Evil Dead: The Game
Evil Dead: The Game is a 4 vs 1 asymmetrical horror/survival game based on the Evil Dead franchise and characters created by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Bruce Campbell. Defend the world against evil or bring…
Evil Dead: The Game is a shooter developed by Saber Interactive, released 13 May 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Evil Dead: The Game is
Evil Dead: The Game is a shooter game developed by Saber Interactive and released in 2022. It was published by Boss Team Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Work together as a team of four survivors, exploring, looting, crafting, managing your fear, and finding key artifacts to seal the breach between worlds. Or take control of the powerful Kandarian Demon to hunt Ash and his friends while possessing Deadites, the environment, and even the survivors themselves as you seek to swallow their souls! Plenty of surprises await in this gore-filled battle against evil that captures the characters, horror, humor, and action from the franchise. Battle across memorable locations including the infamous cabin in the woods, brought to life with tons of terrifying visuals and all-new dialogue from Bruce Campbell. Discover more than 25 weapons, including Ash’s…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Evil Dead series
Evil Dead: The Game is the eighth of 9 entries we hold in the Evil Dead series. It arrived 3 years after Dead by Daylight: Ash vs Evil Dead. The next entry was Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania Edition in 2023. Its critic score of 64 is 3 points below the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is Evil Dead: The Game at 85.
How it was received
Evil Dead: The Game holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Evil Dead: The Game launched on 13 May 2022, within three weeks of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Rogue Legacy 2 and Citizen Sleeper. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Rogue Legacy 2, Citizen Sleeper.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Evil Dead: The Game yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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