Dead Season
Turn-based zombie tactics where making noise draws more enemies
Snail Bite · Published by Iceberg Interactive · Released Oct 8, 2024
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 69% of 189
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Jan 27, 2025
What is Dead Season?
A top-down, single-player tactics game about four people brought together to survive a zombie outbreak. You scavenge weapons and resources, fight zombies and hostile survivors, and complete objectives across sixteen missions. Leveling unlocks abilities, while motion-comic scenes advance the story.
For you if...
- +you like tough encounters with limited actions each turn
- +you prefer survival tactics without base building or upkeep
Not for you if...
- −you dislike fighting enemies that keep spawning during missions
What players say
69% of 189 reviews are positive
Players praise the visual presentation and tactical combat. Complaints center on the short campaign and limited variety in character abilities, while some players say frequent misses make success feel too dependent on chance.
Screenshots and trailer
Dead Season system requirements
Minimum: GTX 970, 8 GB RAM, 15 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Dead Season?
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- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350
- Graphics
- GTX 970 Series or Equivalent. AMD RX 5000 series and beyond
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- On AMD Graphics cards be sure to have updated to Driver version 24.3.1 and beyond. Earlier driver versions are highly likely to fail
Does Dead Season have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Dead Season run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Gamepad not enabled by default
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 25
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Does Dead Season 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Zombies
- Turn-Based Combat
- Old School
- Comic Book
- Difficult
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Dark
- Tactical
- Turn-Based Tactics
- RPG
- Cinematic
- Top-Down
- Strategy
- Atmospheric
- Realistic
- Grid-Based Movement
Recent updates
- Jan 27, 2025 · Dead Season 1.0.0.9 Patch Note
- Jan 24, 2025 · Dead Season 1.0.0.8 Patch Note
- Jan 24, 2025 · Patch: Improved Animations, Quest Changes, & more!
- Oct 28, 2024 · Patch: Tweaked Difficulty, Controller Support & more!
- Oct 28, 2024 · Dead Season 1.0.0.7 Patch Note