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The Dead Await

66% positive of 109 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG

Made by Shotx. Published by indie.io.

About the game

Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.

Tagged by players

Hex Grid
Party-Based RPG
Card Battler
Survival Horror
Deckbuilding
Loot
Zombies
Post-apocalyptic
Inventory Management
Base Building
Card Game
Crafting

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What players say

Recommended
The mixed reviews make sense. It is a niche game. If you are not sure, pass or wait for a sale. If you like mixed genre zombie, card battle, survival hardcore games, can't recommend enough. Just check out the bad reviews. If you are like me and don't care that it's not perfectly polished, doesn't have the exact mechanics of games you played before, give it try.
5.3 h played when written. 7 found it helpful.
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Recommended
This is a really good game, i don't know why people are leaving bad reviews after only playing 1h, i guess the early access had a lot of bugs, but right now i didn't experience any in 6hs. To enjoy this game, early, is important to treat it as a crpg, where some encounters are better avoided but you should still loot all you can around that enemy to gain an advantage and run away to come back later.
6.2 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
THE ART IS TRASH GAMEPLAY boring loop of looting bad the only survival horror here is trying to survive the boredom when you play
1.8 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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