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Stories from the Outbreak

Stories from the Outbreak

Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?

Released Feb 20, 2024 Developer Coldwild Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Perma DeathSurvivalZombiesParty-Based RPGJRPG
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

81.0%positive158 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“TLDR: Overpriced for what it is, but a decent little game worth 5quid and good for an evening or two. General Thoughts/Overview: I’m damn near certain I played Stories from the Outbreak (SftO) to death on New Grounds some 25 years ago… but I can’t find any information about it…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“What an amazing hidden gem of a game! Nice pixel art, nice atmosphere, nice mechanics. Straight forward on the surface but with a lot of synergies that can absolutely break the game but you really feel clever when you pull it off. The best thing about this is how well designed…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“game is a lot of fun its actually criminal how few people have played it. i rate it quite highly. its not as rougelite as youd expect more of randomised series of set events and locations in a semi random order. wish the leveling up was a little easier. never in any games have i…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

37achievements
2.7%median completion
1.0%rarest: The new land under God
47.3% of players 44.4% of players 37.0% of players 33.8% of players 33.8% of players 14.2% of players 13.1% of players 11.8% of players 9.4% of players 7.0% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.5% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 47.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
47.3%The Houndwalker — Defeat the Houndwalker.
44.4%The Mutantmother — Defeat the Mutantmother.
37.0%The Legion — Defeat the Legion.
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%The new land under God — As Elīza, activate the secondary effect of Plague 3 times in one battle.
1.0%Brilliant leader — Hidden achievement
1.1%Feeling alive — As Viktorija, take at least 200 damage in a single battle.

Latest official news

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

Mar 27, 2025
Arcane Board is out!

Collect magical tiles and deploy them strategically on your Arcane Board in this block sudoku and roguelike deckbuilder. Set up combos and unleash them at the right time—whether offensively, defensive

Jul 18, 2024
Patch notes 1.1.2

(bugfix) Fix most options submenus not getting opened (bugfix) More accurately display damage for The Best defence skill

Jul 17, 2024
1.1.1 Patch notes

(bugfix) Status effect tutorial could not be closed if it got opened at the start of combat (bugfix) Conversation choice, and ability upgrade buttons were partially blocked when clicking with mouse (b

Jul 16, 2024
Stories from the Outbreak 1.1.0 Update - new content added!

Hey all! Almost half a year after the launch, we are happy to present you 1.1 content update, coupled with Nintendo Switch release. The game is also Steam Deck verified now and should run smoothly on

Mar 12, 2024
1.0.4 Patch notes

(bugfix) Make the forbidden corners achievement unlockable. Previously the trigger for it activated wrong achievement. (bugfix) Fix enemy codex entries not getting unclocked. Add some additional toolt

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresRPG, Strategy
Player tagsPerma Death · Survival · Zombies · Party-Based RPG · JRPG · Rogue-like · Strategy · RPG · Post-apocalyptic · 2D · Multiple Endings · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements37
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+) or later Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1024 MB available space