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The Horde Wants You Dead
The Horde Wants You Dead is a casual, top-down shooter with up to 4-player online co-op. Ambushed by an angry horde, you and your friends face a fight for survival against thousands of relentless enemies!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Good simple game to play with friends, repeatable but rewardingly difficult rougelight”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“very fun and simple game! have been playing it with my gf (she is on the steam deck) and it runs perfectly, game has a good feel of progression and challenging gameplay”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“There’s a lack of content. Enemies don't differ much, and new unlockable weapon types are just copies of the old ones. Meta-progression feels like a token addition—it marginally boosts the numbers without adding any gameplay variety. It feels more like a demo than a full-fledged…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update v1.2.1 - Patch Notes
Hey Squad, We took on board the feedback to the enemy attack prediction in the game balancing update and have made changes to make it much less punishing and deadly. It's now much closer to how it was
Game Balancing Update!
Hey squad, Happy holidays! We hope you're all enjoying the last few days of 2025! To round out the year, we've got a big game balancing update for you all. This is something long overdue, but we wante
Update v1.1.1 - Patch Notes
Hey Squad, It's been great to see everyone excited about the Challenge Creator and coming up with frankly insane weapons and challenges! We've also received a fair number of requests for new options a
Hotfix v1.1a - Challenge Creator
Hey Squad, Hotfix for some early issues that have been found with the Challenge Creator. Bug Fixes Fixed issue that could cause a hang with 100% penetration weapons. Fixed invalid cards sometimes bein
The Challenge Creator has arrived!
Hey squad, We're happy to announce the new Challenge Creator is now live! What is the Challenge Creator? is a major update to The Horde Wants You Dead that allows you, the players, to setup challenges
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Shoot 'Em Up · Online Co-Op · PvE · Top-Down Shooter · Bullet Heaven · Twin Stick Shooter · Action Roguelike · Survival · Shooter · Co-op · Top-Down · Action (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 40 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or newer Processor: 4+ cores @ 2+ GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX11+ Storage: 2 GB available space