Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

EnglishIndieRPGSimulationCo-opNovember 9, 2013
Masterpiece
GamePickHub score
94% of 371,608 Steam reviews positive
$24.99
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At a glance

● Pros

  • Steam reviews: "Very Positive" (94%)
  • English supported
  • Co-op with friends
  • Steam Deck Verified

● Cons

No notable downsides in the data.

Great for

  • Playing with friends or a partner
  • Discovering distinctive indie games
  • Growing characters and getting lost in a story

Summarized automatically from Steam reviews, Metacritic, language support, price and spec data.

What players talk about

How often each topic comes up in 52 Steam reviews (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) · 94% of them recommend the game

  • Bugs👍 10 👎 1
  • Controls👍 11
  • Difficulty👍 8 👎 1
  • Story👍 6
  • Grind & repetition👍 6
  • Amount of content👍 4 👎 1
  • Multiplayer & co-op👍 5
  • Performance👍 4 👎 1
  • Freedom & exploration👍 5
  • Addictiveness👍 3

Counts how many reviews mention each topic, split by whether the review recommends the game.

“- launch the game - play with random character - "why theres no sound in my game?" - check audio settings...”
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About the game

Project Zomboid is an open-ended zombie-infested sandbox. It asks one simple question – how will you die?

In the towns within the Knox Event Exclusion Zone our survivors must loot houses, build defences and do their utmost to delay their inevitable death day by day. No help is coming. Continued survival relies on cunning, luck, and the ability to evade a relentless horde...

Current Features

Hardcore Sandbox Zombie Survival Game with a focus on realistic survival.

Online multiplayer survival with persistent player-run servers.

Hundreds of zombies with swarm mechanics and in-depth visual and hearing systems.

Full line of sight system and real-time lighting, sound and visibility mechanics. Get spotted? Fire a gun? You’re in trouble…

Absolutely vast, and growing, map that’s loosely based on real world Kentucky. A huge area in which you explore, loot and set up your fortress.

Vehicles with full physics, and deep and realistic gameplay mechanics.

Tools and items can be used to craft weapons, barricade and cook. Build zombie-proof forts by chopping trees, sawing wood and scavenging supplies.

Deal with depression, boredom, hunger, thirst and illness while trying to survive.

Day turns to night. The electricity falters. Hordes migrate. Winter draws in. Nature gradually starts to take over.

Farming, fishing, carpentry, cooking, trapping, character customisation, skills and perks that develop based on what you do in-game.

Proper zombies that don’t run. (Unless you tell them to in the sandbox menu).

Atmospheric dynamic music that matches your Knox Event adventure.

Imaginative Challenge scenarios, on top of our regular Outbreak, Rising, Apocalypse and nightmarish Extinction modes.

Local split-screen co-op.

Full, open and powerful Lua modding support.

Xbox Controller Gamepad support on Windows. (Other gamepads can be set up manually)

Planned Features

The return of Kate and Baldspot, the initial story-driven stars of the Project Zomboid tech demo.

In-depth and varied NPC encounters driven in a persistent world, powered by a metagame system that turns each play-through into your very own zombie survival movie with emergent narrative gameplay.

Constant expansion/overhaul of the countryside, towns and city that have been ravaged by the Knox Event

More items, crafting recipes, weapons and gameplay systems.

Steam Achievements support.

Source: Steam store page (provided by the developer/publisher)

PC requirements

Minimum

Windows 10 / 11 - 64 Bit
 64bit OS required
 Processor: Intel 2.77GHz Quad-core
 Memory: 8Gb Ram
 Hard Disk Space: 10Gb
 Video Card: Dedicated graphics card with 4 GB of VRAM minimum, OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 1.2 support (generally 2012 or newer)
 Sound: FMOD compatible sound card

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