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Night of the Dead
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Base building and trap defense” (29 of 87 reviews) and “Better and more fun with friends” (9); the most common complaint is “Janky combat and enemy behavior” (16). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
29 of the 87 reviews raise this.
9 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“I played the game for 6 hours straight right after downloading it with 2 of my friends in a private server. At the beginning the game is generally easy and understandable but u also need to read the instructions to…”
6 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“great challenge”
4 of the 87 reviews raise this.
“Wonderful to see it grow.”
3 of the 87 reviews raise this.
16 of the 87 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is poorly made in most aspects except crafting and building traps. There are some cool combat animations but half the time they will bug out, enemy attacks visually miss you but still hit you, when enemy is knocked…”
15 of the 87 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is poorly made in most aspects except crafting and building traps. There are some cool combat animations but half the time they will bug out, enemy attacks visually miss you but still hit you, when enemy is knocked…”
“It is a great game and I like it alot, but unfortunately it is buggy as hell! The amount of random crashes to desktop is staggering, even crashing to desktop while saving, which makes the game almost unplayable. If the…”
“So the admins clearly haven't played their own game, Playing as a duo the only way we've been able to kill bosses is through abusing the game itself, sending in one of our followers and letting them die prevents the…”
10 of the 87 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It was a good game with a good concept. It had quite a bit of potential. Unfortunately, the development team has completely abandoned the game in favor of a new project. The last update was over 6 months ago and that…”
“game is nowhere near finished and they have moved on to a new project”
9 of the 87 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It was a good game with a good concept. It had quite a bit of potential. Unfortunately, the development team has completely abandoned the game in favor of a new project. The last update was over 6 months ago and that…”
“Game is poorly made in most aspects except crafting and building traps. There are some cool combat animations but half the time they will bug out, enemy attacks visually miss you but still hit you, when enemy is knocked…”
6 of the 87 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is poorly made in most aspects except crafting and building traps. There are some cool combat animations but half the time they will bug out, enemy attacks visually miss you but still hit you, when enemy is knocked…”
“I played the game for 6 hours straight right after downloading it with 2 of my friends in a private server. At the beginning the game is generally easy and understandable but u also need to read the instructions to…”
“it's just slop. wacky movement and animations. idk, the game's so bad i didn't even want to try to get to the defence building part. simply naaah”
Counted across 87 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I got this game a long time ago thinking it would be short, but it rivals 7dtd and is way better in several ways. but it's infinitely harder. you have dark souls bosses, the combat is janky as hell and old, but its super fun to play with a friend! It has an actual full story…”
— a player, Steam review · 229 hrs played“I really don't know why this game isn't more popular than it is. As long as your computer is reasonably up to date, unity runs well and the graphics are great, and there is a lot of play time for your money with this game. There are a few weird interactions, like hacking…”
— a player, Steam review · 413 hrs played“What a joke. The game is janky, buggy and unfinished and devs just hop on to another project. I would not waste money the same way I did hoping something good is going to come out of it.”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-21). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
A New Announcement from the Night of the Dead Team
Hello, this is the Night of the Dead development team. It’s been a while since we last shared any news with you.We’ve been working on a new project, and we’re excited to finally share it with you: War
Development Update #21 - Generator and Equipment
Development Update #21Generator and Equipment Ver. v.1.2.0.0If you encounter problems such as game crashes after the update, please check our general solutions first. https://steamcommunity.com/app/13
Hotfix #087
Ver. v.1.1.2.0 If you encounter problems such as game crashes after the update, please check our general solutions first. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1377380/discussions/0/3061869473048903178/ - FS
Hotfix #086
Ver. v.1.1.1.13 If you encounter problems such as game crashes after the update, please check our general solutions first. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1377380/discussions/0/3061869473048903178/ - F
Development Update #20 - Fast Travel and Game Stable
Development Update #20 Fast Travel and Game Stable Ver. v.1.1.1.12 If you encounter problems such as game crashes after the update, please check our general solutions first. https://steamcommunity.com
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Tower Defense · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Open World · Crafting · Sandbox · Survival · Base-Building · Building (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Turkish, Polish, Hungarian |
| Achievements | 80 |
| Official site | http://jacktostudios.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-8100 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 960 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 40 GB available space