Great with friends in co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Surviving with friends is extremely enjoyable! With 3 or 4 friends, everyone can take care of something, so building a base becomes extremely quick.”
Steam review · 602.8 h played ↗
7 Days to Die
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%The Fun Pimps2024Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Base Building
The verdict
A deep, replayable zombie survival sandbox with great base building and horde nights, best with friends. Skip at full price if you dislike constant system reworks or the dev controversy.
Great for
Co-op groups who love base building, horde-night defense and modding
Main risk
Updates keep reworking systems and the developers are in controversy, so long-time fans feel the game got worse
What changed in the last 30 days
162 recent reviews
Many recent negatives are driven by developer controversy (JaWoodle lawsuit, AI-generated images) and, in Russian reviews, a mandatory Discord login that blocks launching. Some also report bugs after the 3.0 update.
162 recent reviews
What players love
Flexible, destructible base building
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The building system is incredibly flexible, one of the best in any survival game.”
Steam review · 458.8 h played ↗
Intense horde nights
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Surviving the red moon is satisfying every single time.”
Steam review · 458.8 h played ↗
Huge mod scene and overhauls
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Mods Completely Change the Game”
Steam review · 391.3 h played ↗
Lots of content and exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“11 years later and I'm still finding POIs that I've never seen before”
Steam review · 1252.2 h played ↗
Deep customization and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The customizability for this game is phenomenal. You can play it exactly how you want to play it and change the rate of progression if you choose.”
Steam review · 520.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Devs keep changing and removing mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Then the Devs started messing with it. Starting changing things around because people were 'trivializing' things.”
Steam review · 124.4 h played ↗
Developer controversy and lawsuit against JaWoodle
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Punishing independent content creators with legal threats and copyright strikes over an administrative mistake made by the developers themselves is completely unacceptable.”
Steam review · 118 h played ↗
Overpriced for what it is
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“45$ for a game that came out in 2013 what are we doing.”
Steam review · 500.8 h played ↗
Poor performance and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“This game runs like crap even when your system eclipse the hardware that the devs. recommend for a smooth experience.”
Steam review · 99.3 h played ↗
Linear magazine and trader-quest progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The new skill progression system based on finding and reading books makes absolutely no sense.”
Steam review · 782.8 h played ↗
Zombie AI that targets base weak points
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“They behave like they have a degree in civil engineering, calculating the absolute weakest block of your base and tunneling straight for it.”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 or higher (64-bit)
Processor2.8 Ghz Quad Core CPU
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB Dedicated Memory
Storage15 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 or higher (64-bit)
Processor3.2 Ghz Quad Core CPU or faster
Memory12 GB RAM
Graphics4 GB Dedicated Memory
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows 10 or higher (64-bit)
Processor2.8 Ghz Quad Core CPU
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB Dedicated Memory
Storage15 GB available space
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