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Unturned
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-09.
What reviewers agree on
72 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very interesting game, its cool if you wanna learn keyboard and mouse, it was one of the first games i played on my older laptop and it help me a lot learning keyboard and mouse”
“After 13 hours, I can say this is a fun survival game with a lot to do, especially if you enjoy looting and exploring. However, the game does feel a bit outdated, which can make it boring at times when playing alone.…”
“The best free game to invite your friends of most PC Specs!!! Been playing it for years, even though I have tons of paid, addictive games. This one is in my <3”
26 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“After 13 hours, I can say this is a fun survival game with a lot to do, especially if you enjoy looting and exploring. However, the game does feel a bit outdated, which can make it boring at times when playing alone.…”
“The best free game to invite your friends of most PC Specs!!! Been playing it for years, even though I have tons of paid, addictive games. This one is in my <3”
“Super F2P survival game. You can enjoy the game both singleplayer and multiplayer with friends. 10/10”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The best free game to invite your friends of most PC Specs!!! Been playing it for years, even though I have tons of paid, addictive games. This one is in my <3”
“Super F2P survival game. You can enjoy the game both singleplayer and multiplayer with friends. 10/10”
“Starting as a Roblox game, i'd like to mention how good and fun Unturned remains to be. Despite not receiving much important updates (Except for curated maps and QOL), this remains as one if not the best survival game…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The best free game to invite your friends of most PC Specs!!! Been playing it for years, even though I have tons of paid, addictive games. This one is in my <3”
“Starting as a Roblox game, i'd like to mention how good and fun Unturned remains to be. Despite not receiving much important updates (Except for curated maps and QOL), this remains as one if not the best survival game…”
“Free To play, really no reason to downvote it, but honestly it's a pretty fun zombie survival game. sure it's basic and polygonal but that lends it to being highly moddible, there are quite a few servers that are just…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“After 13 hours, I can say this is a fun survival game with a lot to do, especially if you enjoy looting and exploring. However, the game does feel a bit outdated, which can make it boring at times when playing alone.…”
“Starting as a Roblox game, i'd like to mention how good and fun Unturned remains to be. Despite not receiving much important updates (Except for curated maps and QOL), this remains as one if not the best survival game…”
“A good choice for beginners or anyone curious about survival games. Many different maps to explore, including Snow Polaris, Arid, California, Rio, etc. Plus, it’s free.”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Complete nonsense, eternal lags, no optimization, everything is monotonous and stupid, inconvenient interface and generally a dumb game, die already.”
“This game is a rust simulator pixel edition, terrible I would not even lay a finger back on this game to play again. There is a reason why people play single player games now, and this is one of those reasons. I launch…”
“Pretty neutral about it, it's entertaining for a little bit then gets a bit boring. Do I recommend this game? I would have to say no; I don't believe that in its current build it's special or innovative. It is also a…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is a rust simulator pixel edition, terrible I would not even lay a finger back on this game to play again. There is a reason why people play single player games now, and this is one of those reasons. I launch…”
“stupid ass game, too difficult to play with friend. Game has too much unneccsary UI. Trash game”
“Multiplayer servers made me want to shatter my keyboard into bits and snap my monitor in half. 10/10 would recommend.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Firstly, i played unturned 2.0, a friend invited me since it was free and i hated it, didnt know what to do, didnt understant crafting nor the ui. Quit after 2 hours max. Then i tried it again because the same friend…”
“pretty hard, confusing and complex. Still fun tho if you give yourself the time to understand it.”
“I have always loved this game, and hopefully always will. The recent change to fishing was just horrible though. Especially on the latest map, California 2 where you are limited to a terrible fishing rod forced to catch…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Such wasted potential. Big LAZY ego dev can go sucky sucky my wewe or sell the game to someone else that CARES to fix cuz Nelson aint it bro. Make UNTURNED great again”
“Starting as a Roblox game, i'd like to mention how good and fun Unturned remains to be. Despite not receiving much important updates (Except for curated maps and QOL), this remains as one if not the best survival game…”
“Honestly it's ridiculous how long ago the game changed it's storage mechanics and the page scroller ui still exists. Extremely unfulfilling game to come back to a decade later. Nothing changed. Spend your time elsewhere”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“i hate this game the larpers are ass a guy named "rayritto" is too ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fat and such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crybaby like dude no one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cares i ♥♥♥♥ on you with a model 459.”
“W game unfortunately not anymore at its peak online and popularity”
“Great Game Community is nice in small servers thast are not only pvp but game is dieing”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-09
“Used to play this a while back, nothing much have changed except for curated servers. back then it was peak, it still is, though the multiplayer server is very limited as of now.”
— a player, Steam review · 381 hrs played“Unturned is so sick as a free-to-play game. Great with friends”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I am quitting UNTURNED because it's a ridiculous system. Nelson Sexton does whatever he can do to help his favorite players and curated developers. Neglecting his community and his game. Being the first ever game ive owned and played on steam with my friends, Nelson Sexton has…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,725 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 2026-09-05.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
3.26.3.11 Patch Notes
This security patch addresses a reported exploit. We have banned a Workshop file containing the exploit which had 1 active subscriber. We are not aware of any confirmed cases of players being affected
3.26.3.9 Patch Notes
This security patch addresses a reported exploit that could affect players with the Steam Overlay disabled. As far as we're aware, the exploit has not been used in the wild. We apologize for any incon
3.26.3.7 Patch Notes
Fixed Took a less extreme approach to blocking the exploit fixed in 3.26.3.5, restoring most content. (Thanks Jdance!) Boombox links opening original URL, not parsed URL. (Thanks PomPomSaturin!) Async
3.26.3.5 Patch Notes
Yesterday evening we received report of a remote code execution (RCE) exploit in a malicious server's workshop mod. As a precaution, we temporarily disabled all Internet server listings while we prepa
Unturned's Source Code Released
Unturned's source code and project files are now freely available! Whether you have a new feature or total conversion in mind, the sky's the limit:Browse the repository on GitHubShown above: Playing U
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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 | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Survival · Zombies · Multiplayer · Open World · Co-op · Sandbox · Crafting · Shooter · Adventure · Post-apocalyptic · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 95 |
| Official site | https://smartlydressedgames.com/unturned/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: 3 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 4 GB available space