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Project Zomboid
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “deep, immersive zombie survival sandbox” (60 of 103 reviews) and “brutal deaths reward careful learning” (22); the most common complaint is “steep and frustrating learning curve” (13). 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 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-09.
What reviewers agree on
60 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I can say Project Zomboid is definitely worth playing. The game comes with tons of mods you can try directly through Steam. It has that sandbox survival feel, just survive and manage your needs like hunger, boredom,…”
“A fantastic game - Its like the Sims 1 with all the expansions and it gives it a proper story mode with a goal to reach. Apart from the norm of building a house, getting married or taking the ladder out of the pool to…”
“Project Zomboid: Survival Without Illusions Project Zomboid is one of the few games that doesn’t lie to you. From the start it makes it clear this is how you died. You are not a hero, not special, just another fragile…”
22 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Project Zomboid: Survival Without Illusions Project Zomboid is one of the few games that doesn’t lie to you. From the start it makes it clear this is how you died. You are not a hero, not special, just another fragile…”
“its epic game but brutal and not for weak, play only if you epic gamer”
“A truly impressive zombie apocalypse survival game/immersive sim. This is a game that takes many hours to learn and rewards you for taking the time to do so. A game where jumping through a broken window without clearing…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Best crippling addiction ever. Multiplayer reccomended because it brings a lot more excitement and randomness to the game. You never know what a bunch of other random people are gonna want to accomplish. Met dozens of…”
“This game is a blast to play with family and friends, always enjoyable together.”
“Extremely fun to play, especially with friends. nothing is more exciting than clearing a horde or sneaking past one by setting off an alarm or some such in another area. Build 42 has also been lots of fun with the…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I can say Project Zomboid is definitely worth playing. The game comes with tons of mods you can try directly through Steam. It has that sandbox survival feel, just survive and manage your needs like hunger, boredom,…”
“A fantastic game - Its like the Sims 1 with all the expansions and it gives it a proper story mode with a goal to reach. Apart from the norm of building a house, getting married or taking the ladder out of the pool to…”
“best game ever would recommend if you like survival games, modding it makes it 10x better”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Best crippling addiction ever. Multiplayer reccomended because it brings a lot more excitement and randomness to the game. You never know what a bunch of other random people are gonna want to accomplish. Met dozens of…”
“One of the best zombie games on steam and in general. If you want the full experience you need to change your game to unstable branch by right clicking the game in library, properties and then change beta to unstable.…”
“serious labour of love game played the beta for next patch and the UI is looking hot 🔥 cant wait for stable branch”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“I can say Project Zomboid is definitely worth playing. The game comes with tons of mods you can try directly through Steam. It has that sandbox survival feel, just survive and manage your needs like hunger, boredom,…”
“Lovely game hella hard learning curve go ahead and learn mods when you learn the game i enjoyed it servers are not worth”
“Hard learning curve, but one of the absolute best sandbox / zombie survival games out there. In depth cooking, foraging, skills, etc. A must play for anyone who loves these kinds of games.”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Used to be a OKish game, but now the devs just release updates every month that brick your save and make it unplayable like: Vehicles falling through the world, vehicles yeeting into the air and off the map when you…”
“I dont even remember when I got this, but I have screenshots that are 12 years old. And let me tell you, nothing spectactular happened since then. Most of the new features you see now ingame, we had back then with mods…”
“A game being developed by modders, not the developers After over 300 hours in versions B41 and B42, my verdict is clear: Project Zomboid is not worth your time in its vanilla state. Despite the vast number of mechanics,…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Used to be a OKish game, but now the devs just release updates every month that brick your save and make it unplayable like: Vehicles falling through the world, vehicles yeeting into the air and off the map when you…”
“Lazy devs. Updates are trying to make the game more realistic, even though they are making it way more unrealistic than it was before. Updates are breaking the game even more than earlier, and MP still has a ♥♥♥♥ ton of…”
“Best crippling addiction ever. Multiplayer reccomended because it brings a lot more excitement and randomness to the game. You never know what a bunch of other random people are gonna want to accomplish. Met dozens of…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I dont even remember when I got this, but I have screenshots that are 12 years old. And let me tell you, nothing spectactular happened since then. Most of the new features you see now ingame, we had back then with mods…”
“A game being developed by modders, not the developers After over 300 hours in versions B41 and B42, my verdict is clear: Project Zomboid is not worth your time in its vanilla state. Despite the vast number of mechanics,…”
“Lazy devs. Updates are trying to make the game more realistic, even though they are making it way more unrealistic than it was before. Updates are breaking the game even more than earlier, and MP still has a ♥♥♥♥ ton of…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Used to be a OKish game, but now the devs just release updates every month that brick your save and make it unplayable like: Vehicles falling through the world, vehicles yeeting into the air and off the map when you…”
“First in game month is one of the best zombie survival experience you can have in a PC game. After first month gameplay shifts from zombie survival to some sort of Sims 2 like game, but there are zombies everywhere. It…”
“Its a good game and lots to do withing, but my only thing I don't really like is how there's nothing to work towards once u get good stuff and set up base the game is just garbing food kill a few zombies and sleep I…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-09
“I have over 500 hours in this game and bought it many years ago. I’ve played it solo, online co-op, LAN co-op, vanilla, and heavily modded, pretty much every way possible, and it has always been fun. It’s one of those games where dying a million times is part of the experience,…”
— a player, Steam review · 522 hrs played“After three dozen hot-wired cars, I finally found one that was working. I got in it, began to drive, and crashed into a invisible mailbox, at like 5 miles an hour, killing my character instantly, ending a 5 month run. 10/10 game, will play again.”
— a player, Steam review · 199 hrs played“I stumbled upon this game from an old webcomic named Ctrl+Alt+Delete (yeah that one). There was no Steam back then. Back then it was just Baldspot and Kate and the dilemma to suffocate your bedridden wife with a pillow. Then you spend the rest of your days eating canned soup and…”
— a player, Steam review · 268 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
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Latest official news
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A Note on Java Mods and Modding
The modding community for Project Zomboid is huge and incredibly diverse, ranging from tiny system changes to massive overhauls. We're endlessly grateful to modders who spend their time making and mai
Build 42.21 Stable Released
We released 42.21 into our Unstable beta last Wednesday , and extend our thanks to the community for checking it over and kicking the tires! If you’ve just seen your game updating and want to know wha
Re-population of the Dead: Build 42.21 Unstable Released
Hello Survivors! We’re back, and we have a new update, which is now available to play and test on the Unstable branch on Steam . As our first incremental update post-Build 42, this update contains fix
42.20.4 STABLE & 42.19.2 UNSTABLE & 41.78.21 LEGACY Hotfixes Released
While this update should not break saves, if you encounter any bugs please ensure you can replicate them on a fresh save with no mods installed before reporting them to our team here . FIXES Fixed sec
42.20.3 STABLE Hotfix Released
While this update should not break saves, if you encounter any bugs please ensure you can replicate them on a fresh save with no mods installed before reporting them to our team here . MP Improved ser
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-09.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Survival · Zombies · Open World · Multiplayer · Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Post-apocalyptic · Co-op · Crafting · Building · Indie · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Finnish, Korean, Thai, Tradition… |
| Official site | http://www.projectzomboid.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS: Windows 10, 64 Bit 64bit OS required Processor: Intel 2.77GHz Quad-core Memory: 8Gb Ram Hard Disk Space: 5gig Video Card: Dedicated graphics card with 2 GB of RAM minimum, OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 1.2 support (generally 2012 or newer) Sound: FMOD compatible sound card