Download the Dead Space Demake while you still can

We’re living through a peak period of video games remakes. Recent releases include Metroid Prime Remastered, Dead Space RemakeAnd Resident Evil 4 RemakeTo upcoming titles such as Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp, System Shock, and Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake, it’s seldom been a more lucrative time for publishers and developers to dive back into their catalog of releases, dust off their most enduring titles, and sell them at full retail price to eager nostalgic audiences.

If you’re anxiously waiting around for publisher Electronic Arts and developer Motive Studios to actually get around to announcing that Dead Space 2 Remake the developer has previously hinted at, why not give this “demake” of the original Dead SpaceGive it a try!

Fraser Brumley (an independent game developer, based in Melbourne Australia) created this website. Dead Space Demake is exactly what you’d expect from its name: A recreation of the memorable opening moments of the 2008 survival-horror shooter Dead Space, albeit remade in the style of a PlayStation 1-era horror game, complete with a “tank control” control system and native gamepad support.

Like other recent “demakes” of popular contemporary titles like BloodborneSuper Smash Bros. Disco Elysium, Dead Space DemakeThis is a tribute to two distinct generations of video game design. It’s juxtaposed to show the similarities of each.

“This project was mostly a way for me to learn Unreal and the PS1 aesthetic so look forward to what I’ll be putting together in the future,” Brumley writes on the game’s itch.io page. After playing through the demo, I am able to confirm this. Dead Space DemakeThis version is equally as exciting, terrifying, and impressive as the 2008 edition. Dead SpaceOr the 2023-gen current-gen remake.

The free game can be downloaded on itch.io. Electronic Arts may take exception. Move fast, check your corners, and don’t forget — you gotta aim for their limbs!