The Dead Await

Shotx / May 18, 2026 / Indie, RPG, Strategy

windows
Steam Deck Playable

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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.

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What's new

The Dead Await 1.0.5

2026-07-30

Fixed: Mickey's dialogue in Yunolo getting stuck during the quest "The Exchange". Fixed: Added a stranger who plays Blast in Wastewood Tavern. Fixed: Added a stranger who plays Blast in Last Haven Tavern. Fixed: Added a stranger who plays Blast in Yunolo. Fixed: Quest "Meow" could duplicate an item by talking to Devin again after the dialogue had ended.

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What players say

Mixed

62% positive, 37 reviews

Recommended11 hrs played

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.

7 found this helpful, 2026-06-05

Not recommended25 hrs played

i like this game at initial stage, but later it get over-complexed and i have to give up And i find ton of issues which make me feel the dev have not play the game completely at least for once, which is not acceptable for me At early stage, it is item trading + card game, then when get to shelter stage, it become a factory game, where u can automate production + selling. Since i am not interested in factory genre,...

3 found this helpful, 2026-06-03

Not recommended6 hrs played

I want to like this one, but it is just unappealing, slow, and bloated. Funny thing, there is a faster movement button, its speed should be the norm, and then make it faster. There are too many looting types, so you constantly run back and forth to put them into storage or sell. The story is just survival and sandbox. Maybe later something happens, but it crashed on me and ate like 30 minutes of playtime, so I'm not...

2 found this helpful, 2026-06-20