Dead Space
Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores (now Visceral Games) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released on all platforms…
Dead Space is a puzzle developed by EA Redwood Shores, released 14 October 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 20.4 hrs to finish.
What Dead Space is
Dead Space is a puzzle game developed by EA Redwood Shores and released in 2008. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Godfather engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Engineer Isaac Clarke is dispatched on a repair mission to the USG Ishimura, a mining vessel suffering a communications blackout. Isaac, accompanied by Chief Security Officer Zach Hammond, and Computer Specialist Kendra Daniels, become stranded on a seemingly derelict ship, where a newborn horror awaits them.
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 first of 16 entries we hold in the Dead Space series. The next entry was Dead Space: Extraction in 2009. Its critic score of 88 is 15 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Dead Space at 91.
How it was received
Dead Space holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 23 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 1,258 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20.4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 38 hrs, roughly 1.9 times the length of the critical path.
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 14 October 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet and World of Goo. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, World of Goo.
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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Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 7
Dlc
Remakes
Quick answers
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