Released Jan 9, 2009 $19.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Dead Space (2008)

By EA Redwood Shores · published by Electronic Arts

Horror Sci-fi Action Space Survival Horror Third Person Atmospheric Singleplayer Third-Person ShooterGoreShooterAliens

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Reviews 23,026 Very Positive

Players yesterday 43 at the busiest moment

Owners 2M–5M estimated

Dead Space (2008) is a game tagged Horror, Sci-fi and Action by EA Redwood Shores, released Jan 9, 2009. It has 23,026 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 2M–5M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Dead Space™ 2, Dead Space and Dead Space™ 3.

You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.

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Dead Space™ 2 97% match · Horror, Sci-fi, Action
Dead Space 94% match · Horror, Sci-fi, Action
Dead Space™ 3 84% match · Horror, Sci-fi, Action
Despair: Blood Curse 78% match · Horror, Action, Survival Horror
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DEAD RIG 75% match · Horror, Sci-fi, Action
The Evil Within 74% match · Horror, Action, Survival Horror
Silent Hill Homecoming 74% match · Horror, Action, Survival Horror
Obscure 72% match · Horror, Action, Survival Horror
Obscure II (Obscure: The Aftermath) 71% match · Horror, Action, Survival Horror

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Overview

App ID17470

Release dateJan 9, 2009Early Access Oct 20, 2008

Last change number39323160

Last record update3 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: EA Redwood Shores
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Dead Space, EA Play
Technologies: Electron detected
Metacritic: 87
Website: deadspace.ea.com/agegate.aspx?returnURL=/Default.aspx

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes
French	Yes
German	Yes
Italian	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on phoneRemote Play on tabletRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 39regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked18 hours agoin 39 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
252137	public	Oct 24, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
1290	Dead Space (2008)	1	$19.99

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
17471	—	All	7.41 GB	—	2334814020589705387
17472	— English	All	4.87 GB	—	4696807564043505398
17473	— French	All	4.85 GB	—	4576600954076636304
17474	— German	All	4.78 GB	—	1240696795312330974
17475	— Italian	All	5.26 GB	—	1757382782543725383
17476	— Spanish	All	5.74 GB	—	4237117223104214246