Great fun in co-op with a friend
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The way they handled Co-op is genuinely the best thing I've seen in a coop game ever.”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗
Dead Space™ 3
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 73%Mostly Positive · 73%Visceral Games2020Horror · Shooter · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
Dead Space 3 is a co-op-friendly action shooter with fun weapon crafting but little horror. Skip it if you want survival horror, play solo, or hate the forced EA app and flaky co-op.
Great for
Co-op players with a friend who enjoy action shooters and weapon crafting, and Dead Space fans buying on sale
Main risk
Forced EA app and broken co-op connectivity, or expecting survival horror and getting a generic action shooter
What changed in the last 30 days
88 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly cite the forced EA app, launch failures and co-op that won't connect. Likely driven by these access problems rather than a new patch, though the cause isn't certain.
88 recent reviews
What players love
Deep, fun weapon crafting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The weapon crafting is deep (and broken in the best way possible)”
Steam review · 20.2 h played ↗
Better than its reputation suggests
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This game gets way more hate than it deserves.”
Steam review · 20.2 h played ↗
Atmospheric visuals and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“this game looks and sounds absolutely incredible”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Still a Dead Space game with solid action
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“it is still unmistakably a Dead Space game”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Long campaign with interesting lore and setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The icey planet reminds you of The Thing along with obviously the creatures.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Forced EA app and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“For all intents and purposes this game is unplayable.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Horror replaced by generic action shooter
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The survival horror is almost gone.”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
Crafting, microtransactions and DLC paywalls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the workbench is surprisingly confusing.”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Weak story and love triangle
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“They turned Issacs and Ellies connections into a love triangle between Norton, Issac, and Ellie its so bad it ruins ellie's character heavily”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
Enemy spam, repetitive and padded levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I haven't seen such dreary, repetitive garbage in a long time”
Steam review · translated · 11.8 h played ↗
Co-op connection is broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Co op doesn't work, tried matchmaking, joining public matches, and through friends list, got showed to my face "Failed to Join" everytime.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable10 GB
Minimum
OSFOR (SP3), Vista (SP1) or WINDOWS 7
Processor2.8 GHz processor or equivalent
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better (7300, 7600 GS, and 8500 are below minimum system requirements), ATI X1600 Pro or better (X1300, X1300 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements), 256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required
Storage10 GB available space
OSFOR (SP3), Vista (SP1) or WINDOWS 7
Processor2.8 GHz processor or equivalent
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better (7300, 7600 GS, and 8500 are below minimum system requirements), ATI X1600 Pro or better (X1300, X1300 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements), 256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required
Storage10 GB available space
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