Dead Season
Skip · Strategy · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 24, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 6.9h
- Value
- $2.90/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 212 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Guide a group of unprepared strangers through the apocalypse, in Dead Season, a turn-based tactics adventure, created by the one-man studio Snail Bite. Plan carefully to outlast swarming zombie hordes, but remember: noise attracts danger. Can you escape the outbreak's deadly grip?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 970 Series or Equivalent. AMD RX 5000 series and beyond, 15 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
23 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
It is pricier than 88 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 66 percent. On the same math Othercide ($29.99, scores 56) and Demeo ($24.99, scores 61) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Dead Season
Steam's global achievement data puts 29 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
The drop-off
86% start to 29% 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
What players say
A fantastic zombie turn-based tactics game. I wish they would make DLC or a sequel. It does everything right. The controls are simple, the combat is fair and engaging, and best of all, it's the only tactical zombie game I've played that doesn't make me pitch a tent and track my stupid canned goods storage.
2 more reviews
I really enjoy this game. I think taking a zombie survival game and making it a turn based tactical works extremely well. if there was a complaint to be had, it would be over the length. I would love to see this game get either DLC to add more to the main campaign story OR a Dead Season 2. overall solid experience, did not encounter any bugs either which is extremely impressive for a solo Dev (at least not so fav)...
I'm a sucker for zombie games. I really like this. I cant recall another drop down zombie game like this so I think this is worth the price. I bought it for less then 7 dollars. Really enjoyable and you could replay this game over and over to get different loot and you could change the difficulty as well! I played on the easiest difficulty and it was a struggle because I had to shoot a bit so if you put this game on...
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Cite this score
Dead Season scores 24/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2666550/dead-seasonReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.