Dead Rising® 2

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%2010

−75%~~$19.99~~$4.99

US Steam price, checked 1 h ago

The verdict

A funny, creative zombie sandbox with combo weapons and co-op, held back by a neglected PC port with broken controller support, timers and clunky movement. Skip it if you want plug-and-play gamepad play.

Great for

Fans of silly zombie sandboxes and co-op who don't mind tinkering with community fixes

Main risk

Controller support and co-op are broken, needing third-party fixes just to play properly

What players love

Fun combo weapons and huge weapon variety

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Dead Rising 2 took the ridiculous sandbox of the first game and basically asked, "What if we let you duct tape random shit together and murder zombies with it?"”
Steam review · 21.1 h played ↗

“The most significant addition is the combo system, which completely changes the gameplay loop for the better.”
Steam review · 21.1 h played ↗

“I love the insane weapon crafting — you can build anything, even a flamethrower from a water gun and gasoline.”
Steam review · translated · 56.5 h played ↗

Co-op is great fun with a friend

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The co-op integration in this game is some of the best I have ever seen in a video game.”
Steam review · 28.8 h played ↗

“I especially recommend playing co-op, the experience is many times better!”
Steam review · translated · 96.7 h played ↗

Chuck, humor and over-the-top charm

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“This is the goofiest most serious game ever made”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“Combining the apocalypse with a good main story and then a side of humor is just great.”
Steam review · 20.6 h played ↗

Still holds up as a classic

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Great game, still holds up after all these years.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗

Great exploration and replayability

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“The game rewards your curiosity just as much as it rewards your persistence in completing quests.”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗

Improved survivor AI and bigger map

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“Improved survivor AI. Survivors have better pathfinding, are more responsive to instructions and are usually good at avoiding being grabbed by zombies”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗

What players complain about

No working controller support

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“By "partial controller compatibility" they meant, "no controller compatibility." Liars.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“There is a setting in "PC Settings" to enable controller support, but it is always greyed out.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

“Steam says, "Partial controller support", but there is none.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗

Crashes, freezes and broken PC port

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Even with community fixes, workarounds and expert help you're gonna have plenty of crashes and bugs and other nasty issues”
Steam review · 25.1 h played ↗

“went to change mt graphics game froze and i couldn't do anything to close the game i had to shut mt pc off with its power button”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Clunky, slow movement and combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Whoever thought making the movement in this game 10 times clunky and slow were smoking meth”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗

“the gameplay on its own is sluggish and it gets worsened by being stunned by spitting zombies or worse getting grabbed and forced to do 3 consecutive QTE”
Steam review · 13.4 h played ↗

Timers and escort-heavy missions are stressful

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“feels like a sluggish jogging simulator with endless interruptions and not much warning there's always a timer running down”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗

“Time isn't added, so if you decide to wander a bit you'll have no time left for the mission, and if you saved, you must restart the campaign.”
Steam review · translated · 5.7 h played ↗

Co-op broken or hard to get working

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“It just doesn't want to connect unless you do what feels like a 2 player cheat code.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗

“co-op is broken that's the whole reason I bought this game lmao”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

Frustrating psycho boss fights

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“The bosses will glue you to the floor, cut your knees off, and then suck away half your health in a second.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

“The game turns to literal dogshit the second you have to fight humans”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unknown

Minimum

OSWindows Vista®/XP, Windows 7

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon X2 2.2 Ghz or better

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 or better

Storage8.5 GB free hard drive space

OSWindows Vista®/XP, Windows 7

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon X2 2.2 Ghz or better

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 or better

Storage8.5 GB free hard drive space

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