Dead Horde is an indie developed by DnS Development, released 3 June 2011 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dead Horde is
Dead Horde is an indie game developed by DnS Development and released in 2011. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
As a survivor of the mutant virus together with a comrade or alone, you must make your way through the city levels, every new area uncovering new challenges to overcome and mutants to destroy. With a large variety of weapons at your disposal, together you must wipe out the hordes of flesh eating mutants. Teamwork is the key to survive the DEAD HORDE...Key features:Dead Horde is an action packed, co-op top down, survival-horror shooter. Play the campaign in single-player, local co-op or online co-op with a friend. Make your way through the levels with a huge variety of weapons. Use assault rifles, shotguns, grenades, mini-guns and a lot more to unlock during the game.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Dead Horde holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dead Horde launched on 3 June 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Terraria. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Terraria.
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