The dead among us
Curated by BverGame· Added 16 August 2026
Why We Picked It
The dead among us is filed under Arcade here, and it is exactly the kind of small browser game this library exists to hold. The studio's own text runs 327 words — longer than most here — so the note above sticks to what the listing does not cover. It is 136th of 498 in Arcade by plays, with 15,447 plays and 4.4 out of 5, above the 4.2 the library averages.
How to Play
- 320×480 is a phone shape: judge it held upright, where it was clearly designed to sit.
- The description talks in taps rather than keys, which fits a frame drawn for touch.
Editor’s Note
The page is short on purpose; a longer essay about a five-minute game would be padding. Same-shelf alternatives listed here: Green Battle, Friends Battle Water Die, Endless Maze. Whether it holds up past those minutes is something the frame answers faster than this page can. What you see is what was published: a title, a shelf, a score, and a frame that runs.
Curated by BverGame
Publisher’s Description
Reproduced as supplied by the game’s developer. The editorial note above is ours; this text is theirs.
The reactor has exploded, the entire crew is dead, and the only survivor is the one who caused it all: you. The dead among us takes the famous impostor fantasy in a darkly comic direction, casting you as the traitor left alone on a wrecked ship with nothing to do but eat, and you are very, very hungry.
The gameplay is a simple one-touch arcade challenge with a grotesque twist. Your impostor climbs through the twisted wreckage of the ship using a long, creepy tongue to grab and devour the bodies of former crewmates. Each body you eat adds to your score, and the goal is to consume as many as possible. The danger comes from the wreckage itself: sharp debris and jagged metal are everywhere, and one careless stretch of the tongue can hurt you badly or end the run entirely.
Because scoring is endless, the game is built around beating your own best and climbing toward the top of the world leaderboard. The further you push into the wreckage, the tighter the spaces become and the more precise your tongue shots need to be. The developers note that the game keeps receiving updates, so the challenge is designed to stay fresh rather than stand still.
Success comes down to patience and angles. Do not grab at the nearest body just because it is close; a body sitting next to sharp wreckage is a trap wearing a snack's costume. Plan your route so your tongue never crosses debris, take the easy points first, and only reach for risky targets once the safe ones are gone. Rhythm matters too, since panic-grabbing is how most runs end.
The dead among us is for players who enjoy quick, morbid arcade games with a score-chasing heart and a sense of humor about the whole impostor thing. It is silly, creepy, and strangely compulsive, and beating your previous best always feels like being a slightly better traitor than you were yesterday.