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Lead a survivor community through a zombie-ravaged valley, scavenging supplies, building a base, and risking permanent losses.
Released 27 Apr 2015
Build a Survivor Base
Scavenge Abandoned Homes
Switch Between Survivors
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Developed by Undead Labs · Published by Xbox Game Studios









In a zombie outbreak, you guide a group of survivors in an open-world valley. You can recruit people with different traits and switch between members of your community as you explore.
Search abandoned buildings for food, medicine, ammunition, and building supplies; take on missions for other survivors; and fight or evade zombies. Vehicles help you travel, carry supplies, and clear a path through the undead.
Use gathered resources to build and improve your base while keeping the community supplied. Survivors develop skills, but death is permanent, so losing one means continuing with someone else. The edition includes Story, the escalating survival mode Breakdown, and the military-focused Lifeline.
Players who enjoy the game often value its blend of community and base management, scavenging, and dangerous expeditions, with permanent character loss making survival decisions feel consequential. Reviews also praise its zombie-apocalypse atmosphere and the satisfaction of using vehicles against hordes. Recurring complaints include repetitive missions and rough technical or gameplay edges.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 72 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | The provided store text and features list explicitly support single-player. Steam tags include Multiplayer and Co-op, but no concrete details are provided about player counts, modes, or implementation. No factual evidence in the provided text confirms how multiplayer works. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No information about modding or its effect on multiplayer is provided. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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