Dead Space™ 2

Visceral Games / Jan 25, 2011 / Action, Adventure

windows
Steam Deck Playable

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That's more people than live in the Pitcairn Islands.

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

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What players say

Very Positive

93% positive, 13,902 reviews

Not recommended39 hrs played

EA stealing from paying customers while Dead Space 2 is still being actively distributed It's blatant theft. You're effectively renting the game and will be locked out after some time. Violating consumer rights and caused solely by EA and their internal arbitrary decisions. They could have patched the game, but decided to abandon all support for their outdated system, leaving the game in a bricked state without...

357 found this helpful, 2026-05-09

Not recommended56 hrs played

BROKEN DRM - EA & VALVE HAVE ABANDONED THIS PRODUCT WARNING: Do not buy this game. As of 2026, the legacy SecuROM/Solidshield DRM is a "kill-switch" for long-term owners. If you upgrade your PC or reinstall Windows, you will be permanently locked out by an "Activation Limit Exceeded" error that neither the publisher nor the seller will fix. The Support "Ping-Pong": EA Support (Case #239169197) refuses to reset...

565 found this helpful, 2026-03-06

Recommended26 hrs played

HIGHLY RECOMMENED DOWNLOADING MARKERPATCH - Fixes PC port FPS issues, mouse fix for raw input, removes horrendous DLC packs added into your inventory with no choice making you overpowered right at the beginning, fixes the physics bugs that can occur, allows 4gb of ram to be utilised instead of the standard 2gb, adds more graphics options for pc like persisting bodies and improving the visuals, essential patch. The...

66 found this helpful, 2025-11-02