Dead Space Timeline - The Complete Story (What You Need to Know!)

The new Dead Space remake will take us back to the first title in the series, but there's plenty of events that occur before, as well as after, so why don't we take a look at EVERYTHING that's happened in the Dead Space timeline (so far) in this giant-sized episode of What You Need to Know!

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Video Chapters
(Years shown are the years the events take place in the games' universe)
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:39 - Dead Space: Martyr (2214)
0:29:37 - Dead Space: Catalyst (2294)
0:54:29 - Dead Space 3: Prologue (2314)
0:55:25 - Dead Space: Issue 0 (2508)
0:56:21 - Dead Space: Issue 1 (2508)
0:56:32 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
0:57:08 - Dead Space: Extraction: Comic (2508)
0:57:21 - Dead Space: Issue 1 (2508)
1:00:32 - Dead Space: Issue 2 (2508)
1:03:58 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
1:04:12 - Dead Space: Issue 3 (2508)
1:05:20 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:05:57 - Dead Space: Issue 3 (2508)
1:06:49 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:08:03 - Dead Space: Extraction: Comic (2508)
1:08:22 - Dead Space: Issue 3 (2508)
1:11:00 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
1:11:47 - Dead Space: Issue 4 (2508)
1:14:08 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:14:30 - Dead Space: Issue 4 (2508)
1:14:55 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
1:15:28 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:15:41 - Dead Space: Issue 4 (2508)
1:15:58 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
1:17:01 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:17:28 - Dead Space: Issue 4 (2508)
1:18:19 - Dead Space: Issue 5 (2508)
1:20:21 - Dead Space: Issue 6 (2508)
1:21:03 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:21:38 - Dead Space: Issue 6 (2508)
1:23:00 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:23:56 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
1:26:07 - Dead Space: Extraction: Comic (2508)
1:26:25 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:27:03 - Dead Space: Extraction: Comic (2508)
1:27:14 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
1:29:39 - Dead Space: Extraction: Comic (2508)
1:30:00 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:31:13 - Dead Space: Extraction: Comic (2508)
1:31:41 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
1:32:49 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:35:14 - Dead Space: Extraction: Comic (2508)
1:36:17 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:39:17 - Dead Space: Downfall (2508)
1:40:28 - Dead Space: Extraction (2508)
1:40:59 - Dead Space (2508)
1:48:45 - Dead Space: Aftermath (2508)
1:58:20 - Dead Space: Salvage (2509)
2:02:56 - Dead Space: Mobile (2511)
2:05:31 - Dead Space: Ignition (2511)
2:07:46 - Dead Space 2: Severed (2511)
2:08:23 - Dead Space: Ignition (2511)
2:09:00 - Dead Space 2 (2511)
2:10:18 - Dead Space 2: Severed (2511)
2:10:47 - Dead Space 2 (2511)
2:11:41 - Dead Space 2: Severed (2511)
2:13:17 - Dead Space 2 (2511)
2:17:40 - Dead Space: Liberation (2514)
2:24:02 - Dead Space 3 (2514)
2:37:47 - Dead Space 3: Awakened (2514)
2:40:54 - Outro
2:41:09 - Endslate

[SuggestiveGaming]

What series would you like to see me cover next?

[rickiex]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for, not a summary of the 3 games, but an entire explanation of the entire history and lore of the series. Thank you, the amount of work that went into these must be immense.

[WilliamXMS]

Man the fact that you did this all in canonic order and blended it so seamlessly made it all the more insane to enjoy. Thank you so much for this.

[paragonrobbie]

The amount of similarities between Altman and Isaac is perfect irony.
- Hate unitology
- Have the mental fortitude to stave off the marker signal
- The marker uses visions their lovers to bait them
- Both survive horrible situations just to be used to further unitology (Michael as a martyr and Isaac as the builder of a new marker)
- Both are men of high intelligence and are in their 40s

[never.sleep.ever.]

All of these events even before the games started just for Isaac Clark to become the chosen one in the entire series is just amazing by how you make this in order. Thank you.

[SeniorCharry]

Nicole recognized that the brain waves are symbols and links it to the marker, decoded an alien language, figured out a cure, and was almost able to stop 1000s or years of the marker's destruction, but who would've thought that a single med kit would decide the fate of the galaxy. No wonder why Nicole had to die before the games started, she would've cured the infection within 5mins of the outbreak.

[windrider]

It’s insane how early in the timeline the black marker was causing all these visions, murders, and suicides way before the actual story events took off, even creating early necromorphs. Human intervention due to the events happening is the only reason why this went as far as it did, and in a scary sense, it was all inevitable, because that’s what the marker was designed and created to do.

[MarvelousPhilly]

Once again, you've done an awesome job putting games, books, movies etc together to create one dope storyline video of one of my favorite series. So yeah, I definitely appreciate it.

[Moldereyes]

I will always adore Dead Space. The setting, the gameplay, the story….
Hell, I even collected the comic book hardback!!!! Honestly, it’s hard not to miss this series….though I’m glad there’s spiritual successors coming out

[matthewmaldonado]

Altman sounds like a good guy definitely deserves his own game a dead space prequel

[sootythunder]

I LOVED how well DS1 DS Extraction, the comic on Aegis VII and the animated movie all weaved together so well, where actions from characters in each of these popped up in little bits of lore or environmental storytelling in other stories

[timmersmcnasterson]

The way you said you were gonna cover solo because you have no friends had me laughing, I enjoy how informative and in depth you go, thank you for your work

[AlexHunter]

The Church of Unitology is one of my most hated antsgonist organizations in fiction. Not only are you working to destroy humanity, you're so stupid that you believe you're saving it. You do that despite mountains of evidence that the Marker is a bad thing. To top it all off you're unimaginably incompetent that at every turn you're almost derailed by a single person each time. And somehow, despite everything you end up "winning". I truly hope somehow the truth was revealed to them in their last moments and every Unitologist was filled with complete horror at their own actions.

[fluffinsquirrels]

My teachers hated that those were the two books i read in school. One specifically asked me what is was about... She never questioned me again when i was reading. Loved the series.
Edit: I've always loved how Michael altman is an unintended martyr. It was so much fun to read and see how things played out. Catalyst was such a quick read that i couldn't stop. I highly reccomend the read for anyone interested

[rockett]

Short summary:
A guy named Isaac has a really bad day

[emmafrost]

Never thought this game had a deep lore. It's interesting yet complicated. Now i want to play dead space 2 and 3.

[kagamine]

It really took a “fate of all life in the universe” twist in the final game and I can see why the series died off. The premise, the mystery, the horror are all amazing. Throwing in the cult unitologist stuff very cool. Even having a giant moon mass being the “convergence” is a cool concept.

But damn it might as well just be a sequel to Halo at this point and have ancient aliens making a fail safe to wipe all necrotic tissue or something. The scales just light speeded in the span of a single game that multiple fleshy moons the size of earth is attacking earth. There’s no coming back from that.

I think that’s sort of a hole a lot of existential horror stories fall into. It’s like how a really good story of a zombie outbreak in city or town, will lose the magic when the sequels end up leaning towards a world wide zombie pandemic.

[Domainz]

Listening to all these story recaps during work makes the days fly by man. I love listening to these.

[thegametroll]

This trilogy was amazing. I wish there were more games in the franchise. I feel like it was my first real introduction into horror because before this I used to hate horror. This franchise opened the gates wide open.

[jameswalton]

Glad you made this cuz this was *_*EXACTLY*_* what i was looking for with all the different pieces of media put on a timeline and how theyre interacting with one another and everything