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Dead Reset

Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked…

70 11 September 2025

Dead Reset is an adventure developed by Wales Interactive, released 11 September 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Dead Reset is

Dead Reset is an adventure game developed by Wales Interactive and released in 2025. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 6.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 24 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Dead Reset holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 8 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 11.0 compatible video card. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 14GB.

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What it launched against

Dead Reset launched on 11 September 2025, within three weeks of Ghost of Yotei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill f. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Ghost of Yotei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Dead Reset — frequently asked questions

When did Dead Reset come out?
Dead Reset was released on 11 September 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dead Reset?
At minimum, Dead Reset needs 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, DirectX 11.0 compatible video card graphics, 14 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Dead Reset?
The PC version needs about 14 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("14 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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