Dead Effect
Released Dec 2014
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
72% positive · 3,782 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $4.99
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Evaluation
Dead Effect launched into Early Access in mid-2014 and officially reached its full 1.0 release on December 17, 2014, when the developer declared the game "Gold" and complete. The news post from that date explicitly stated: "Dead Effect PC/MAC is finally completed." The store description presents a fixed feature set — a finished single-player campaign, specific game modes, and a defined weapon roster — with no mention of planned updates or additional content.
Following the 1.0 launch, developer communications shifted almost entirely toward Dead Effect 2. Posts from March 2015 and November 2015 announced Dead Effect 2's development for PC/Mac, and a December 2017 holiday message referenced "our games" in general — nothing in any of these posts indicated plans to add new content to Dead Effect 1. In fact, the March 2015 post explicitly stated that Dead Effect 1 Linux support would not happen due to the team's focus on the sequel.
There has been no developer communication of any kind for Dead Effect 1 since December 2017, and no DLC has ever been listed for the game. The game launched as a complete, finished product and has had no post-launch content additions since its 1.0 release date.
Evidence
Developer announced Dead Effect 2, noting the team's full focus had shifted to the sequel. Explicitly stated Dead Effect 1 Linux support would not happen due to lack of manpower.
Developer declared Dead Effect PC/MAC 'finally completed' and celebrated the successful completion of Early Access, with no future content announced.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
BadFly Interactive, a.s.
Achievements
61
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
The ESS Meridian starship is travelling through space with a new FTL technology, heading towards its destination - Tau Ceti f, the first planet in the history of mankind to be colonized. A few months later an elite member of Unit 13 is disrupted from cryogenic sleep. But Tau Ceti f is nowhere in sight and something is very wrong. What happened to all those people? Why are they so aggressive and attack without any survival instincts?
Key features:
- Epic single player campaign with over 5 hours of gameplay and a story that will draw you in.
- 12 story campaign missions with gameplay that differs from the mobile version, haing more rooms open to explore
- Survive and Biohazard modes with many missions
- A unique set of achievements
- Special ability – Bullet Time (slow motion) ability of the player
- Special ability – Devastation (area of effect) ability of the player
- 14 unique upgradable weapons
- Many different types of enemies
- Explosives with post-process effects (grenades, trip-mines)
- Full Dead Effect soundrack
The ESS Meridian starship is travelling through space with a new FTL technology, heading towards its destination - Tau Ceti f, the first planet in the history of mankind to be colonized. A few months later an elite member of Unit 13 is disrupted from cryogenic sleep. But Tau Ceti f is nowhere in sight and something is very wrong. What happened to all those people? Why are they so aggressive and attack without any survival instincts?
Key features:
- Epic single player campaign with over 5 hours of gameplay and a story that will draw you in.
- 12 story campaign missions with gameplay that differs from the mobile version, haing more rooms open to explore
- Survive and Biohazard modes with many missions
- A unique set of achievements
- Special ability – Bullet Time (slow motion) ability of the player
- Special ability – Devastation (area of effect) ability of the player
- 14 unique upgradable weapons
- Many different types of enemies
- Explosives with post-process effects (grenades, trip-mines)
- Full Dead Effect soundrack
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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