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Dead Space 2 cost to play
What Dead Space 2 costs in the UK on Steam, why it is rated PEGI 18 and how many people play it on Steam.
Dead Space 2 gameplay, images and trailer
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The short version
- From £17.99: Cheapest standard price: Dead Space™ 2 (Steam UK, standard price)
- Included with Game Pass & EA Play: £0 extra on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, EA Play
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 9 h to beat: Main story: 9 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £2 an hour: £17.99 ÷ 9 hours (main story)
- 371 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 27 January 2011
- Developer
- Visceral Games
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Platforms
- PS3, PC, Xbox 360
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Action, Shooter
- Modes
- Single-player, Multiplayer
On this page
Dead Space 2 player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 328
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 371
- 178 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +10%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 992
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Is Dead Space 2 dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Dead Space 2 peaked at 371 players at once in September 2026, with 178 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Xbox 360 or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 178 | 371 | +10.1% |
| August 2026 | 181 | 337 | −5.9% |
| July 2026 | 185 | 358 | +8.8% |
| June 2026 | 141 | 329 | −4.9% |
| May 2026 | 161 | 346 | −6.2% |
| April 2026 | 155 | 369 | −28.2% |
| March 2026 | 195 | 514 | +64.7% |
| February 2026 | 148 | 312 | +5.1% |
| January 2026 | 151 | 297 | +6.1% |
| December 2025 | 157 | 280 | −11.9% |
| November 2025 | 137 | 318 | +33.1% |
| October 2025 | 121 | 239 | – |
What Dead Space 2 costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Space™ 2 (Steam UK, standard price) | £17.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
Dead Space 2 on Game Pass and EA Play
Included at no extra cost for subscribers to these services. Catalogues change every month, so check the date.
How long is Dead Space 2?
Dead Space 2 takes about 9 hours to finish the main story, and about 16.5 hours to complete everything.
- Main story9 h
- Main + extras11.5 h
- Completionist16.5 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£2
£17.99 on Steam UK ÷ 9 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 5 Nov 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Dead Space 2 is rated
GamesChart Score
86.5, #64 of 3,236 rated games
#7 of 2011 · #36 of the 2010s · #25 in Shooter · #37 on Xbox
Critics
Players
Built from 30,496 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #63
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception2011 · Naughty Dog86.7 - #64
Dead Space 22011 · Visceral Games86.5 - #65
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings1999 · Ensemble Studios86.5
Dead Space 2 questions
How much does Dead Space 2 cost in the UK?
Dead Space™ 2 (Steam UK, standard price): £17.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Dead Space 2 free to play?
No. Dead Space 2 is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
Is Dead Space 2 on Game Pass?
Yes. Dead Space 2 is included with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, so subscribers can play it at no extra cost. Checked 5 November 2026 on the service's own page.
Is Dead Space 2 on EA Play?
Yes. Dead Space 2 is included with EA Play, so subscribers can play it at no extra cost. Checked 5 November 2026 on the service's own page.
How long is Dead Space 2?
Main story: about 9 hours. Main + extras: about 11.5 hours. Completionist: about 16.5 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £17.99, that's £2 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Dead Space 2?
Dead Space 2 is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play Dead Space 2?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 371, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 992.
What is Dead Space 2's all-time Steam peak?
992 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Dead Space 2 (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 328. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Dead Space 2 dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Dead Space 2 peaked at 371 players at once in September 2026, with 178 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Xbox 360 or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Dead Space 2 player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS3, Xbox 360, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Dead Space 2?
Dead Space 2 is developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts.
Dead Space 2 is a third-person science-fiction horror shooter. It was developed by Visceral Games, published by Electronic Arts and first released in 2011 on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360; Steam gives its release date as 27 January 2011. It is sold on Steam for a one-off price.
How it plays
Dead Space 2 follows Isaac Clarke, the systems engineer from the first game, who wakes up three years after the events on the starship USG Ishimura. He is now on the Sprawl, a giant space station in orbit around Saturn, with no memory of how he got there and plagued by visions of his dead girlfriend Nicole. A new outbreak of Necromorphs, grotesque reanimations of the dead, is under way, and he has to fight his way through it.
Combat leans on tools as much as guns. EA lists the Javelin, which pins Necromorphs to walls, improved telekinesis for turning severed limbs into weapons, dismembering trip mines, and breaching the hull to suck groups of monsters out into space.
Isaac's suit has boosters for flying through zero-gravity areas with full 360-degree movement, and these sections bring weightless combat and physics-based puzzles. Steam lists both single-player and multiplayer for the game.
What it costs
Dead Space 2 costs £17.99 on Steam UK at standard price. It has no add-ons listed on Steam.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 371 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. Its all-time peak on Steam Charts is 992. Console players aren't counted.
Age rating
Dead Space 2 is rated PEGI 18 for violence and bad language. The pegi.info database lists the same rating, dated 28 January 2011, for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Steam's store data also lists BBFC 18 and ESRB M.
It ranks #64 in our best games of all time ranking.
How we checked
We read the Steam UK store data on 21 October 2026, at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day, and the rating is from pegi.info. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Dead Space 2 Steam store screenshots (Electronic Arts), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Dead Space 2, published by store.steampowered.com
- PEGI rating – Dead Space 2, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Dead Space 2, published by steamcharts.com
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