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Deadside
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun survival and base building” (46 of 102 reviews) and “frequent game-improving updates” (12); the most common complaint is “grindy repairs and Rust-like changes” (25). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
46 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“What can I say. The first version of the game was amazing pvp, nice pve. Then they destroyed pvp amazing dynamics with something about a "vision", it became slow terrible "camperside" game. Then they just made changes…”
“It was fun while it lasted but the 1.8 update just absolutely killed any chance of reviving this game (if there was any.) Repairing guns takes way too many resources and cost and chests and bots dont even drop cash…”
“I played this game in its infancy and it was really good, it showed a lot of promise. However in the continued updates of the title it has lost its charm and has started following the image of the popular games in the…”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“[Review updated after upgrade to version 1.9] Casually playing for a few years since version 0.6, I've got more than 1,600 hours in the game. It has changed A LOT, but I could always adapt. [Edit] The bad decision from…”
“The new update looks like it solves every problem I had with this game and people... when he says you will be surprised how well it runs with minimal requirements, you will be. Super smooth and hope this update brings…”
“Back on the upswing, game is improving significantly with changes in 2026. Some solid improvements gearing towards survival and away from fast paced rust style gameplay. Game is heading in the right direction.”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“The new update looks like it solves every problem I had with this game and people... when he says you will be surprised how well it runs with minimal requirements, you will be. Super smooth and hope this update brings…”
“Deadside removed the repair benches from safe zones and broke their core game loop. After several years of loving this game, I cannot recommend it anymore. Not everyone wants to build bases. Whoever made that design…”
“pretty good game. great for casual gamers. runs good on my outdated gaming pc. i enjoy it”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“The AI is crackkkkedddd! Find yourself a good modded server and play with friends for the full experience, Public servers can be full of hackers, but Modded servers tend to have a dedicated group of admin ensuring their…”
“Fantastic open world survival game. Fun with friends but is also enjoyable solo. Highly recommend this one.”
“unlike arc you can chose to play in pvp or pve.. and base building is fun”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“other than lack of server pop on modded servers it is like a better looking dayz”
25 of the 102 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Update 1.8 made the game crap. New specific weapon repair system is crap. Special weapons(Mosin, VSD, M99, 417) you will hardly ever get from events. So when yours hits 75% it literally becomes un-useable, where you…”
“What can I say. The first version of the game was amazing pvp, nice pve. Then they destroyed pvp amazing dynamics with something about a "vision", it became slow terrible "camperside" game. Then they just made changes…”
“It was fun while it lasted but the 1.8 update just absolutely killed any chance of reviving this game (if there was any.) Repairing guns takes way too many resources and cost and chests and bots dont even drop cash…”
16 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I played Deadside for around 80 hours in 2025 and decided to return in 2026 to see how the game had improved. Shortly after coming back, I was suddenly hit with a Game Ban — completely out of nowhere. I have never used…”
“The game has more DLC than content.. typical rushed 1.0 type of game and yet another studio that dont listen to the community and brain dead devs put bad updates, after bad updates”
“Update 1.8 made the game crap. New specific weapon repair system is crap. Special weapons(Mosin, VSD, M99, 417) you will hardly ever get from events. So when yours hits 75% it literally becomes un-useable, where you…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Update 1.8 made the game crap. New specific weapon repair system is crap. Special weapons(Mosin, VSD, M99, 417) you will hardly ever get from events. So when yours hits 75% it literally becomes un-useable, where you…”
“What can I say. The first version of the game was amazing pvp, nice pve. Then they destroyed pvp amazing dynamics with something about a "vision", it became slow terrible "camperside" game. Then they just made changes…”
“It was fun while it lasted but the 1.8 update just absolutely killed any chance of reviving this game (if there was any.) Repairing guns takes way too many resources and cost and chests and bots dont even drop cash…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I played this game in its infancy and it was really good, it showed a lot of promise. However in the continued updates of the title it has lost its charm and has started following the image of the popular games in the…”
“back in the day i would highly recommend this game , after coming back today to play it again with my wife and friends and seeing how it has changed into an empty shell of a game that is trying to be day z and rust with…”
“pretty fun could be better if servers werent so dead but i cant complain”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I played Deadside for around 80 hours in 2025 and decided to return in 2026 to see how the game had improved. Shortly after coming back, I was suddenly hit with a Game Ban — completely out of nowhere. I have never used…”
“What can I say. The first version of the game was amazing pvp, nice pve. Then they destroyed pvp amazing dynamics with something about a "vision", it became slow terrible "camperside" game. Then they just made changes…”
“Yeah, banning for no reason? I urge people not to buy this game for the developers treat your money like a joke.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“ok so im gunna leave a very negative comment i just woke yup to having a vac ban on this game when i have the gamer uninstalled for the past couple days and never get on this game do not purchase this crap battle eye is apparently banning for any reason just like battlefield”
— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played“I got a lot of cards in my inventory. The game is very optimized, but I don't remember if it's interesting or not. I lost all the free time that I had, which was about an hour.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I have been playing deadside for a long time, many years and have always been a fan. The direction of the game is now to copycat rust which I cannot blame them for because its the most popular survival game on steam. After the most recent update V1.8 the developers head further…”
— a player, Steam review · 521 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 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Update 1.12: Halloween Seasonal Event
Hello Deadsiders! At 03:00pm CEST / 08:00am CDT we will release version 1.12! This seasonal update includes not only new event items but new weather conditions, vehicle features, and more that we will
Update 1.11: Vehicle Improvements & Skins, Boars, and Balance Changes
Hello Deadsiders! Version 1.11 will be released later today at 12:00PM CEST / 5:00AM CDT! ⚠️Warning: Due to changes with vehicle mechanics we are forced to delete existing vehicles on release so that
PTS 1.11: Boars, New Vehicle Features & Lots of Balance Changes
Hello Deadsiders! Today we begin the public testing of version 1.11! There are a lot of new mechanics and balance changes included in this update, your help in testing them is always valuable. Be sure
WIP: New Vehicles and Tires, New POI, Boars, More Missions
Hello Deadsiders! Today we have a handful of new features being worked on that we would like to show you today, many of them you can expect in the next update. As always with these posts nothing we wi
Hotfix 1.10.1
Hello Deadsiders! Today at 3:00PM CEST/ 8AM CDT, we will begin rolling out Hotfix 1.10.1! This small patch fixes a bug in Version 1.10 that causes the client to crash when interacting with the researc
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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, Indie, Massively Multiplayer |
| Player tags | Survival · Open World Survival Craft · FPS · Post-apocalyptic · PvP · Open World · Multiplayer · Third-Person Shooter · Base-Building · Shooter · First-Person · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Official site | http://deadsidegame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Processor: Core i3 / AMD FX Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GT 1030 / RX 550 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 25 GB available space Additional Notes: Doesn't actually run on a toaster. If your PC struggles with large open world shooters, you will be surprised by the performance of Deadside.