State of Decay

After a zombie outbreak, you guide a community of scattered survivors trying to stay alive. You can recruit other survivors, each with their own talents, and choose where your group makes its stand.

Explore an open world, search abandoned places for supplies, and take on raids while zombies threaten your trips. Use third-person combat and vehicles to travel and face dangers along the way.

Manage the community’s resources and improve your home base with fortifications and upgrades. Switch between survivors as they become tired or injured, while weighing each outing against the risk of losing a character permanently.

Players who enjoy the game often point to its survivor management, base-building, and resource scavenging as a compelling combination: supply runs can become tense when a mistake may cost a survivor, and the systems can create memorable unscripted situations. Some also appreciate exploring its dangerous-feeling world. Reviews differ on how well the combat and repeated routines hold up, and several note technical roughness.