Ok, after serious consideration of the clues: 1. on sale on steam 2. bad 3. oldish, but more recent than 15 years ago 4. dmc on the right track 5. dead rising on the wrong track
I have come to an answer that I feel good about:
its on sale on Steam, like ten years old, a sort of reboot/black sheep of an established series like DMC, and not from capcom (I feel like that is the wrong track Dead Rising was on)
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
its $3, which is cheap enough to justify an impulse buy of crap and a giveaway. It all works. maybe!