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State of Decay

State of Decay

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

Released Nov 5, 2013 Developer Undead Labs Publisher Xbox Game Studios Platforms Windows ZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldActionPost-apocalyptic
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

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 2026-10-15.

84.5%positive17,464 reviews
Recommended · 2,499 found this helpful

“I finished State of Decay, I enjoyed it, and I would recommend it--but with some hesitations. The more I played the game, the more it felt sort of rote and a little tiring. It feels like the developers built a great core gameplay loop, but didn't do much to add to that. The way…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 816 found this helpful

“Seeing i poured more hours into this game than the average review-writing player, i figured i should write my own review as well. There might be spoilers. So here goes: I'm not a fan of most zombie games, which seem to revolve around "shoot millions of zombies to win". There is…”

— a player, Steam review · 414 hrs played
Recommended · 271 found this helpful

“I recently bought State of Decay from Steam’s summer sale for around 4€ and I don’t think I’ve ever been happier with a game purchase. I’ve heard/read people saying it’s a good game but didn’t realise it was SO addicting too. Let’s start by explaining what the whole game is…”

— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

10,035all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period 2.7k avg · Dec 2013

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.

46achievements
16.6%median completion
1.3%rarest: Wired for War
91.3% of players 84.7% of players 77.2% of players 68.2% of players 61.9% of players 60.1% of players 56.3% of players 48.6% of players 45.4% of players 44.9% of players 41.6% of players 37.2% of players 33.5% of players 27.9% of players 27.6% of players 26.1% of players 25.6% of players 24.4% of players 22.8% of players 22.1% of players 22.0% of players 18.9% of players 17.4% of players 16.6% of players 16.6% of players 16.2% of players 15.1% of players 6.9% of players 6.4% of players 5.5% of players 5.3% of players 4.9% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.3% of players 91.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.3%Cannibal Family Picnic — Get to the Mt. Tanner Ranger Station.
84.7%I Can See My House From Here — Complete a survey activity.
77.2%Holy Rolling — Escape Mt. Tanner and find the survivors at the church.
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Wired for War — Kill 100 zombies with Drone Strikes.
1.8%Maverick — Survive 2 minutes within a Danger Zone.
2.0%The Rescuer — Unlock All Heroes.

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

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 26, 2019
Free Copy of Year-One Survival Edition

Undead Labs is coming back to Steam with State of Decay 2 ! In celebration, and as a "Thank You!" to our loyal Steam players who have patiently awaited this news, all owners of the original State of D

Games like State of Decay

From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

State of Decay: YOSE State of Decay: YOSE 78.1% · 5,863 reviews shares Base Building, Post Apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival Horror State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition 84.9% · 24,789 reviews shares Base Building, Post Apocalyptic, Zombies, Sandbox SurrounDead SurrounDead 91.3% · 16,000 reviews shares Third Person Shooter, Base Building, Post Apocalyptic, Zombies Survivalist Survivalist 80.5% · 1,557 reviews shares Base Building, Post Apocalyptic, Zombies, Sandbox Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition 75.4% · 8,377 reviews shares Zombies, Survival Horror, Sandbox, Co Op Sons Of The Forest Sons Of The Forest 88.2% · 128,527 reviews shares Base Building, Survival Horror, Sandbox, Co Op The Long Dark The Long Dark 87.1% · 46,444 reviews shares Post Apocalyptic, Survival Horror, Sandbox, Co Op The Forest The Forest 95.3% · 209,212 reviews shares Zombies, Survival Horror, Sandbox, Open World

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsZombies · Survival · Open World · Action · Post-apocalyptic · RPG · Third Person · Base-Building · Singleplayer · Sandbox · Multiplayer · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements46
Official sitehttp://www.undeadlabs.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: XP SP3 Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz (E6600) / Athlon X64 3400 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD 2600 XT / GeForce 9600 GSO / Intel HD 3000 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space