Dead

Dead

Worth it · Action · 2018

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $4.99.

Length
3h
Value
$1.66/hr
Reviews
91% of 278 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 3 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

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

Raising the score
Engagement3% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$1.66/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews91% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 88% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 195 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Direct X9.0c Compatible Card, 297 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

25 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 2 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Nuclear Throne ($11.99, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition ($4.99, scores 42).

More about Dead

Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

The drop-off

25% start to 3% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 15, 06:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Dead scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/527150/dead
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Reviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperAlec Smith
PublisherMilo Games
GenreAction
Released2018
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements40