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Zompiercer
Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-10)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
49 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“So close yet so far..... Could have been great, they have the concept right there to be something great, A train base in a zombie apocalypse what a cool idea, but they drop the ball in the gameplay. The train itself and…”
8 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Best game ever, it's my favourite game. The game has not released yet but its still fun. It gets updated constantly and listens to their community. Every thing that is bad gets fixed or will get fixed. I recommend it.”
“Glad still updating until now. It was very fun and good game.”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“A game i have enjoyed playing for years but wished there was a small team working on it rather than what seems to be only 1 person. Updates are years apart and i expect at any moment that the developer will get bored of…”
“Brought this game back in 2020, boot it up recently and I can't believe how much the graphic and gameplay had improved. I always wanted a game that I can travel with a armored vehicle in an open world and scaving for…”
“very very good game let me cry let me cry i lave thas gema its so goody and i like the graphacs and the chayckans in it and i like the baaf and the letuche”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Здравствуйте дорогой разроботчик! Спасибо за такую классную игру,очень понравилась. Прошёл уже 3 раза и сейчас снимаю видео про эту игру! Надеюсь скоро будет продолжение, И добавьте онлайн пожалуйста. (Предложение…”
“Did a full play through and also did the second run to collect items I missed. The game is not overly complicated so it's relatively easy to figure out. Building the train was great, love the options for decor etc. I…”
“i love this game im on new game 4 or 5 at this point great perfect survival i do want a cheat game mode but you have to make a new save thats what i want for this game nothing else”
4 of the 97 reviews raise this.
15 of the 97 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“The idea of this game sounds great: post-apocalyptic train simulator with zombies. Sadly at the moment it is not playable. There are some things that already work and some are already fun: killing zombies, collecting…”
“So close yet so far..... Could have been great, they have the concept right there to be something great, A train base in a zombie apocalypse what a cool idea, but they drop the ball in the gameplay. The train itself and…”
11 of the 97 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“The idea of this game sounds great: post-apocalyptic train simulator with zombies. Sadly at the moment it is not playable. There are some things that already work and some are already fun: killing zombies, collecting…”
“cant even launch the game, it crashes my steam deck”
8 of the 97 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“please add load save option in game i am not a fan of going to the main menu to load a specific save so far enjoying the game tho also i dont know if this is only happening to me but everytime i fully reload game it…”
“NEEDS A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ AUTO SAVE LOST WAY TO MUCH”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Здравствуйте дорогой разроботчик! Спасибо за такую классную игру,очень понравилась. Прошёл уже 3 раза и сейчас снимаю видео про эту игру! Надеюсь скоро будет продолжение, И добавьте онлайн пожалуйста. (Предложение…”
“Been playing this for awhile nyow. and i gotta say i love it, it scratches a itch ive always had and does it so well i keep coming back gonna be playing this for awhile.... only complaint no mulitplayer but i get why.”
“Promising game and I am super excited to see where it goes. I can't wait to have multiplayer implemented into the game. There has been so much added that it has been a constant return to game. Even though I have low…”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“The idea of this game sounds great: post-apocalyptic train simulator with zombies. Sadly at the moment it is not playable. There are some things that already work and some are already fun: killing zombies, collecting…”
“before the update i was able to play on my steam deck but now i get stuck on a black screen or when it does load i cant read a thing ive got my steam deck hooked up to my tv and its still hard to read the options it was…”
“please add load save option in game i am not a fan of going to the main menu to load a specific save so far enjoying the game tho also i dont know if this is only happening to me but everytime i fully reload game it…”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“This is a great game for what it is, there are a lot of cool ideas here and I can see a ton of potential! I have enjoyed my time playing it and look forward to seeing more of what they come up with. A couple of feedback points, crafting very quickly becomes obsolete, some more…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“A good indie game with zombies so I can only recommend for the fan of the genre. It only need to grow up and have more features and refinements. But since the devs are still working the only thing to do is wait and see.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“[h1]⚖️ VERDICT[/h1] Like an especially greedy zombie, Zompiercer has bitten off more than it can currently chew. It's ambitious, offering a wide array of things to collect and build -- but there's also a wide array of bugs and QoL issues. And, because of all the time that the…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Latest official news
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Update 21.4 Alpha
The watering and fertilizing system for beds has been significantly improved. Now, bed drying occurs only over time and is not reset after harvesting any plant. Watering and fertilizing can be done in
Update 21.3 Alpha
Hey, engineers! This is the last update for version 21 of the game, unless a critical bug pops up of course. In this update, I decided to improve the water filtration, since clean water acquisition ha
Update 21.2 Alpha
CHANGELOG Improvements Production time for the repair kit reduced from 3 minutes to 1 minute. Fixed Issues Fixed a bug where workbenches outside the train did not save production progress when saving
Update 21.1 Alpha
CHANGELOG Fixed Issues Fixed a bug that prevented switching tracks and caused save loading at railroad junctions to collapse the entire train into the locomotive. https://i.imgur.com/F2NAUhb.png
Update 21.0 Alpha
Hey, engineers! I’m happy to announce the release of the update dedicated to farming and cooking. But I must mention that behind these two themes lies a multitude of new mechanics, both big and small
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Sandbox · FPS · Shooter · Zombies · Post-apocalyptic · Action-Adventure · Base-Building · Action RPG · First-Person · 3D · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Thai, Ukrainian, Japanese, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Swedish, Portuguese - Portugal, Czech, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Turkish, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher (64-bit) Processor: 2.4 Ghz Dual Core CPU Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 4 GB Dedicated Memory DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 23 GB available space Sound Card: Sound Card: DirectX® Compatible