Acting as a prequel to 2008's Dead Space, Extraction tells the story of four colonists caught at the start of the spreading infection. The player jumps between these characters throughout the game, and travels from the Aegis VII colony to the USG Ishimura; both locations from the original game. Two player co-op is also available.

Gameplay is handled as an on-rails shooter. The player has no active control over their movement, and limited control over their view. In the Wii version, the Wiimote is used to handle weapons from the original game, with gestures like turning the remote sideways used to switch to a secondary fire mode, or holding the remote up to your ear to play discovered audio logs. The touted "strategic dismemberment" system from Dead Space also returns here, requiring careful aim against limbs to reliably take creatures down.

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Credits (Wii version)

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A Production by	Visceral Games
Executive Producer	Steve Papoutsis
Development Director	David Yee
Creative Director	Wright Bagwell
Senior Designer	John Calhoun
Associate Producer	Shereif M. Fattouh
Art Direction	Jonathan Hackett
Associate Development Manager	Christoph Betschart
Concept Artists	Andy Wang John Estes Dan Seneres
Franchise Executive Producer	Todd Arnold
Franchise Art Director	Ian Milham
Franchise Audio Director	Don Veca
Video Post-Production Director	Scott Whitney
Production Assistant	Devon M. Smith
Studio CTO	Colin Boswell
Director of Human Resources	Amelia Generalis
Finance Manager	Wailun Chan
Executive Assistant	Laura Larson
Sr. Vice President, Group General Manager	Nicholas Earl
Vice President, Group Product Development	Scott Taylor
Vice President, Group COO	Sharon Andrews
Vice President, Group Marketing	Michael Quigley
Director of Finance	Jesse Dishart
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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Wii version of Dead Space Extraction appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Chapter names

Just like in the original game, the first letters of the chapter names spell out a phrase. In Dead Space: Extraction, it's "WARREN LIES". This refers to one of the main characters.

German version

In the German version all cut off limbs of humans, scripted sequences in which humans die and a part of the last boss fight were removed.

Awards

4Players
- 2009 – Best Wii Game of the Year
- 2009 – #3 Best Action Game of the Year
Gamespot
- 2009 - Best Wii Game (Editors' Choice)
- 2009 - Most Memorable Moment (Editors' Choice)
- 2009 - Best Game No One Played (Editors' Choice)
- 2009 - Best Game No One Played (Readers' Choice)
Gamespy
- 2009 - The Don't Judge a Book Award
IGN
- Best Wii Shooter (Editors' Choice)
- Best Wii Shooter (Readers' Choice)
- Best Wii Story (Readers' Choice)