Dead Space (2008) is a survival horror game developed by Visceral Games (formerly EA Redwood Shores). The series follows the story of Isaac Clarke, an engineer who becomes stranded on a mining spaceship overrun by grotesque creatures known as Necromorphs. The player must use a variety of weapons and tools to fend off these creatures and survive. Story In the Dead Space video game, Isaac Clarke is sent to the mining spaceship USG Ishimura to investigate a distress signal. Once there, he discovers that the ship has been overrun by Necromorphs and must fight to survive while uncovering the truth behind the outbreak. Along the way, Isaac discovers that the Necromorph outbreak is the result of an experiment gone wrong and that Ishimura's crew had been sacrificing the ship's inhabitants to the Necromorphs to appease an alien artifact known as the Marker. Gameplay Combat in Dead Space is focused on strategic dismemberment, which means that players must strategically target and sever the limbs