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Build a first-person survival base, craft and gather supplies, and endure changing seasons—with optional infected enemies.
Released 06 Aug 2020
Build a Powered Base
Farm Crops and Animals
Adapt to Changing Seasons
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Developed by DigX Studios · Published by DigX Studios
The Infected is a single-player, first-person open-world survival sandbox. You manage a survivor’s needs while establishing a base and deciding whether to include the hostile hybrid creatures called Vambies.
Gather and process resources, craft tools and equipment, hunt wildlife, grow crops, raise animals, and prepare food. Building can extend beyond shelter to systems for power and water.
Weather, seasons, and the day-night cycle shape survival, with hunger, thirst, temperature, and health to manage. You can adjust gameplay settings, including whether Vambies appear, to tailor the experience.
In the supplied reviews, players who enjoy The Infected often single out its base-building freedom, crafting and survival systems, and options to adjust or disable enemies. Some find the experience relaxing and enjoy shaping a solo world at their own pace. Others say combat, resource grinding, and repetitive locations weaken the experience.
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival crafting game. Build and expand your base, farm crops, raise animals, and manage power and resources through dynamic seasons and weather conditions. Hunt wildlife, mine ores, and craft advanced items. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off entirely for a pure survival-building experience.
Singleplayer sandbox experience
Deep base building with power and water systems
Farming, hunting, and animal husbandry
Crafting, cooking, and food preservation
Mining and refining of ores
Dynamic seasons, weather, and day/night cycle
Player needs: hunger, thirst, body temperature, health
Wildlife encounters and combat
Optional AI enemies (“Vambies”)
Vehicles
The world’s collapse and the origins of the Infected are still being developed. For now, the focus is on survival systems and giving players freedom in how they play.
The Infected is in active Early Access development. Some features are still being added and balanced, and you may encounter bugs or performance issues. We’re a small team building this game with the help of community feedback. If you’re looking for a complete experience, you may wish to wait. However, if you want to help shape the development, we welcome you now!
The aim is to deliver a feature-rich survival crafting game with more systems and player choice than most of the genre. Survival can mean farming, base-building, or facing hostile AI — the choice is yours.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
