Night of the Dead

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%2024

−60%~~$29.99~~$11.99

US Steam price, checked 2 h ago

The verdict

A janky but addictive 7 Days to Die-style zombie base-defense game with nightly hordes and lots of traps. Skip it if you want polish, smooth combat or ongoing updates.

Great for

Fans of 7 Days to Die and trap-based base defense, especially in co-op and on sale

Main risk

Clunky combat, buggy companions and an abandoned, unpolished game not worth full price

What players love

Fun trap-based horde defense

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Every night feels intense and rewarding, especially when you see your traps and defenses hold against massive zombie waves.”
Steam review · 1033.5 h played ↗

“Base building is deep, traps are addictive, and every sunset feels like a personal threat.”
Steam review · 59.8 h played ↗

“There are many traps for every taste, from simple spikes to automated anti-air rocket systems.”
Steam review · translated · 75.5 h played ↗

Good alternative to 7 Days to Die

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Great alternative to 7 Days to Die.”
Steam review · 44.6 h played ↗

“Great game, basically a better version of 7 days to die.”
Steam review · 130 h played ↗

Great with friends in co-op

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Words cant describe how much fun me and my friends have had on this game”
Steam review · 220.8 h played ↗

“one of the best games I've played with my friends”
Steam review · 289.9 h played ↗

Enjoyable despite the jank

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“it may be janky but it has soul. i actually like the combat.”
Steam review · 71.4 h played ↗

“Game has some jank, but works fine. It has some really cool ideas which make it worth playing.”
Steam review · 16.7 h played ↗

Highly customizable difficulty

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“The nice part is the customization of the difficulty.”
Steam review · 254.7 h played ↗

“Very customizable... Don't like the tower defense part? Turn off the nightly wave when you start the game.”
Steam review · 46.9 h played ↗

Large world with lots of content

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“there is a lot of content, from resource gathering, great crafting mechanics, amazing base defence traps, to being attacked by a horde every night”
Steam review · 876.9 h played ↗

What players complain about

Abandoned by developers

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“I cannot recommend buying a game that the developers themselves have officially given up on”
Steam review · 82.1 h played ↗

“The developers abandoned the project and are working on a new one. Don't expect updates or bug fixes.”
Steam review · translated · 52 h played ↗

Janky, clunky combat and hitboxes

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Hit Registration: Holy cow, hitting zombies, trees, animals, rocks feels like actual work.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

“Hit registration... if the stars align you hit once out of three swings even at point-blank.”
Steam review · translated · 6.4 h played ↗

Bugs, crashes and broken saves

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“The amount of random crashes to desktop is staggering, even crashing to desktop while saving, which makes the game almost unplayable.”
Steam review · 841.5 h played ↗

“You can run into a bug when loading saved game, you character will have to start from beginning again.”
Steam review · 172.8 h played ↗

Poor graphics, assets and optimization

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Potato graphics on Unreal Engine in 2025 it's SHAME!”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

“Crooked animations. Graphics from 2005 browser games. Awful optimization.”
Steam review · translated · 7.2 h played ↗

Dumb, annoying AI companions

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“THIS NPC KEEPS TRYING TO WALK UP THE STAIRS AND KEEPS RUNNING INTO THE SPIKES.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗

“They will stand still on traps and die, constantly move in front of you to block where you're moving/building”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗

Tedious grind and boring looting

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Tedious as hell and grindy.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

“Very, very slow progression.”
Steam review · 71.9 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 10 64-bit

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-8100

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsIntel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 960

Storage40 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10 64-bit

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-9600K

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsIntel® Arc™ A580 / NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 1660 TI

Storage60 GB available space

OSWindows 10 64-bit

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-8100

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsIntel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 960

Storage40 GB available space

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