Dead Space™ 2

Buy94%

Very Positive · 30k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Visceral Games · Horror · Jan 25, 2011

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
$3.99−80%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio4 of 7
Subtitles0 of 7

Should I buy Dead Space™ 2?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 108 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 30k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews42% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
108 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It can get you frustrated very fast, and makes you think too much for resource usage on normal difficulty, aside from that, all the gameplay, story, visuals, and variety makes it up for these things.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The new gravity gun mechanics are cool, impaling enemies with brooms/ripping slasher claws to fight other enemies is nice.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay includes some quality of life features, such as the store being more navigable, zero-G segments having much more freedom of movement, more weapon variety and more special abilities for weapons, and so on.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics look amazing and I love the look of the environments and big spectacle sky boxes and scenes.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Good difficulty, hard at the end the rest of the game is pretty easy.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The sound design and music was great (especially the end credits song), art design was on par with the previous game.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story108 reviews
Gameplay88 reviews
Combat78 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Difficulty27 reviews
Audio21 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Crashes
64% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Multiplayer
88% still recommend
Interface
100% still recommend
Bugs
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$3.99$19.99−80%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $3.99

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