The Horde Wants You Dead

The Horde Wants You Dead

Released Oct 2025

The Horde Wants You Dead is a casual, top-down shooter with up to 4-player online co-op. Ambushed by an angry horde, you and your friends face a fight for survival against thousands of relentless enemies!

63% positive · 289 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

The Horde Wants You Dead launched on October 27, 2025. Since release, Bellyflop Games shipped one major post-launch update — the Challenge Creator on December 13, 2025 — which exposed most of the game's systems for custom challenge creation and integrated with Steam Workshop. This was followed by balance and bug-fix patches, with the most recent developer communication on January 11, 2026. Today's date is September 17, 2026. That means the developer has been silent for over eight months since January 11, 2026. The game's entire post-launch update history consists of one major content release (Challenge Creator, December 13, 2025) followed by two patch updates through January 11, 2026. This is not a sustained recurring cadence — it is a single content wave shortly after launch, followed by silence. No roadmap, named future content, or developer statements about ongoing development have been posted. No DLC is listed on the store. The developer has not announced that development is complete, but equally has not communicated any plans for further content. Given that the game launched with one post-launch major update that was already in development at launch time (announced November 6, 2025, less than two weeks after release), and that no further content has been teased or announced in the eight months since the last patch, the pattern is consistent with a game that shipped as a largely complete product, added a planned feature shortly after launch, and then concluded active development. The silence since January 11, 2026 substantially exceeds any reasonable cadence window.
Evidence
The Challenge Creator launched as a major update, exposing most game systems for custom challenges and integrating with Steam Workshop.
news post · Dec 13, 2025 source content shipped
high
Large game balancing update shipped with meta-progression changes, new card RNG, and card locking/re-rolling mechanics.
news post · Dec 27, 2025 source content shipped
medium

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Details

Publisher
Bellyflop Games
Achievements
40
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

The CHALLENGE CREATOR is a major update to THE HORDE WANTS YOU DEAD that allows you to setup challenges how you want to. This isn't just about tweaking how big the horde is or how strong enemies are, instead we've exposed most of the game's systems to the Challenge Creator.  Create extreme setups, go crazy OP, make fiendishly difficult challenges - The game is entirely in your hands!

THE HORDE WANTS YOU DEAD is a chaotic shoot'em up where you and your squad must survive against hundreds and thousands of angry and fearless enemies. The game is designed to be a challenging experience throughout - you won't find "survivors-like" OP upgrades or magical abilities here - it's just you, your weapon, some grenades and your teammates, as you use all your skill and focus to defeat ever more difficult horde onslaughts.

Test your skills over 5 levels of challenge, with increasing horde size, new enemy types and new weapons. Keep your bullets flying, throw grenades at large groups, roll away from danger. Learn and adapt to different enemies. Use all the tools at your disposal to match their quickly overwhelming numbers. And when you're ready, try Endless mode and see how long you can survive!

Gather your friends and play in 4-player online co-op. Strategize with your squad to focus on tougher enemies or try to split up the horde around the map. Keep each other alive and you might just stand a chance!

With full ragdoll physics for all enemies, send bodies and dismembered limbs flying through the air with a perfectly placed grenade. Watch as blood spurts out from every hit, slash and bullet hole, dynamically covering the arena. Gaze upon the scarred battlefields, littered with cracks and scorch marks - you could almost call it art!

Collect coins from downed enemies to earn supply crates with a selection of upgrades. From more health and faster movement to stronger grenades and lower cooldowns, improve your character and increase your fire power to keep up with the horde. Supplies are limited so pick wisely!

Fighting the horde is hard work but it pays off. Receive XP from kills, assists and wins, level up to gain skill points and then use them to permanently upgrade a stat of your choosing. Every little bit helps!

Last evaluated Sep 17, 2026
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