Dead or School
Zombies conquered the land of Tokyo. Without hope, in underground shelters, people lived quietly. Hisako, a girl who grew up underground, heard the word “school” from her grandmother. School is where children…
Dead or School is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Studio Nanafushi, released 3 June 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dead or School is
Dead or School is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Studio Nanafushi and released in 2019. It was published by Marvelous Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Zombies conquered the land of Tokyo. Without hope, in underground shelters, people lived quietly. Hisako, a girl who grew up underground, heard the word “school” from her grandmother. School is where children play and learn. It is a paradise for young people. The best place to spend their youth. Hisako dreamed of this “school”, and one day, she was on an underground train heading above ground. What awaits her? Despair... Defeat enemies, grow your own character. Collect items, create your own most powerful weapons! Hack and Slash X Girl's action
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Dead or School holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Dead or School launched on 3 June 2019, within three weeks of A Plague Tale: Innocence, Outer Wilds, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Rage 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: A Plague Tale: Innocence, Outer Wilds, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Rage 2.
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