Dead Effect 2
Skip · Shooter · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 40, under the fair line, at $11.99.
- Length
- 7h 42.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.71/hr
- Reviews
- 73% of 2,320 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, 11 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 105 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 64 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Dead Effect 2 VR ($24.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Dead Effect ($4.99, scores 36).
More about Dead Effect 2
53 from critics against 73 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts 30 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 469 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 41 percent of the 530 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 28 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 7 hours. Doing everything runs 43, 6.1 times as long.
At 7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
74% start to 30% 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
very fun might be a bit outdated now a days but still a very good zombie action story game
2 more reviews
Just Grab any one gun that you like and pick a skill(universal pull) and healer OFC its name is different in game by this two combos you can complete this whole game without loosing your 1% health cuz game have many bugs so i use universal pull to climb up on any objects in game and kill the zombies and if you pick any higher place then all zombies kill by itself so its plus point. Game is good for time pass buy...
Dead Effect 2, developed by BadFly Interactive and published by App Holdings, is an ambitious blend of first-person shooting and role-playing elements set within the cold, metallic corridors of the ESS Meridian-a vast derelict spaceship overrun by the undead and cybernetic horrors. It is a sequel that expands upon the original Dead Effect formula, offering deeper character progression, richer visuals, and a wider...
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Cite this score
Dead Effect 2 scores 40/100 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/394760/dead-effect-2Reviews 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 26, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.