The game starts at the map screen, where the player can select currently available missions or access in-game features including a shop, casino, and arena.

Dead Trigger offers pistols, rifles, shotguns, machine guns, and melee weapons.

The game is set in a world where a plague of an unknown source has killed billions of people and many others turned into dangerous creatures.

Kyle, the protagonist of the game, meets a group of survivors led by Julian Lassagne that created a colony known as New Hope.

The developers eventually switched to a free-to-play model supported by in-app purchases due to "unbelievably high" piracy.

[4] CNET gave Dead Trigger an 8.7 out of 10, praising many gameplay elements but criticizing how long it takes to collect gold without using in-app purchase.

[7] During NVIDIA's CES 2013 press conference Dead Trigger 2 was revealed, used as a tech demo to demonstrate the power of the upcoming Tegra 4.

Madfinger Games withdrew their support for the film, as the approved script was altered so radically.