What’s in the Next Fest demo?
[p align="start"][p align="start"]Weapons, Gear, & SupportCommon and Uncommon guns, giving you access to a solid range of weapons from the likes of HVM, Critical Mass, Ronson, and more!
Weapon upgrading - allowing you to push your favorite guns further.
Common and Uncommon Mods to start customising your weapon builds.
Common and Uncommon Armour to round out your loadout.
An HVM Grenade and Turret, letting you experiment with crowd control, area denial, and defensive playstyles.
Three playable Merc classes:
Assault
Heavy
Medic
Access to Base Skills and Class Skills, allowing early customisation
Player level cap of 12 for the demo, ensuring steady progression without spoiling late-game systems.
Jump into three distinct environments:
Mining Facility
Abandoned Colony
Icefield
Across these locations, you’ll be able to play a range of mission types:
Eradication
Eradication Surge
Cache Recovery
Uplink
Close the Breach
Two terrifying boss encounters:
Regurgitator
Shredder
A selection of Zombie vs Player elemental effects, showcasing how damage types matter.
Zombie Mods and Buffs, adding unpredictability and forcing on-the-fly adaptation.
USI Bounties, giving you passive goals and extra rewards as you play.
Access to Merc HQ - your hub for matchmaking, loadouts, upgrades, and prep between missions.
Various social features
Rich presence support for Discord and Steam
View Discord and Steam friends lists in-game
Invite Discord and Steam friends to your party (Both from within the game UI, and from the Discord/Steam UI)
In-game UI for pending party invites from Discord friends
Full text chat powered by Discord - available in Merc HQ, pre & post-game lobbies, as well as during a mission!
A Snapshot of Zombie Assault: Resurgence
[p align="start"][p align="start"]This demo represents a vertical slice of ZA:R, providing enough content to let you test builds, experiment with classes, and fight some truly nasty hordes, while still leaving plenty of systems, weapons, and challenges for the full release. We’ll be watching feedback closely throughout Next Fest. What feels great, what needs tuning, and what you want more of will directly help shape the road ahead, so please don’t be shy in sharing your feedback with us!Community Kill Count Challenge: Earn an Exclusive Weapon at Launch!
[p align="start"][p align="start"]To say thank you to everyone jumping into the Steam Next Fest demo, we’re running a global community challenge for the entire duration of the event![p align="start"]During the demo, every zombie kill counts toward a shared global total. If the community hits the target by the end of Next Fest, everyone who participated in the demo will unlock an exclusive weapon at full launch - the Morlok Frostbite Pistol! Concept art:
Deliver cryo damage, slowing and controlling enemies
Reward precision and crowd management
Stand as a permanent badge of participation for those who helped push the community over the line!
Key Information
Steam Next Fest: February 23rd - March 2nd (Steam Store Page here!)
Earn an exclusive Pistol at launch by helping complete the Global Kill Count Challenge running throughout! (Track progress via zombieassault.com)
Play with the devs! We will also have some of the ZA:R devs looking to squad-up throughout Next Fest, so be sure to join our Discord (discord.gg/ninjakiwi) for further details on that when the time comes.
