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 12 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2026 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 40 percent of the 1,337 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Terrifying game. The Thing is one of my favorite stories and I definitely felt its influence in this game. Addition of co-op is a fun change.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Dead Space 3 delivers another engaging science-fiction horror adventure with an excellent story, a compelling atmosphere, and a strong sense of exploration. Although I genuinely enjoyed the experience, some frustrating design decisions and unnecessary repetition prevent it from reaching the level of the first Dead Space. The story is undoubtedly one of the game's greatest strengths. I remained interested in the...
Total garbage in sense of Bugs, technical points. Story is weak, the whole game is buggy and overall really every other gamer is correct, this not worth your time neither your money.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Dead Space™ 3 scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1238060/dead-space-3Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 15, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.