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Dead Pixels

Dead Pixels

A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade w

Released Dec 7, 2012 Developer CSR-Studios Platforms Windows · Linux ZombiesActionPixel GraphicsIndieLocal Co-Op
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

87.2%positive2,425 reviews
Recommended · 81 found this helpful

“IN A WORD: COMPELLING Dead Pixels is a side-scrolling survival/shooter with some lite-RPG elements set in a zombie apocalypse. You take control of a human survivor making their way to safety through undead filled streets of a city. The basic aim of the game depends on the game…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 83 found this helpful

“Bought this game as i had a spare bit on funds in my steam wallet and didnt know what to buy so looked through the cheaper games and saw this and thought "OK i will give it a go it doesnt cost that much",and i am really glad that i did. As soon as i had downloaded and started to…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 36 found this helpful

“A simple and entertaining game, Dead Pixels is a side scrolling shoot 'em up with a fairly strong RPG element for the genre. Your goal in the game is to make it a specified number of blocks (levels) without dying so that you can escape the zombie-infested city. Along the way you…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

4peak since Aug 2026
0 1 2 1 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.

30achievements
10.0%median completion
3.4%rarest: If you've got the cash.
35.9% of players 32.8% of players 29.2% of players 24.0% of players 21.8% of players 18.7% of players 16.3% of players 14.5% of players 13.8% of players 13.0% of players 11.6% of players 10.8% of players 10.5% of players 10.5% of players 10.1% of players 10.0% of players 9.6% of players 9.4% of players 9.3% of players 8.6% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.0% of players 3.4% of players 35.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
35.9%Supply and demand — Sell a wanted item to a trader
32.8%Bloodbath. — Reach a kill combo of 40.
29.2%Nice shot. — Kill 5 zombies with one shot.
Rarest badges of honor
3.4%If you've got the cash. — Spend over a million dollars in trader stores.
4.0%Buried in the dead. — Finish the Dead Pixels on Hardest.
4.9%It don't belong to me. — Complete a game without raiding a building.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$2.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$1.07lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US2.99 USD
EU2.99 EUR
UK1.99 GBP
Australia4.50 AUD
Canada3.29 CAD
Japan298 JPY
Brazil4.99 BRL
China15.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.9 Japan China Canada UK US Australia EU≈$3.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 07-11 07-31 08-21 09-11 10-02 10-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 14, 2025
Dead Pixels Ver 1.4

A new update to Dead Pixels is making its way across the internet to everyone. The big changes are Moving to new frameworks (FNA and Facepunch.Steamworks). Native Linux build for Steamdeck and linux c

Mar 24, 2018
Dead Pixels II coming soon Steam page.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4298814/3d087a89de199bbf12a83844695d4b8aa4e6fd4f.png On June 19th 1987 the dead rose across America. Few survived the first week. W

Mar 24, 2018
Dead Pixels II coming soon Steam page.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4298814/3d087a89de199bbf12a83844695d4b8aa4e6fd4f.png On June 19th 1987 the dead rose across America. Few survived the first week. W

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG
Player tagsZombies · Action · Pixel Graphics · Indie · Local Co-Op · 2D · Retro · Survival · Co-op · RPG · Side Scroller · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Official sitehttp://deadpixelsthegame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Core 2, 2ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 128 MB Video RAM and at least Shader Model 2.0 DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 200 MB HD space