Dead Rising® 2 overview

Overview

Dead Rising® 2 comes from Capcom Vancouver and is published by Capcom. It arrived on Steam on Sep 27, 2010, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Dead Rising® 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 51 players at 9 October 2026 - 05:07:48 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,984. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 78% positive across 8,828 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Dead Rising® 2 is available in 6 languages including:

6 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, oflc, and nzoflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Dead Rising® 2 has sold up to 1,168,927 units and has 6,252 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $14,261,829. On Twitch, 4 streamers are live with around 4 total watchers.

Dead Rising® 2 overview details

Dead Rising® 2 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground. Featuring a new story, two online multiplayer modes (2-player co-op campaign and a 4-player “TV show” themed Pay-Per-View event that pits humans against zombies), thousands of on-screen zombies and more, Dead Rising 2 takes zombie survival horror to a whole new level. As Chuck Greene, you have 72 hours to save your infected daughter, clear your name and survive the hordes of hungry zombies before the military comes in and nukes the city. To ensure your survival, you can combine everyday objects to create numerous deadly combo weapons and slaughter the ravenous zombies. Dead Rising 2, it’s where Creativity Kills. Key Features Sequel to the critically acclaimed and 1 million+ selling Dead Rising: Dead Rising 2 is bigger and better in every way, adding new custom combo weapons, multiplayer and thousands of zombies on-screen at once! Thousands of Zombies On Screen: The undead are everywhere creating a dynamic and challenging zombie-killing experience for the player as weapons will be created to kill massive amounts of zombies at one time! Combo Weapons: Players can combine two everyday items using duct tape to create the ultimate zombie killing creations such as the Portamower and Paddlesaw. Unlocking combo cards along the way will give players the advantage as the helpful cards will show you what items are best for combining. New Storyline and Characters: A new protagonist, Chuck Greene, must save his in…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Dead Rising® 2 is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 51 players at 9 October 2026 - 05:07:48 UTC, a tracked peak of 1,984, and 78% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ZombiesActionOpen WorldCo-opAdventureOnline Co-OpThird PersonMultiplayerGoreComedySurvivalFunnyCharacter CustomizationSandboxCrafting

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Support and legal notes

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