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Dead Matter
After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“My honest review as someone who keeps up with the game , and its updates. Don't believe the straight up instant-negative reviews. The game is not finished. Any one who knows about the history of this game and the further development that has gone into it knows that. However the…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Avoid this game, not sure what happened or why. Was an alpha key holder for this game, would seem like my key got removed after backing on kickstarter. Took me a while to notice this game had been removed from my library but it popped up on my recommended.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Hi Guys, Impossible to save configuration on the game last update... WTF... Not everyone play on Qwerty keyboard. Impossible also to keep the graphics settings... I wanted to give him a second chance. But I can't due to that...”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
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Development Stream
Hello Survivors, Our Head Developer has started streaming his work on Twitch! We encourage everyone to tune in if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the game! Additionally we want to
Development Stream
Hello Survivors, Our Head Developer has started streaming his work on Twitch! We encourage everyone to tune in if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the game! Additionally we want to
SPRING WRAP-UP
Hey Survivors, We've got a brief update covering the progress that's been made on the game since the release of our foundational update that came out in the middle of March. You can read the entire up
Minor Hotfix for 0.12
Hey all, Just a minor hotfix to address crashing issues related to item icon generation / connecting to a dedicated server. - Fixed floating DMF warehouse props. - Fixed floating barrels in Dominion -
0.12 Foundation Update
Survivors, It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything, as we mentioned in our last post, we just didn’t feel comfortable or justified in promoting or talking about the game publicly in any sort of
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Multiplayer · Early Access · Zombies · Open World · Survival · Action · Co-op · Post-apocalyptic · Sandbox · First-Person · Rogue-like · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://playdeadmatter.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel i5-i5-7500 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 1660 Super or AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space