Dead Space
Games review
As of Jun 23, 2026, Dead Space is rated 91% positive on Steam (66,049 reviews), and 89/100 on Metacritic (96 critic reviews). Each source is shown in its own units, never blended into one score.
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Is Dead Space worth it in 2026?
Dead Space Remake earns its 91% Steam rating and 89 Metacritic score through genuine craft: atmosphere and horror lead the praise across reviewed samples, with combat, expanded story, visuals, and sound design all drawing strong commendation, making this one of the most accomplished horror remakes in recent memory. The PC version, however, is a documented problem with no fix coming, stuttering drops framerates to single digits when entering rooms, controller input is buggy enough that multiple reviewers flag it as a dealbreaker for pad players, and the developer has walked away from patching it. On console this is a straightforward, enthusiastic recommendation; on PC it should be avoided, particularly by anyone who plays with a controller. One reviewer argues the pacing is too combat-heavy to sustain dread, but that complaint runs against the weight of the sample and is unlikely to be the deciding factor for most buyers.
Horror fans, especially those who know the original, who want a faithful, visually upgraded remake with expanded story and side quests, playing on PS5 or Xbox rather than PC.
The PC port has permanent, unpatched stuttering that can crater framerates to 2 fps when entering rooms, and controller input bugs severe enough that reviewers explicitly recommend buying on console instead; if you are a PC-with-controller player, this version is not for you.
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Pros
- atmosphere and horror11
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- Dead Space Remake is one of, if not, my favourite horror games ever and likely will always be. I initially finished it a few times on Xbox before deciding to move to the Steam ver...
- Amazing game, very scary even compared to the original. Gameplay is obviously pretty similar to the original. Story is imo even better, as are all the extra little easter eggs and...
- A classic story driven horror game. This game is a very good example of how to make a good remake, they changed a few things and I think for the best + the game did not lose the t...
- faithful, improved remake10
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- Like the original with an expanded story and better graphics, although i prefer the original games atmosphere and if your pc is pre-2016 or below a gtx 1050 in terms of power i wou...
- Amazing game, very scary even compared to the original. Gameplay is obviously pretty similar to the original. Story is imo even better, as are all the extra little easter eggs and...
- A classic story driven horror game. This game is a very good example of how to make a good remake, they changed a few things and I think for the best + the game did not lose the t...
- combat and gameplay5
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- Dead Space Remake is one of, if not, my favourite horror games ever and likely will always be. I initially finished it a few times on Xbox before deciding to move to the Steam ver...
- A classic story driven horror game. This game is a very good example of how to make a good remake, they changed a few things and I think for the best + the game did not lose the t...
- Extremely late to the party at this point but the game is totally worth it. Sound design is excellent, Weapons in this game carry that strong ' oomph ' when fired which is a must...
- added side quests and story5
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- Amazing game, very scary even compared to the original. Gameplay is obviously pretty similar to the original. Story is imo even better, as are all the extra little easter eggs and...
- A classic story driven horror game. This game is a very good example of how to make a good remake, they changed a few things and I think for the best + the game did not lose the t...
- I have loved the original since it released. The remake does an excellent job at bringing the old horror back while adding side missions and story beats that make it feel new. Now...
- visuals and graphics5
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- Like the original with an expanded story and better graphics, although i prefer the original games atmosphere and if your pc is pre-2016 or below a gtx 1050 in terms of power i wou...
- Amazing game, very scary even compared to the original. Gameplay is obviously pretty similar to the original. Story is imo even better, as are all the extra little easter eggs and...
- ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's jus...
- sound design3
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- Extremely late to the party at this point but the game is totally worth it. Sound design is excellent, Weapons in this game carry that strong ' oomph ' when fired which is a must...
- Dead Space is one of those games that reminds you why survival horror became such a beloved genre in the first place. The atmosphere is incredible, the sound design is among the be...
- ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's jus...
Cons
- stuttering and framerate drops6
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- Great remake and all but it still has horrible stuttering issues and it's extremely unlikely there will be any new patches. I'd recommend getting it on PS5 or Xbox instead.
- Extremely late to the party at this point but the game is totally worth it. Sound design is excellent, Weapons in this game carry that strong ' oomph ' when fired which is a must...
- Use to run amazing on my PC. I'm guessing with the routine Windows and Nvidia Driver updates, the game's performance has become borked and requires an immediate update to patch ce...
- input and controller bugs5
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- For a 2023 remake, it sure looks ancient. And for those prefer to play with controllers, seems this one has a problem with that (this and Sekiro it seems). After researching (even...
- [h1] Do not buy, even if its on Sale! [/h1] - really poor performance, drops from 150 fps to 2 fps when entering rooms or other areas and then it takes a couple of seconds to go b...
- Game is broken, some past update caused core functions to stop working, the player controller keeps aiming the gun, preventing me from sprinting, and fires rounds when I open and c...
- no patches expected3
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- Great remake and all but it still has horrible stuttering issues and it's extremely unlikely there will be any new patches. I'd recommend getting it on PS5 or Xbox instead.
- Use to run amazing on my PC. I'm guessing with the routine Windows and Nvidia Driver updates, the game's performance has become borked and requires an immediate update to patch ce...
- Game is broken, some past update caused core functions to stop working, the player controller keeps aiming the gun, preventing me from sprinting, and fires rounds when I open and c...
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