Dead Island: Epidemic (2014) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Dead Island: Epidemic

On 7 August 2013, Deep Silver announced a new game titled Dead Island: Epidemic. As a MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game, Epidemic has three teams of players battling one another for survival while…

20 November 2014

What Dead Island: Epidemic is

Dead Island: Epidemic is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Stunlock Studios and released in 2014. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

On 7 August 2013, Deep Silver announced a new game titled Dead Island: Epidemic. As a MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game, Epidemic has three teams of players battling one another for survival while facing the hordes of undead that inhabit the series. On 19 May 2014, Epidemic was released through Steam early access, allowing players to actively participate in the final development stage of the game, reporting bugs and issues within the game so that the release is polished. Epidemic was a free-to-play title. In 2015, the game was cancelled during the open beta phase.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and horror. Available modes: Co-operative and Multiplayer.

Where it sits in the Dead Island series

Dead Island: Epidemic is the first of 2 entries we hold in the Dead Island series. The next entry was Dead Island 2: SoLA in 2024.

See all 2 Dead Island games in release order →

What it launched against

Dead Island: Epidemic launched on 20 November 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Tales from the Borderlands.

Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Tales from the Borderlands.

Dead Island: Epidemic — frequently asked questions