The Dead Await
Game
Game2023Published by indie.io
The Dead Await: Prologue
Developer Shotx
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. From the Steam store page
27 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Sep 11, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
20 positive · 4 negative
95% range 64–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Positive
23 of 27 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
83% recommend · 20 yes, 4 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 24 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (48 of 63 positive).
Players praise the unique blend of deck-building, survival, and RPG mechanics. [1][2][3] Some find the prologue too short or feel it's just an ad for the full game. [3][4] Several reviewers enjoy the free achievement and easy completion. [5][6][7]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
"The Dead Await: Prologue" is isn't a game at all, it's just an ad for The Dead Await. Talk about store pollution... Misleading marketing like this is an abuse of the Steam storefront and the "free" category. The product this is advertising, The Dead Await is something that looks like it was made as a browser/mobile game but got published on Steam by shovelware pushers at indieio (they got hundreds of these …
- [1]
Very interesting synthesis of genres. You have tactical card battler turn based combat, world map exploration evoking Fallout 1,2 and wasteland vibes, survival mechanics like you need fuel, water, food. Tons of regular skills and perks, combined with deck cards. Towns with quests and from what I understood from the camping scene unlockable companions. There is a lot more stuff going on mechanically than I first …
- [3]
Positive: Free to play and instantly accessible — no purchase needed. Blend of deck‑building strategy and survival RPG set in a zombie apocalypse gives a unique demo feel. Includes exploration, caravan progression, crafting, trading and card combat elements for a varied experience. Atmospheric world that mixes survival tension with RPG progression. Negative: As a prologue/demo, content is brief and doesn’t feel like …
- [12]
Never played a game like this before, and I finished this short prologue, so that's saying something. It kept me interested long enough, for sure. The writing is acceptable. On the negative side, random encounters can "surround" you while traveling on the map, giving you no real options for escape; and some of the encounters can become very challenging, especially when you have to face them one after the other. Some …
- [7]
REVIEWING EVERY GAME IVE PERFECTED: Literally one achievement that took 5 minutes, nothing to say about this game but will rate it positively for giving me an easy perfect game
Summarised from 25 of the 28 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 14, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
83% of the 24 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Dead Await: Prologue. The complaint that keeps coming up: content is brief and feels incomplete. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
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neutral · AI labelView post →+++ easy, fast & free 100 % Steam Achievement + nice Idea/ Concept - No F12 Screenshot Good Prologue to test if the Gameplay makes Fun & for Achievement Hunters too
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Dead Await Shotx. Steam disclosure -y
neutral · AI labelView post →Two are the things I like the most: turn-based games and zombie games, so when you find by chance a game like THE DEAD AWAIT, you feel like the luckiest guy in the world 😉. TDA is a promising deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. Now on sale! shorturl.at/uGJFl #indiegames #turnbased
positive · AI labelView post →Never played a game like this before, and I finished this short prologue, so that's saying something. It kept me interested long enough, for sure. The writing is acceptable. On the negative side, random encounters can "surround" you while traveling on the map, giving you no real options for escape; and some of the encounters can become very challenging, especially when you have to face them one after the other. Some option to make such encounters easier would be appreciated by some of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Promise Deh Billy to wishlish The Dead Await, don't break your promise <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting synthesis of genres. You have tactical card battler turn based combat, world map exploration evoking Fallout 1,2 and wasteland vibes, survival mechanics like you need fuel, water, food. Tons of regular skills and perks, combined with deck cards. Towns with quests and from what I understood from the camping scene unlockable companions. There is a lot more stuff going on mechanically than I first expected. It gave me this cool feeling of not knowing what to expect, I felt like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ 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 just gameplay ☑ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☑ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty Decent, I look forward to seeing the progress they make towards a full release.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art style and general concept feel really cool. However, I came to this game for the easy achievement, and that's what I got. Might check out the full game at some point in the future but who knows.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice little glimpse into what The Dead Await game has to offer! I love the whole aesthetic and art direction that was taken! Of course I made that promise to Deh Billy! I see that the full game has recently been released too, I will absolutely be playing it soon! If you like this demo, then I strongly recommend checking out the full game too!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a self proclaimed "The Prologue Guy" and i approve of this half baked. ( ദ്ദി ˙ᗜ˙ )
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short introduction to the game and gameplay. Interesting design and nice visuals.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really loved the mix of genres and mechanics this game gives us. We have rpg with the character evolution, cards to fight and a board to move around the world, loot, talk, etc. The story looks interesting to me too, and i will buy the game as soon as possible. Highly recommended. Greetings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking forward to the Full game. Didnt want to spoil too much after the achievement. +1 Achievement Hunters +1 Deck Builders
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hits a lot of the right things. Not too difficult either. Has massive potential to be brilliant too... FIngers crossed and send annoying emails to the Devs to hurry the Eff up! :p
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIS GAME MAKES ME ANGRY. To sum up, the game is a fusion of different game ideas. it has the card game of slay the spire, with the zombie apocalipse of the walking deads and the graphig appereance of darkest doungeon. From this demo, the gameplay looks very boring to me. The characters have nothing intresting to me and i really hate the drawing style. One of the worst parts is the introduction cinematic, that has stop photos that shakes on screen making you very hard to look at them. not only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crashed when I organized my cards' pool the first time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A GREAT GAME KEPT ME BUSY FOR HOURS.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game! Will be interesting to see what the final game will look like!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant wait to play the full game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"The Dead Await: Prologue" is isn't a game at all, it's just an ad for The Dead Await. Talk about store pollution... Misleading marketing like this is an abuse of the Steam storefront and the "free" category. The product this is advertising, The Dead Await is something that looks like it was made as a browser/mobile game but got published on Steam by shovelware pushers at indieio (they got hundreds of these shovelware games), a CCG zombie survival... thing... but that's not really relevant,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Positive: Free to play and instantly accessible — no purchase needed. Blend of deck‑building strategy and survival RPG set in a zombie apocalypse gives a unique demo feel. Includes exploration, caravan progression, crafting, trading and card combat elements for a varied experience. Atmospheric world that mixes survival tension with RPG progression. Negative: As a prologue/demo, content is brief and doesn’t feel like a full game yet. Some systems may feel incomplete or limited in scope. Story…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i'm just here for the achievement.. and not to break my promise 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its one of the best post apocalyptic survival rpgs i ever saw. its realy nice menagement system. maps and missions. it would be better in my opinion to have 1- a huge variety of weapons - items 2- companion with unique skills 3- dungeon like explorable dungeons , places with loot and deadly random creatures inside. Developers u are my hope for future. i would buy your game anyway but if you have these 3 as a cherry on top it would be perfect.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →REVIEWING EVERY GAME IVE PERFECTED: Literally one achievement that took 5 minutes, nothing to say about this game but will rate it positively for giving me an easy perfect game
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