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Team up to defend Shady Hill from zombie hordes. Gather resources, build barricades, deploy traps and unleash guitar-powered abilities.
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Your Dead Party Journey
1Bare Windows and Swarming Intruders
Fortify Initial Base Openings
Establish a defensible perimeter to delay invading undead while searching for stage gear.
Break interior crates and dressers with melee swings to harvest scrap wood.
Exterior window frames are reinforced with nailed planks.
2Breached Doorways and Cornered Survivors
Install Elemental Chokepoints
Turn interior doorways into automated kill zones that slow down enemy charges.
Equip Sun or Frost trap cards and interact with open doorway frames.
Passing zombies are frozen, shocked, or set on fire at room entrances.
3Explosive Hazards and Canister Damage
Secure Generator Fuel Tanks
Power radio jamming antennas without detonating volatile zombie payloads.
Use spacebar kicks to knock down canister carriers without using firearms.
Fuel tanks are hauled to backup generators and the antenna is engaged.
4Hovering Alien Ships Overhead
Load Coastal Artillery Batteries
Shoot down alien UFOs by harvesting ammunition from defeated ground waves.
Venture past base barricades to retrieve fallen zombie skulls from the floor.
Artillery batteries are loaded with skulls and fired at target spacecraft.
Planning your next upgrade
Calculator
Work out costs, materials and odds for your next step.
Choosing what to prioritise
Tier List
See which picks rank highest, with the source behind each ranking.
Dead Party Database
The Dead Party database has 1 collections and 3 entries, and each entry has its own page.
Survive Early Rounds in Base Defense
Understand key tactics for barricading rooms, laying traps, and using guitar abilities to survive zombie waves in Dead Party co-op.
- 01
Locate crates, cardboard boxes, and interior furniture marked with magnifying glass indicators
Locate crates, cardboard boxes, and interior furniture marked with magnifying glass indicators.
- 02
Strike furniture items with your melee tool to break them down into wooden planks
Strike furniture items with your melee tool to break them down into wooden planks.
- 03
Collect the fallen planks up to the 99-wood inventory cap to prepare for fortification
Collect the fallen planks up to the 99-wood inventory cap to prepare for fortification.
Browse Base Defense and Co-Op Guides
From your first barricades to co-op sessions and PC requirements, choose the topic you need.
What Is Dead Party?
Dead Party is an action base-defense game developed by Radiation Blue and published by Snail Games USA. Set on Halloween in the peaceful town of Shady Hill, four survivors take on an invading alien army whose transmissions reanimate local cemeteries into hordes of aggressive zombies.
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Radiation Blue
Publisher
Snail Games USA
Platform
Windows PC
Genre
Action / Casual
Co-op Players
4
Playable Characters
4
Game Modes
4
Release Date
Oct 29, 2026
Latest Guides
Configure Team Limits and Squad Formations
Review player limits for Dead Party, covering solo scaling, four-player split-screen setups, and online lobby rules across all modes.
Host Matchmaking and Private Co-Op Lobbies
Find out how Dead Party online co op handles lobby types, four-player party setup, revive mechanics, and custom match settings.
Connect Gamepads for Local Shared-Screen Play
Learn how to configure Dead Party split screen co-op, connect multiple gamepads, and mix couch sessions with online matches.
Demo Gameplay
Review core mechanics, level objectives, and barricade strategies across all five playable maps in the official Dead Party demo release.
Demo Guide
Review all playable stages, co-op mechanics, character perks, and trap systems available in the free Steam trial.
Deploy Survivor Guitar Skills and Door Cards
Learn how to use guitar riffs, defensive door cards, melee kicks, and character perks to survive cooperative zombie matches.
Reinforce Window Boards and Perimeter Openings
Follow clear steps to collect scrap wood, board up breached windows, and maintain base barricades against zombie waves in Dead Party.
Where does the official information come from?
Official information comes from Steam Store, Steam Community, Dead Party Discord.
On Halloween, UFO‘s appeared over the peaceful town of Shady Hill. Soon after, the undead neighborhood rises from their graves. Four heroes take on the impossible task: to fight back the evil invaders!
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Frequently Asked Survival Questions
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Ready to Defend Shady Hill?
Start with survival guides, plan your co-op team and learn the game modes.