Dead Space
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Dead Space is an adventure developed by Motive Studios, released 27 January 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dead Space is
Dead Space is an adventure game developed by Motive Studios and released in 2023. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Isaac Clarke is an everyman engineer on a mission to repair a vast, sprawling starship, the USG Ishimura, only to discover something has gone horribly wrong. The ship's crew has been slaughtered and infected by some alien scourge...and Isaac’s beloved partner, Nicole, is lost somewhere on board. Now Isaac is alone with only his tools and engineering skills as he attempts to uncover the nightmarish mystery of what happened aboard the Ishimura. Trapped with hostile creatures called “necromorphs”, Isaac faces a battle for survival, not only against the escalating terrors of the ship, but his own crumbling sanity.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Dead Space series
Dead Space is the 14th of 16 entries we hold in the Dead Space series. The next entry was Dead Space: Digital Deluxe Edition in 2023. Its critic score of 91 is 18 points above the series average of 73. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Dead Space holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 96% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 242 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Ryzen 5 2600x, Core i5 8600, 16 GB RAM and AMD RX 5700, GTX 1070. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Dead Space launched on 27 January 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Metroid Prime Remastered, Hi-Fi Rush and Pizza Tower. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Metroid Prime Remastered, Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dead Space yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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