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Fight through a monster-filled mansion in an isometric roguelike shooter, building a new arsenal as you climb its floors.
Released 19 Oct 2021
Blast Through Haunted Floors
Build Runs With Loot
Unlock Alternate Floor Routes
Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.
Developed by Milkbar Lads · Published by 2 Left Thumbs
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Dead Estate casts you as one of several characters trapped in a monster-filled mansion, fighting upward through its floors in an attempt to escape. The game uses an isometric view and a horror setting with pixel-art visuals.
Runs focus on clearing compact rooms of enemies with guns and other weapons while dodging attacks. Collect weapons and items to shape your character’s build, and choose routes through alternate floors and floor variants.
The game offers multiple characters with distinct playstyles, difficulty options, run modifiers, and challenge runs. Progress unlocks more characters, costumes, secrets, and routes. Assignment Anya is a separate campaign where Anya navigates the mansion without weapons, relying on a mask, stealth, and puzzle-solving.
Players who enjoyed Dead Estate often praise its fast, replayable runs, the variety of weapons and items that can create surprising builds, and the different characters. Reviews also highlight the pixel art, music, horror atmosphere, and the additional Assignment Anya campaign. Some players find the isometric perspective makes projectiles and positioning hard to read, while others mention repetition or balance issues.
Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging, roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on Halloween and other horror influences. Ascend the floors of a monster-filled mansion with 10 unique characters, collect loads of items and weapons, tackle grueling challenges, and discover secrets and MANY unlockables along the way!
Beware of the lurking threats on every floor -- some are especially persistent...
10 playable characters, each with distinct playstyles and 4 Costumes each
150 weapons and 300 items to make each run unique
Explore the vast complexity of the Estate - discovering alternate floors & floor variants
An isometric style with compact rooms designed for tense, close-quarters combat
Try a looped run, or varying difficulty levels to push your skills
Blessing & Curse run modifiers to maximize replayability
20 custom Challenge Runs
A bounty of secrets to be discovered, and many more to be unlocked
Controller support is included, but a keyboard + mouse is recommended for the best experience.
An entirely separate campaign inspired by classic survival horror games, set prior to the events of the main game. Play as Anya, a fledgling actress who finds herself helplessly lost in the mansion after her film crew is attacked by the undead.
Abandoned by her leading man and left alone with nothing but a mask to disguise herself with, Anya must escape the increasingly warped and deadly estate all on her own.
| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 200 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | Dead Estate Demo |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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