Dead Take

Horror· Atmospheric· Story Rich· Psychological Horror

Released Jul 2025

Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

87% positive · 844 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to buy

Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $14.99

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Evaluation

Dead Take launched on July 31/August 1, 2025 as a self-contained first-person psychological horror game. Following launch, Surgent Studios released a series of patches through late August 2025 — addressing audio bugs, subtitle options, performance improvements, and minor gameplay polish. The last post related to Dead Take was a bug fix on August 27, 2025, and no further updates have appeared since then. The developer has not announced any DLC, expansions, or additional content for the game. The store description presents Dead Take as a complete narrative experience with no mention of post-launch content. The news posts from early 2026 relate to entirely separate Surgent Studios projects (Cassette Boy and Truckful), not Dead Take. There are no unreleased DLC listings on the store. The game shipped as a finished product and the post-launch activity was limited to bug fixes and polish, all of which appear to be concluded.

Evidence

Dead Take officially launched on August 1, 2025 with a 10% launch discount and a day-1 patch.

news post · Aug 1, 2025 source content shipped

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Surgent Studios' 2026 news focuses on other games (Truckful demo and Cassette Boy launch) — no mention of any Dead Take updates or future content.

news post · Feb 24, 2026 source ambiguous

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Media

Details

Developer

Surgent Studios

Publisher

Pocketpair Publishing

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

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About this game

EXT. MANSION - NIGHT "FIND VINNY"

Night falls and he still won't pick up the phone. You arrive at the mansion: the last place he went. It's oddly quiet for the site of a glamorous party the night before. Your invite must have gotten lost in the mail. In any case, you make your way inside to find your friend.

Actors have to look out for each other in this industry.

Feed me something real

INT. MANSION - NIGHT "PLAY YOUR PART"

An abandoned film set. A broken home cinema. Searching the mansion and unlocking its secrets requires the fullness of your ingenuity. Pay attention.

INT. HOME CINEMA - NIGHT "A SPLICE OF LIFE"

Your search reveals a number of USB drives and memory cards containing corrupted video files. Some can be spliced together to reveal what really happened within these walls. Try not to lose yourself in your work.

INT. HEART OF HOLLYWOOD - NIGHT "TAKE YOUR SHOT"

The house is watching. It seems to haunt your steps. Piece together what really happened last night as you discover a side of the entertainment industry only discussed in whispers.

The cruelty. The sordid gossip. The auditions gone wrong. The shadowy figure with the power to make or break your career.

There's only one way to guarantee your success: feed me something real.