Is Dead Ground Arcade free?

Yes — Dead Ground Arcade is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Can I play Dead Ground Arcade on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Dead Ground Arcade. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Does Dead Ground Arcade have co-op?

Yes — Steam lists Dead Ground Arcade with online co-op.

Is Dead Ground Arcade on PC Game Pass?

No — Dead Ground Arcade is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Dead Ground Arcade

Name: Dead Ground Arcade
Brand: VRillAR
Availability: InStock

VRillAR · April 2, 2020 · Gore, Violent, Action, VR, Zombies

Dead Ground Arcade is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Dead Ground Arcade price

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About Dead Ground Arcade

✦ AI summary

Dead Ground Arcade is a VR shooter where you play as a secret agent battling infected creatures across missions ranging from hostage rescues to surviving overwhelming hordes. It stands out with cutting-edge VR graphics designed to minimize motion sickness, diverse weapons including exotic tools like freezing and gravity guns, and reactive enemy AI from crawling zombies to towering bosses.

Dead Ground Arcade is an action packed FPS VR shooter, ready to get your heart skip a beat during exciting standoffs with infected creatures.

Players take on the role of a secret agent for Blackrain, for whom they are sent on a range of challenging missions. Missions range from protecting hostages and VIPs to fighting your way out of ever-swelling hordes in a confined space.

The first one is just the beginning of the whole story.
You can enjoy more maps in the form of DLC in the near future.

Features:

Fierce battles with the thrill of real life sensations

The best graphic quality in the VR gaming industry with the least chance of motion sickness

Great variety of different weapon types, including realistic military weapons and grenades as well as exotic weapons such as freezing gun and gravity gun

Reactive NPCs such as typical zombies, crawling and jumping ones and gigantic bosses

For reference, a whole in-depth story mode with action packed missions can be experienced with the upcoming launch of Dead GroundZ.
While you are enjoying Dead Ground Arcade, you may want to put Dead GroundZ on your wishlist as well.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/836580/Dead_GroundZ/

Dead Ground Arcade — game info

Platforms: Windows
Player modes: Single-player, Online co-op
PC Game Pass: Not included

DLC & expansions

Dead Ground Arcade - Ellis Island

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Dead Ground Arcade - Totem

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Mar 6, 2024

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Recommended Sep 6, 2026

Quite good for free game.

Recommended Oct 13, 2023

well for my first 3 hrs it was great. had no issues and multi player worked like a champ.

Recommended Sep 3, 2023

This one of the best Arcade zombie shooters, and now the remaining 2 stages are available..... nice

Recommended May 17, 2023

Free and a blast. Good to build a starter VR library

Recommended Feb 26, 2023

[h1]Before I played Dead Ground Arcade, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

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