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Evil Dead: The Game Might Be Turning Into a Ghost

In the kind of twist you’d expect from the actual Evil Dead movies, Evil Dead: The Game has vanished from the Epic Games Store and PlayStation Store without warning, and fans are officially on edge. While the game is still up on Steam and Xbox, the sudden delisting from two major platforms has everyone wondering: is the game about to be shut down for good?

Reddit user ThePatMan117 spotted the disappearance first, and VGC later confirmed it. Trying to access the game through a user library on PlayStation shows an error: the game is "not available." Even stranger, the Game of the Year Edition is still technically on the PlayStation Store, but only if you Google it. Searching directly on the console or through the website gives you nothing. Creepy? A little.

“The game has been removed from the Epic Games Store and the PlayStation Store.”

Evil Dead and Gaming: A Match Made in Gore Heaven

Released in May 2022, Evil Dead: The Game quickly became a fan-favorite asymmetrical PvP title. It let players choose between the iconic heroes or the demonic Deadites, offering a mix of objective-based gameplay and over-the-top horror action. In true Evil Dead fashion, it also let you play as the Kandarian demon, flying across the map and possessing players mid-fight, which was equal parts terrifying and hilarious.

While the game has single-player content, it’s primarily an online experience. And when a game like this starts getting pulled from stores, it usually means one thing: servers may be next.

This isn’t exactly a new curse in the world of licensed horror games. We’ve seen Friday the 13th: The Game get chopped due to legal disputes. Even Dead by Daylight has had to retire characters because of licensing expirations. But losing Evil Dead—with all its chainsaw-swinging Bruce Campbell energy—would be a serious blow for fans of campy horror and chaotic multiplayer alike.

The Cultural Impact of Evil Dead (1981)

To really understand why this game’s potential demise matters, you’ve got to appreciate where it all started. The original Evil Dead (1981) by Sam Raimi is a cult horror landmark. Shot on a shoestring budget in the woods of Tennessee, the movie practically invented the “cabin in the woods” trope, and its signature mix of gore, dark comedy, and frantic camera work became iconic.

It also launched the career of Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, one of horror’s most beloved (and most abused) protagonists. The low-budget aesthetic and absurd violence paved the way for decades of indie horror movies, TV spin-offs, and now, games.

In the same way Doom shaped first-person shooters and Resident Evil defined survival horror, Evil Dead brought this weird, chaotic, splatterhouse energy that’s still influencing pop culture today. The fact that we got a good Evil Dead game 40 years later? That was a miracle. Losing it now? That stings.

Evil Dead-Styled Movies You Should Watch (If the Game’s Gone Forever)

If Evil Dead: The Game does disappear for good, here’s a table of some top-tier horror flicks with similar vibes—gnarly effects, chaotic demons, and a whole lot of screaming:

These films all have that same manic, slightly unhinged energy that Evil Dead fans love. So if the game goes dark, there’s still plenty of chainsaw-swinging, blood-spewing content to binge.

Hello, will you give us our game back?

That’s the million-dollar question. Boss Team Games has gone quiet. The game still runs (for now) on Xbox and Steam. But if you’re a PlayStation or Epic Games user, you might be out of luck already. And if servers do shut down, the PvP mode could go with them.

Will we see a surprise re-release? A quiet retirement? A licensing renewal? No one knows. But the removal without warning doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.

The game deserved better than this weird limbo state. It was messy, gory, ridiculous fun—the perfect video game tribute to a horror franchise built on blood and B-movie magic.

For now, let’s just keep our boomsticks ready and hope the devs rise from the grave with answers.

Because in the words of Ash himself: “Good. Bad. I’m the guy with the gun.”