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Lead Hong Kong officer Hannah Stone through a corporate conspiracy, mixing katana parries and finishers with third-person gunfire.
Released 14 Feb 2023
Parry Into Finishers
Sing Squad Karaoke
Beat the Ramen Challenge
From the ex-Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive team comes a janky love letter to PS2-era action. Play a week in the life of the Zombie Unit: an elite Hong Kong police squad carving through a corporate conspiracy in a storm of swordplay and gunfire. Stylish, brutal, and absolutely not for everyone.
Developed by Soleil Ltd. · Published by Viv's Final Day Off Ltd
You play Lieutenant Hannah Stone, an officer in Hong Kong’s Zombie Unit, as the squad investigates a corporate conspiracy in a dystopian, near-futuristic city. The campaign follows a linear series of missions.
Combat combines sword attacks with third-person shooting. Dodge and parry incoming attacks, use guns to pressure enemies, and finish fights with execution moves. Earn XP from kills to unlock skills, and use bullet time to slow the action.
Between missions, visit the police-station hub to talk with squad members and take part in diversions such as karaoke, a ramen-eating challenge, a claw machine, and a retro-style shooter.
Reviews that praise the game often point to its unusual, throwback action style, its mix of swordplay and shooting, and its offbeat diversions. Some players find the combat satisfying and the challenge rewarding once they learn its systems; others say the controls and combat feel clunky or frustrating. The mini-games and eccentric tone also charm some reviewers, while others find them distracting.
A cult classic.
Wanted: Dead is a hybrid slasher/shooter that plays like a lost PS2 disc someone dared to actually finish. It's a hard, weird, gorgeous action game with zero interest in being for everyone. Built by veterans of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, it fuses razor-precise swordplay with third-person gunfire in a combat system that rewards you for being reckless and stylish at the same time.
Combat with teeth.
Chain melee and gunplay into brutal, screen-filling combos. Parry, dismember, and finish enemies with executions that are as grotesque as they are satisfying. Slow the chaos to a crawl in bullet time and then punish everything on screen. The fights are demanding and occasionally unfair.
A week in the life of the Zombie Unit.
You are Lt. Hannah Stone, leading an elite Hong Kong police squad through a neon-soaked corporate conspiracy. It's a linear and story-rich campaign that swerves without warning from grim ultraviolence to something stranger.
Unapologetically weird.
This is a game where you'll finish a brutal boss fight and then sit down to a lovingly rendered ramen-eating minigame, or a round of karaoke, or an arcade cabinet. The whiplash isn't a bug, it's the personality. It's scrappy, pulpy, and self-aware.
Rough around the edges. On purpose.
Wanted: Dead is niche, distinctive, and proud of its jank. If you grew up on Deadly Premonition, Vanquish, and Lollipop Chainsaw and you've been missing games with this much attitude: welcome home.
Key Features.
Melee that means it: A deep hack-and-slash system with a huge move set and finishers built to slice, dice, and dismember.
Guns in the same breath: Flow straight from the blade into a handpicked arsenal of assault rifles, SMGs, LMGs, and grenade launchers. Melee and gunplay are one nasty rhythm.
50+ brutal finishers: Over fifty unique execution moves, each more grotesque than the last. Deeply unnecessary and yet absolutely the point.
Neon and grime: A cyberpunk Hong Kong where high-tech hardware collides with retro '90s futurism.
A story that swerves: Ride with the Zombie Unit as they pull apart a massive corporate conspiracy in a dystopian Hong Kong. Linear, story-rich, and prone to going somewhere strange.
Genuinely hardcore: These fights will not be kind to you. Steel up and use everything around you to cut through hordes of mercenaries, synthetics, and private security who very much want you dead.
Old-school beat 'em up, modern edge: Wade in, take everything down, keep moving. It's the beat 'em up you grew up on dragged into the present with more blood and better toys.
A love letter to the sixth console generation: Made for anyone who still misses the PS2 era when action games were weird, scrappy, and cool.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 55 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Website | Official website |
