Dead Man´s Diary

First-person survival adventure with puzzles across a ruined, abandoned world

TML-Studios · Released Mar 30, 2022

As of Oct 28, 2026: DRM declared on Steam

Reviews: Mixed; 46% of 54
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 4 years ago; Oct 24, 2022
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 780; 8 GB RAM · 40 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Dead Man´s Diary?

You play a lone survivor in a single-player, first-person adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world. You follow a linear path through forests, ruined cities, and abandoned industrial sites, searching for food, water, and safe places to sleep while solving puzzles and upgrading equipment at workbenches. Voiced diary entries and monologues tell the story.

For you if...

+you enjoy searching carefully for supplies and crafting materials
+you like solitary journeys through abandoned places

Not for you if...

−you prefer open-ended exploration over a linear story
−you want to explore without managing hunger and thirst

What players say

46% of 54 reviews are positive

Players praise the visuals and atmosphere. They criticize repetitive scavenging, limited inventory space, and unclear puzzle instructions, while more recent reviews also report bugs and situations that force reloads.

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Dead Man´s Diary system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 780, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: 7/8/8.1/10 (64bit only)
Processor: Intel Core i5 Processor or similar with at least 2.6 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 or similar AMD Radeon (no support for onboard cards)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 40 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Dead Man´s Diary have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Dead Man´s Diary run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: Anti-tamper - 5 Activations per 24 hours machine activation limit
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 24
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, German. Text only: French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Turkish.

Does Dead Man´s Diary use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam