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The Typing of The Dead: Overkill

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill overview

Modern Dream | Oct 29, 2013 | game

Released

6players observed · 26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC

ActionTypingOn-Rails ShooterZombiesComedySteam Store

  • Latest observed players6 · 26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak74
  • Units sold (VGI)291,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$3,700,000
  • Review score88% positive

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed players6 · 26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak74
  • Units sold (VGI)291,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$3,700,000
  • Review score88% positive
  • Total reviews4,056
  • Release dateOct 29, 2013
  • DeveloperModern Dream
  • PublisherSEGA

Genres: Action

Company pages: Developer: Modern DreamPublisher: SEGA

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Game overview

Overview

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill comes from Modern Dream and is published by SEGA. It arrived on Steam on Oct 29, 2013, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 6 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC, with a tracked peak near 74. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 88% positive across 4,056 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill is available in 1 languages including:

English languages with full audio support

2 regional rating boards including esrb and pegi

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listed2.0 GHz Dual Core processor2 GB RAMATI Radeon HD 6450, NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 or Intel Integrated Graphics HD 300010 GB available space
WindowsRecommendedNot listed2.0 GHz Dual Core processor2 GB RAMATI Radeon HD 6450, NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 or Intel Integrated Graphics HD 300010 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill has sold up to 291,000 units and has 2,783 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $3,700,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill overview details

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Typing of the dead: Overkill fuses the horror and comedy of the legendary House of the Dead series with unique typing mechanics in order to deliver a truly original gaming experience! This gruesome shooter puts you in the middle of a mutant outbreak in Bayou county. Blast pieces out of the zombie horde across 9 stages, one keystroke at a time, in order to save you and a friends life as you work to uncover the mystery behind the outbreak. Features: - Randomised kill-words to make every game experience unique; - Your keyboard is the weapon – type bullet holes into those zombie hordes! - Three difficulty levels included to test your typing skills to the max as well as a special ‘hardcore’ level for true keyboard warriors! - Redefined HOTD gameplay to complement the new typing mechanics; - Two-Player co-op multiplayer - Full Steam integration - Full and faithful port of the original PS3 edition of HOTD included in game - Plus more to come

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action. SteamPulse's latest observation records 6 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC, a tracked peak of 74, and 88% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameThe Typing of The Dead: Overkill
Steam App ID246580
Typegame
Release dateOct 29, 2013
DeveloperModern Dream
PublisherSEGA
Price$19.99
PlatformsWindows
GenresAction
CategoriesSingle-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * * languages with full audio support
WebsiteNot available

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players6 · 26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak74
Positive reviews3,561
Negative reviews495
Total reviews4,056
Positive percent88%
Review typeVery Positive
Recommendations2,783
Average playtime544 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateOct 29, 2013
Official Steam feed update (UTC)27 March 2015 - 18:26:25 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
Painful PunctuationNo description
Lascivious LexiconNo description
Critical ClauseNo description
Grotesque GrammarNo description
Linguistic ButcheryNo description
Transitive TravelNo description
Quagmire QuestionNo description
Prison NovelNo description
Experimental FictionNo description
Gushing WordsNo description

Support and legal notes

FieldValue
Support email[email protected]
Support URLSupport page
Legal notice© SEGA. SEGA, the SEGA logo, The House OF THE DEAD, The House OF THE DEAD: OVERKILL, The Typing OF THE DEAD and The Typing OF THE DEAD: OVERKILL are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SEGA Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Modern Dream is a trademark of Modern Dream Ltd. BlitzTech Copyright Blitz Games Studios Ltd. Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. DTS and the DTS Symbol are registered trademarks of DTS, Inc. and DTS Digital Surround is a trademark of DTS, Inc.

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

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SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/246580
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/246580/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/246580
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Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for The Typing of The Dead: Overkill?

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill's latest SteamPulse observation records 6 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:52:28 UTC, with a tracked peak of 74 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 9 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is The Typing of The Dead: Overkill growing or declining recently?

September 2026 closed with an average of 8 players; the highest observed daily value is 14 players. The monthly average has grown by 0 players, or 1.32%, versus August 2026. This is the month-by-month trend line behind the Monthly Player Statistics table.

What country-level audience data is available for The Typing of The Dead: Overkill?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (56%), Australia (7%), Netherlands (3%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (46%), Australia (5.9%), China (4.7%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (58.5%), Australia (5.2%), China (4.6%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (39.1%), China (7.4%), Australia (5.2%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for The Typing of The Dead: Overkill?

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill currently sits at 88% positive across 4,056 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 3,561 positive reviews and 495 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Very Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does The Typing of The Dead: Overkill have?

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill currently has about 9K tracked Steam followers as of 29 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for The Typing of The Dead: Overkill?

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill is currently listed at $19.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window. Steam recommendations currently stand near 2,783, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Very Positive

88% positive, 3,561 positive, 495 negative

Price and discount

$19.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud

Achievements

33

Platform releases
  • Steam 29 October 2013

DLC and packages

The Typing of the Dead: Overkill - Silver Screen DLCWhat do you do when hordes of deranged mutants descend upon you with the express purpose of eating your flesh? Bash ‘em in the head. That seems to work. We’re going to make you an offer you can’t refuse: Typing of the Dead: OVERKILL, Silver Screen Lexicon Pack.dlc #282520$2.99The Typing of The Dead: Overkill - Shakespeare DLCSomething Wicked this Way Comes… Download the new Shakespeare of the Dead DLC now and unleash the full force of Shakespeare’s greatest works on the ignorant zombie masses!dlc #259210$2.99The Typing of the Dead: Overkill - Filth DLCThe Filth of the Dead DLC replaces all of the words and phrases in Typing of the Dead: OVERKILL with terrible innuendo, outrageous insults and even some slurs in Polish. If you’ve ever wanted to type phrases like ‘Poo protest’ to repel hordes of flesh eating mutants, this is the DLC for you.dlc #259211$1.49The Typing of the Dead: Overkill - Love at First Bite DLCRoses are red, violets are blue, mutants are ugly, so what do we do? Well, this time players will need to type increasingly more overblown and contrived sweet nothings in order to repel hordes of amorous mutants queuing up to give them a love bite they’ll never forget.dlc #278131$2.99The Typing of the Dead: Overkill - Dancing with the Dead DLCThere will be blood on the dance floor with Typing of the Dead: Overkill’s latest DLC - ‘Dancing with the Dead’. This DLC pack replaces all the words and phrases in the game with song lyrics, famous artists, and various musical instruments and terms.dlc #286920$1.49
The Typing of The Dead: OverkillBuy The Typing of The Dead: Overkill #33618$19.99The Typing of The Dead: Overkill CollectionBuy The Typing of The Dead: Overkill #48535$25.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / Windows 8 Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6450, NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 or Intel Integrated Graphics HD 3000 DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 10 GB available space Additional Notes: Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions

Recommended requirements

Recommended: OS *: Windows 7 / Windows 8 Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6450, NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 or Intel Integrated Graphics HD 3000 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Additional Notes: Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions

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