Dead Space
Fair · Shooter · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $59.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 12.2h
- Value
- $4.92/hr
- Reviews
- 91% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 80% ($11.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 85% ($8.99)
- Last discount ended
- 3 days ago
Watch it for a saleSources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 16 GB of memory, AMD RX 5700, GTX 1070, 50 GB of storage. Windows only.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
June 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $5.99. It has been discounted 34 times in the 4 years tracked here, typically at 70 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 3 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 37 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dead Space™ 2 ($19.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats The Callisto Protocol™ ($59.99, scores 10).
Steam's global achievement data puts 28 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 27 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2026 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 65 percent of the 5,732 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 12.2 hours. Doing everything runs 30, 2.5 times as long.
3 years after release, 896 people were playing it when we last checked, on Sep 26, 23:45 UTC.
The drop-off
74% start to 28% 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
Players
896 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 23:45 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Great remake of a great game. One of the best modern survival horror games on the market. Great story and gameplay. The music and sound design are amazing, and the graphics are also top-notch. It's definitely worth playing, even if you've already played the original game!
【ENGLISH VERSION】 This is my first Dead Space game-my buddy recommended it to me. And man, that content warning at the start already got me creeped out. Okay, gotta complain about the flight controls. Are they for real? You can't even go up or down? With mouse and keyboard, it feels like it's all keyboard-mouse barely does anything (seems like it's only for zero-G alignment). I'm so done with this, it feels so...
Absolutely fantastic on Steam Deck! Dead Space is an incredible experience, and it runs surprisingly well on the Steam Deck. The atmosphere is outstanding, the sound design is creepy as hell, and the gameplay still feels intense from start to finish. Playing it handheld with headphones makes the horror feel even more immersive. Performance has been solid for me, and it looks fantastic on the Deck's screen. If you...
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Cite this score
Dead Space scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1693980/dead-spaceReviews 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 Sep 19, price as of Oct 1.
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