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Dead Space

Critic score6 critics
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First release
Oct 14, 2008
Genres
Shooter, Puzzle · Action, Science fiction, Horror, Survival
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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 through October 2008. The game puts the player in control of an engineer named Isaac Clarke, who battles the Necromorphs, reanimated human corpses, aboard an interstellar mining ship, the USG Ishimura.

Also known as 데드 스페이스

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Storyline
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.Read more

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.

Release dates
PlayStation 3
Oct 14, 2008
Xbox 360
Oct 14, 2008
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 20, 2008
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
16h
Main + Extras
20h
Completionist
38h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
aliens, exploration, monsters, bloody, gravity
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At a Glance

Critic Score
88
Main Story (IGDB)
16h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
20h
Completionist (IGDB)
38h
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Overview

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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 23,009 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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