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The DeadLine

The DeadLine

The last subway departs in a world overrun by zombies. At each station, gather materials, find better weapons, and fight off the undead. As you get closer to your family, the danger grows. Survive, upgrade, and make it to the final stop.

Released Jul 25, 2025 Developer ROTTEN APPLE, Jebi Studio Publisher Jungle Game Lab Platforms Windows FPSZombiesHorrorOld SchoolAction
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

95.0%positive338 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“You can actually kill zombies with fast food! They gotta add weapons like that to Killing Floor and Left 4 Dead ASAP.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Overall a complete blast of a game, it really adds a sense of pressure to the fast pace this game provides, and in a way that is definitely well balanced with the amount of zombies being thrown at you, and the ridiculous legendary weapons! I already made a gameplay on my channel…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“A free, fast-paced one-night action shooter that respects your time If you are looking for tight, dynamic gameplay without any fluff, The Deadline does the job exceptionally well. On top of that, it’s completely free to play, making it an absolute no-brainer to try out. What is…”

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

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-09 via SteamCharts.

27all-time peak
0 5 10 8 avg · Aug 2025

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.

15achievements
16.8%median completion
4.4%rarest: Time Is Money
93.9% of players 91.0% of players 90.2% of players 87.2% of players 77.2% of players 37.5% of players 19.9% of players 16.8% of players 13.0% of players 11.9% of players 8.7% of players 8.5% of players 6.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.4% of players 93.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.9%First Chip — Obtain your first skill chip.
91.0%The First Step — Kill 1 zombie.
90.2%Zombie Blender — Kill 10 zombies.
Rarest badges of honor
4.4%Time Is Money — Clear the Campaign Mode within 20 minutes.
4.8%Aiming for the Top — Clear Stage 20 in Endless Mode.
6.0%Legendary Collector — Get 100 legendary weapons.

Latest official news

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

Aug 04, 2025
[Update] Dual Guns Are Here! – Patch 1.2.0

Jebi , CM of the The DeadLine development team. Welcome to Patch 1.2.0 , the update that makes zombies tremble! This patch brings new dual firearms and a new language support. New Weapons Added “The n

Aug 01, 2025
Coming Soon! Patch - 1.2.0

This is Jebi, CM of The DeadLine . Patch 1.2.0 is scheduled for release on August 4th ! This update will introduce new weapons and quality-of-life improvements . Please check the full patch notes on t

Jul 29, 2025
Thank you to all Survivors!

This is Jebi, CM of The DeadLine development team. We’re thrilled to share that over 20,000 players have added The DeadLine to their library, more than 2,000 players have already played the game, and

Jul 28, 2025
[Update] Welcome to The DeadLine's first patch – v.1.1.0!

This is CM Jebi from the development team of The DeadLine . How’s your summer going with all the zombies around? Welcome to Patch 1.1.0 , the very first update for The DeadLine ! In this patch, we’ve

Jul 25, 2025
📢 The DeadLine is Now Available!

In a world overrun by zombies, the last subway carrying you has just departed. At each station, gather materials to power yourself up and equip powerful weapons to break through the zombie hordes. You

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Indie, Free To Play
Player tagsFPS · Zombies · Horror · Old School · Action · Shooter · Underground · Survival Horror · Trains · PvE · Shoot 'Em Up · Combat (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil
ControllerFull support
Achievements15
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11 Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 3.0 GHz, AMD FX-8300 3.3 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970 Storage: 4 GB available space