Choose Dead Space
Choose Dead Space if you want an Adventure game with HDR available, Subtitle Options, and Color Alternatives. On Steam, it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. 29,773 Steam reviews back the pick.
Dead Space vs The Thing: Remastered
Dead Space and The Thing: Remastered both land in Action on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Action games on Steam. Dead Space (2023) is 1 year older than The Thing: Remastered (2024). Dead Space scores higher on Steam reviews (90.2% positive) than The Thing: Remastered (89.2% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose The Thing: Remastered
Choose The Thing: Remastered if it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. The Thing: Remastered launched in 2024.
Both Dead Space and The Thing: Remastered sit in Action on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (90.2% vs 89.2% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Dead Space |  The Thing: Remastered | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Verified |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 90.2% positive (29,773 reviews) | 89.2% positive (775 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Motive | Nightdive Studios, Computer Artworks |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Dead Space (2023) is 1 year older than The Thing: Remastered (2024).
- Dead Space scores higher on Steam reviews (90.2% positive) than The Thing: Remastered (89.2% positive).
- Dead Space is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than The Thing: Remastered (14.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Dead Space is Deck Playable, The Thing: Remastered is Deck Verified.
Dead Space vs The Thing: Remastered — FAQ
- Which is better, Dead Space or The Thing: Remastered?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Dead Space sits at 90.2% positive (29,773 reviews), The Thing: Remastered at 89.2% (775). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Dead Space or The Thing: Remastered first?
- If you want chronology, Dead Space (2023) came out before The Thing: Remastered (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Dead Space and The Thing: Remastered similar?
- They overlap on Action on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.