Deadlight: Director's Cut
Released Jun 2016
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
71% positive · 1,639 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $11.99
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Evaluation
Deadlight: Director's Cut launched on June 21, 2016 as a definitive re-release of the original Deadlight, developed in collaboration between Tequila Works and Abstraction Games. The store description positions it as a complete, enhanced package — it includes the full original game with improved visuals, controls, and animations, plus a new Survival Arena mode and bonus content like a digital art book and developer diaries. There is no DLC listed, no roadmap or future content announcements, and no developer communications after launch. The game was released as a finished, self-contained product, and no further updates or additions have been communicated since its release date.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as an all-in-one enhanced package including the full campaign, Survival Arena mode, digital art book, and developer diaries. No additional content is teased or promised.
Pre-launch announcement confirmed Deadlight: Director's Cut as a complete, enhanced edition with Survival Arena mode, improved gameplay, and new content launching June 21, 2016. No future content or post-launch plans mentioned.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Deep Silver
Achievements
32
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Story
Set in an apocalyptic 1986, the survivors of a zombie outbreak live on among the remains of human civilization, trying to survive this hell on earth by any means necessary. You play Randall Wayne, an introverted and slightly paranoid survivor searching the destroyed streets of Seattle for his loved ones. Through tense platforming and life-threatening zombie encounters you must decide whether to use scarce ammunition and weapons to decimate the horde, or navigate the environment to sneak past them and hide. There’s more than one way to survive against the walking undead remains of the human race, now known only as ‘shadows’.Deadlight: Director’s Cut enhances the original Deadlight in every way. Improved visuals and textures bring even more detail to the remnants of Seattle, plus enhanced controls and new animations make Randall even more agile. Now you must fight for your life and put your survival skills to the test in Deadlight: Director’s Cut new game mode, the ‘Survival Arena’.
Features
- Solve puzzles and overcome environmental hazards in tense 2D platforming
- Decimate zombies with melee combat and weapons, or sneak past using the environment. Combat isn’t always the answer, especially when ammunition, weapons, and resources are scarce
- Separated from his family, search the ruins of a ‘1986’ Seattle and uncover the fate of Randall’s loved ones
- Survive endless waves of zombies in the new ‘Survival Arena’ mode! Use Interactive defences to block zombies and access new areas, or fightback using new weapons like the Machine Gun, Molotov Cocktail and Sniper Rifle to rank above the rest in online-leader boards
- Running at 1080p, with superior controls and new animations, this is how survival was meant to look.
- Watch through the original Developer Diaries and learn more about the Deadlight series!
- Explore the gorgeous art of Deadlight in the Deadlight: Director’s Cut digital art book accessed in-game!
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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