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Nearly Dead
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Good concept, great animations, this is not a shoot em up game It still has, however, a long ways to go, many texts are in korean, or are still under development (blank texts), the melee combat seems to be pretty underhanded because youll always get damage, so stick with ranged…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“The game was promising despite being quite janky and needing to fight with the UI. However the devs have decided to just work on something else that they figured out while trying to work on a multiplayer mode for this. It's abandoned. Don't bother.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Played for an hour and a half and was endlessly frustrated. This game is not ready for early access, and currently not worth 20 dollars. There is no tutorial, all you have is an incomplete Encyclopedia; I couldn't figure out how to drink water at all. The controls are cumbersome…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Lunar New Years patch
Smelting process Several processes have been added between this short interval patch. Now collect scrap metal from the abandoned town and have better facilities and equipment! By following the steps f
Prison and Shock-Weapons Update
A new terrain, the Prison has been added. You will be able to get a variety of electronic and mechanical parts and attractive equipment here. Walk around the prison and unlock the locked doors of the
Nearly Dead Modding tool Introduction/Distribute
Thank you for waiting for us. Nearly Dead officially supports modding, and we prepared tools, assets, and steam workshop to share it. However, since the Modding tool of Nearly Dead currently deployed
21.11.29. Bug hotfix - terrain loading, bullet in magazine
Bug hotfix. Upload a new build by hotfixing below. 1. The terrain was loaded strangely. 2. Bullets in magazine or the gun itself, such as shotguns or crossbow, are strangely changed or become a proble
A new enemy, a new weapon, a new area, and Steam Workshop!
Hello, survivors! It's November's dev log. This patch is very important because it's the first step of ND we're going to make in the future. Then we'll start right away! New Area: Cemetery Cemetery is
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Indie · RPG · Action · Strategy · Zombies · Survival · Early Access · 2D · Moddable · Rogue-lite · City Builder · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Korean, French, Japanese, Russian |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 12