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The Dead Await

The Dead Await

Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.

Released May 18, 2026 Developer Shotx Publisher indie.io Platforms Windows Early AccessSurvival HorrorStrategyRPGDeckbuilding
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

69.2%positive159 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Meh”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Score: 2/5 The Good Audio/sfx/music The Bad Art style/direction and animations. Awful writing. Combat. Tutorial. Movement/map navigation.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“https://youtu.be/WZfIQMrQP-M Far too many games were built into this game mudding the water and making it unclear what focus players should target.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-06 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

23all-time peak
0 2 5 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 5 avg · Nov 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

25achievements
11.6%median completion
0.5%rarest: L.G.
76.5% of players 63.3% of players 49.6% of players 38.3% of players 37.6% of players 29.1% of players 27.0% of players 23.0% of players 18.3% of players 17.8% of players 15.7% of players 12.3% of players 11.6% of players 9.3% of players 9.1% of players 7.2% of players 6.3% of players 5.3% of players 3.6% of players 2.2% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 76.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
76.5%Can I Loot This? — Loot items worth of 300 coins.
63.3%Liber Looter — Loot items worth of 1,500 coins.
49.6%That Scavenger — Loot items worth of 5,000 coins.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%L.G. — Sell 300 leather at any trading point.
0.5%Le-leatherguy — Sell 120 leather at any trading point.
0.8%The Dead Await — Complete the game.

Latest official news

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

Jul 30, 2026
The Dead Await 1.0.5

Fixed: Mickey's dialogue in Yunolo getting stuck during the quest "The Exchange". Fixed: Added a stranger who plays Blast in Wastewood Tavern. Fixed: Added a stranger who plays Blast in Last Haven Tav

Jun 25, 2026
The Dead Await: 35% Off in the Steam Summer Sale!

The Dead Await is 35% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9. Grab your copy and check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add to your collection. https://store.stea

May 26, 2026
The Dead Await v.1.0.3.0

v1.0.3.0 Fixed: Clicking defense cards could cause a crash after changing combat animation speed settings. Fixed: Combat cards that target 'self' were not automatically selecting the correct team char

May 25, 2026
Trading 1.5

We're back with another update! We hope you’re enjoying The Dead Await 1.0 release! We did our best to address as many issues as possible before launch, but a few additional problems were still discov

May 22, 2026
The Dead Await 1.0.1

Fixed: Killing 1st wave enemies with Fatality causes a lock up as 2nd enemy wave appears. Fixed: Right clicking on World Map and choosing “Path Create” option creates a path at wrong x, y coordinates.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsEarly Access · Survival Horror · Strategy · RPG · Deckbuilding · Party-Based RPG · Card Battler · Post-apocalyptic · Survival · Zombies · Base-Building · Loot (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements25
Official sitehttps://shotx.studio
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and above Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon 7950 or better. DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 700 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card Additional Notes: Mouse, Keyboard