Dead Effect

Name: Dead Effect
Rating: 4.326241 (274483 reviews)
Author: App Holdings

App Holdings

★ 4.3 (274,483 ratings)

⬇ 5,000,000+ downloads

Est. actual: 9,939,674

Style: Action

Free

Released: Oct 15, 2013

IAP: $1.20 - $49.99 per item

Contains ads

Rated: Mature 17+

Mechanics ShooterStory & characters

Signals

4 this week · 1 positive · 2 warnings All of this week's signals →

📈Last 7 days +2.2K installs — 5% slower than the week before (+2.3K) · 398/day since Sep 26
🏆Among Action games top 14% by installs gained this week (14520 peers growing)
⭐Rating steady at ★ 4.33 since Sep 26
🛠Updates dormant · updated 155 days ago

Installs since launch

+18,712 installs · -793 ratings since Sep 26

SDKs in the app · version 1.2.18.29, analysed Oct 2, 2026

AttributionFacebook App Events 11.3.0
Engagement & messagingPlay In-App Review
Game engineUnity (engine)
Game servicesPlay Games Services 21.0.0
PaymentsPlay Billing Library 7.0.0
PlatformPlay Asset Delivery Play In-App Updates
Social & loginFacebook Gaming Services Facebook Login Facebook SDK (core) 11.3.0 Facebook Share Google Sign-In 19.0.0

Found by static analysis of the app package; bundled is not the same as active. All SDKs →

Update history

1.2.18.29 Jun 10, 2026 · seen Sep 26, 2026

Fixed an issue where the game could get stuck on a black/loading screen after updating. Game data is now downloaded and loaded correctly. Includes earlier security and stability fixes.

Only the current version so far — new entries appear as the game ships updates.

Trailer

Dead Effect is an action game by App Holdings with 5,000,000+ downloads (about 9.9M estimated). +2.2K installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.3 from 274K ratings. Released Oct 15, 2013. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “Be careful, you need at least 160 MB FREE RAM to run the game. "Dead Effect is pretty awesome."-capsulecomputers.com.au 9/10 "Graphically, the game is top notch."-toucharcade.com 4/5 Stars "Dead Effect [...] strikes an impressive balance between humor and fear"-modojo.com 4/5 ESS Meridian System: Wednesday…”