Dead Season

Dead Season

Released Oct 2024

Guide a group of unprepared strangers through the apocalypse, in Dead Season, a turn-based tactics adventure, created by the one-man studio Snail Bite. Plan carefully to outlast swarming zombie hordes, but remember: noise attracts danger. Can you escape the outbreak's deadly grip?

70% positive · 211 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Dead Season launched on October 8, 2024 as a complete single-player turn-based tactics game with a hand-crafted 16-mission campaign. The developer, a one-man studio (Pavel at Snail Bite), described the release as delivering the full story of four survivors "from start to finish," framing it as a finished product rather than a foundation for ongoing content additions. Following launch, the developer and publisher were responsive to player feedback. A post-launch blog on October 9, 2024 acknowledged criticism and promised to improve the game. Several patches followed through January 2025 — addressing AMD driver issues, revising difficulty levels, adding controller support and cloud saves, improving animations, and fixing bugs. The most recent developer communication was a bug fix patch on January 27, 2025. There are no unreleased DLC items listed on the store, no announced expansions or future content plans, and no roadmap pointing to additional content. The post-launch activity has been consistent with polishing and maintaining a completed product rather than building toward new content releases. There has been no developer communication since January 27, 2025, but given the game launched as a self-contained finished package with no content cycle ever established, this silence is consistent with the game having reached its final state.
Evidence
Dead Season launched on October 8, 2024. The developer described delivering the full story 'from start to finish,' indicating a complete, self-contained product.
news post · Oct 8, 2024 source content shipped
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Store description presents Dead Season as a hand-crafted single-player campaign with a defined structure (16 stages), with no mention of DLC, seasons, or planned content additions.
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Iceberg Interactive
Achievements
25
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

The air hangs heavy with the stench of decay - a grim reminder of the world's rapid descent into chaos. Streets once bustling with life now lay deserted, haunted by the shuffling footsteps of the undead. A random group of four survivors find themselves thrown together by their shared struggle for survival, in a world overrun by the zombie hordes. Their faces etched with weariness and determination mirror the dark and harsh realities they face.

In this single-player turn-based tactics game, take control of this band of survivors as they navigate through the midst of a zombie infestation, scavenging for resources and completing objectives, while confronting the endless threat of the undead, and surviving through narrow escapes and close calls.

UNFORGIVING TURN-BASED COMBAT: Survive at all costs as you complete objectives and escape dangerous situations with weapons you scavenge along the way. Level up and unlock new abilities to survive even in harsher environments.

HAND-CRAFTED SINGLE-PLAYER CAMPAIGN: Embark on your journey through 16 missions as you tackle new and unique challenges along the way. Immerse yourself in the narrative through captivating motion comics that propel the story forward.

NOISE ATTRACTS DANGER: Do whatever it takes to survive against the threat of zombies, but beware, the more noise you make, the more trouble it will bring.

THE RELENTLESS THREAT OF ENEMIES: Face a wide variety of zombies and other hostile survivors as you traverse deeper into the world, offering unique tactical challenges.

A DARKENED WORLD: Navigate through terrifying nights and grim streets, where destruction, violence, and panic cast deep shadows in the face of the zombie apocalypse.

MADE WITH PASSION: Dead Season was created and made as a passion project by a solo developer. If you have any feedback or thoughts, let me know!

Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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