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Survive a zombie outbreak by searching for supplies and completing escape or rescue objectives in variable rounds, alone or in co-op.
Released 25 Oct 2013
Escape Changing Routes
Extract Civilians
Hunt Other Survivors
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
Developed by Monochrome, Inc · Published by Monochrome, Inc
Contagion is a first-person zombie survival game in which you play as a survivor navigating outbreak-hit environments. Its pace emphasizes cautious movement and limited resources rather than constant, fast-paced combat.
Explore maps, search for weapons, ammunition, tools and mission items, then complete objectives such as escaping or extracting civilians. Firearms and melee weapons offer different ways to deal with zombies, while a four-slot inventory makes players choose what to carry.
The game includes cooperative and competitive modes, with rounds that can vary through randomized elements such as supplies, enemy placement and routes. Infection can also change a match: a turned player may return as a zombie and hunt the survivors.
Players who enjoy Contagion often praise its dark atmosphere, tense and deliberate pace, and cooperative play with friends. Reviews also appreciate its gunplay, weapon selection, and variety across maps and modes; some point to infection and changing round elements as memorable twists. Other reviewers find solo play difficult or frustrating, and repeatedly mention unclear objectives, technical problems, and sparse online lobbies.
"Contagion aims to save the zombie game genre from itself" -GamesBeat
"Contagion does have a small role to play in the great gaming zombie apocalypse. I quite like it." -RockPaperShotgun
"Contagion is a gory, addictive horror game that’s well worth its $20 price tag" -Bloody-Disgusting
"Contagion presents a tense survival based horror game" -Canadian Online Gamers
"Barlowe Square is one of the best levels featured in a multiplayer game" -Hooked Gamers
- Each play through is never the same with our built-in randomization system that changes the game/round each time you play!
- Our advanced gibbing system will immerse you into the game with limbs and organs being blown or hacked off!
- Realistic ambient and sound effects that instantly draw you into the games dark apocalyptic atmosphere!
- Slow moving undead that can only be truly laid to rest with a bullet to the brain or enough wasted lead in their body wasting away the ability to function.
- Over 28 vital pieces of equipment from a large selection of firearms, melee weapons, don't forget explosives, support items, tools, and much more to be added!
- Choose from a multitude of classic and new game-modes that require co-op and survival skills in which you escape, extract civilians or hunt each other! Not to mention our Panic!, Flatline mode and more!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 165 |
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| Players | 1–16 |
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| Multiplayer | Contagion supports single-player and multiplayer. Steam lists Online Co-op and Online PvP, and reviews consistently describe co-op PvE modes, PvP modes, LAN play, split-screen/local co-op, and solo play with optional AI in some modes. Reported server sizes indicate 8-player co-op and up to 16-player PvP servers, but some reviews mention only 8+ server slots or up to 16 players generally. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Steam Workshop, level editor, and mod support are present. Reviews mention user-made maps, cosmetic/custom workshop items, and add-ons with good compatibility. No provided text states that mods change player counts or core multiplayer support. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 62/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
