7 Days to Die

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

EnglishActionAdventureIndieCo-opJuly 26, 2024
Highly recommended
GamePickHub score
87% of 274,794 Steam reviews positive
-45%$44.99$24.74
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At a glance

● Pros

  • Steam reviews: "Very Positive" (87%)
  • English supported
  • Co-op with friends
  • Full controller support
  • Steam Deck Verified

● Cons

No notable downsides in the data.

Great for

  • Playing with friends or a partner
  • Fans of punchy combat and action
  • Exploration and storytelling

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

What players talk about

How often each topic comes up in 47 Steam reviews (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) · 81% of them recommend the game

  • Grind & repetition👍 9 👎 3
  • Performance👍 3 👎 3
  • Freedom & exploration👍 5 👎 1
  • Price👍 3 👎 2
  • Multiplayer & co-op👍 4
  • Bugs👍 1 👎 3
  • Difficulty👍 4
  • Combat & action👍 2 👎 1
  • Amount of content👍 2 👎 1

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

“In my opinion, this game was a treasure from A1 up to around A16, even with horrible graphics and performance.”
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About the game

HOW LONG WILL YOU SURVIVE?

With over 20 million copies sold, 7 Days has defined the survival genre, with unrivaled crafting and world-building content. Set in a brutally unforgiving post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, 7 Days is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. It presents combat, crafting, looting, mining, exploration, and character growth, in a way that has seen a rapturous response from fans worldwide. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

GAME FEATURES

Explore - Huge, unique and rich environments, offering the freedom to play the game any way you want, featuring 5 unique biomes and worlds up to 100 square kilometers in size.

Craft – Handcraft and repair weapons, clothes, armor, tools, vehicles, and more with over 500 recipes. Learn more powerful recipes by finding schematics.

Build – Design your fort to include traps, electric power, auto turrets, automated doors, gadgets and defensive positions to survive the undead in a fully destructible and moldable world.

Cooperate or Compete – Work together to build settlements or against each other raiding other player’s bases, it’s really up to you in a wasteland where zombies and outlaws rule the land.

Create – Unleash your creativity with access to over 800 in-game items, and over 1,300 unique building blocks and a painting system that offers infinite possibilities.

Improve – Increase your skills with a multitude of perks under 5 main attributes. Gain additional skills by reading over 100 books. 7 Days to Die is the only true survival RPG.

Choose – Play the campaign world, or dive back in a randomly-generated world with cities, towns, lakes, mountains, valleys, roads, caves and over 700 unique locations.

Combat – Encounter nearly 60 unique zombie archetypes including special infected with unique behaviors and attacks progressing in difficulty to provide an infinite challenge.

Survive – Experience real hardcore survival mechanics with nearly 50 buffs, boosts and ailments that will impact the gameplay in ways that can both challenge and aid in your survival.

Destroy – Buildings and terrain formations can collapse under their own weight from structural damage or poor building design with real structural stability.

Loot – Scavenge the world for the best weapons, tools, and armor with 6 quality ranges providing thousands of permutations. Augment items with a multitude of mods.

Quest – Meet several Trader NPCs who buy and sell goods and offer quest jobs for rewards. Enjoy many unique quest types supported by over 700 locations.

Customize – Create your own character and customize your character further in-game with a huge selection of clothing and armor you can craft or loot in the world.

Drive – Enjoy the badass vehicle system where you find all the parts, learn the recipes, craft and customize your own bicycle, minibike, motorcycle, 4x4 or gyrocopters and ride with friends.

Farm or Hunt – Plant and grow gardens for sustainable resources or head out into the wilderness and hunt over a dozen unique wild animals.

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

PC requirements

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 or higher (64-bit)
Processor: 2.8 Ghz Quad Core CPU
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 2 GB Dedicated Memory
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 15 GB available space
Sound Card: Sound Card: DirectX® Compatible
Additional Notes: Running a Dedicated Server and Client on the same computer will double ram requirements. Also future releases may require more hard drive space.

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 or higher (64-bit)
Processor: 3.2 Ghz Quad Core CPU or faster
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: 4 GB Dedicated Memory
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 15 GB available space
Sound Card: Sound Card: DirectX® Compatible
Additional Notes: Running a Dedicated Server and Client on the same computer will double ram requirements. Also future releases may require more hard drive space.

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