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Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
You are Frank West – photojournalist and original hero of the Dead Rising Willamette incident – taking center stage experiencing the re-imagined Fortune City outbreak.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
47 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“imporves on alot things while also worsen on few things + you get new contents & you get to play as Frank West! if you prefer good quality gameplay get this, if you prefer the canon story then get Dead Rising 2. if you…”
“Pros - Return of photography. A fun pastime from the original game and a great way to earn progress towards levelling up. - Better pacing. Base DR2 had loads of segments of downtime, with long stretches between main…”
5 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“Le jeux de zombie le moin sérieux que je connaisse j'y joue en bac a sable avec un pote et si vous voulez jouer en t'en qu'un lego policier avec des bottes de mega man qui tué des zombie avec une débroussailleuse dont…”
“Great game but little hard story need team up it will be fine.”
“Not sure what's causing issues for other people in terms of game breaking bugs, but so far I've had no major problems with my co-op save (I'm on case 5-2 currently)! I actually like some of the small gameplay changes…”
3 of the 85 reviews raise this.
3 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“Dead Rising 2 is so good it's worth going through all over again. Loved every minute. Now it's over and I am sad.”
17 of the 85 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“www.nexusmods.com%2Fdeadrising2offtherecord%2Fmods%2F37 link for controller fix”
“By "partial controller compatibility" they really mean "no controller compatibility."”
“Controller doesn't work, too lazy to mod”
15 of the 85 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“fix your game it just crashes my entire pc on startup for no reason even though it used to work”
“imporves on alot things while also worsen on few things + you get new contents & you get to play as Frank West! if you prefer good quality gameplay get this, if you prefer the canon story then get Dead Rising 2. if you…”
“Fantastic Game Somewhat horrid PC port (typical capcom)”
Counted across 85 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, or as I like to call it, Frank West: Midlife Crisis. This was a fantastic addition, filled with the fun that was from the first, put into the world of the sequel. There are some few additions from Dead Rising 2 with Chuck Green, as well as some…”
— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs played“An interesting take for Dead Rising 2. Frank has always been my favorite protagonist since the first game. A good game to enjoy with a friend if you are both Dead Rising fans. You know Frank has covered wars right?”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“Controls do not work AT ALL for whatever reason Edit: After an hour of trying to fix this it still won't work ♥♥♥♥ this game Good game, bad port Edit 2: Controls work now, but fix your game Capcom”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Pre-order bonus DLC now available including original Frank costume!
The bonus DLC, which was previously only available to players who had pre-ordered the game, is now available in the store starting today! Enjoy costumes based on Frank West from the original Dead Risi
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Discounted Through January 2
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is available for a discounted price as part of this year's Capcom Holiday Sale! Dust off your camera, grab the nearest object as your weapon, and join photojournalist Frank
Free demo, Arabic text support, and a new Casual difficulty update!
Did you say zombies?! A free demo of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is available now for new players to try catching the big scoop and survive the various dangers of the lavish Willamette Parkview Mall.
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Launch Trailer
Survive and catch the big scoop on Zombie Paradise. Dead Rising has been brought back to life in Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster with 4K high fidelity graphics, 3D audio support, voiceover in 9 languages,
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Story Trailer
Did you say Zombies?! Frank West has covered wars, you know. But he's never seen anything quite like this. Join him in catching the big scoop and surviving the various dangers of the lavish Willamette
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Zombies · Open World · Adventure · Online Co-Op · Co-op · Third Person · Comedy · Funny · Gore · Sandbox · Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean * |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Official site | http://www.facebook.com/deadrising |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows Vista®/XP, Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon X2 2.2 Ghz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 or better DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c or greater Hard Drive: 8.5 GB free hard drive space Sound: Standard audio device