Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster

Sandbox zombie action with improvised weapons and a 72-hour deadline

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · Released Sep 18, 2024

Action Adventure

Reviews: Very Positive; 80% of 4,120
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 73% of 30 in 30 days
Playing now: 31; peak 24h 63
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Nov 8, 2024

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 79/100 (critic reviews)

What is Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster?

This single-player sandbox action-adventure reworks the first Dead Rising in a large, zombie-filled shopping mall. Across 72 in-game hours, journalist Frank West fights with guns, bats, and household objects, rescues survivors, and investigates why Willamette was quarantined while facing zombies and hostile humans.

For you if...

+you like sandbox combat with improvised everyday weapons
+you enjoy time management and rescuing survivors
+you want dark comedy mixed with zombie horror

Not for you if...

−you dislike working against a fixed in-game deadline
−you want cooperative or multiplayer zombie action

What players say

80% of 4,120 reviews are positive · 73% of 30 in the last 30 days

Players praise the updated visuals, smoother controls, and quality-of-life changes. They commonly criticize its reduced difficulty, altered or removed content, and new voice acting compared with the original; some also report stuttering and crashes.

Screenshots and trailer

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (64bit) / Windows 11 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 / AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580
Memory: 16 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 12

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: The Enigma Protector
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 50
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, HDR
Age rating: 17+

Steam Deck: Playable

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
First time setup requires active internet connection
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese. Text only: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Arabic.