Community management with permadeath
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The best part is permanent death. When someone dies, they're gone. No checkpoints, no magical respawns.”
Steam review · 35.2 h played ↗
State of Decay: YOSE
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Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Undead Labs2015Survival · Base Building · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A janky but addictive zombie survival and community-management sandbox with permadeath and three modes. Skip it if you need polish, modern PC support, or a deep story.
Great for
Fans of zombie survival, scavenging, base and community management with permadeath, who can tolerate jank
Main risk
Dated, buggy PC port with endless zombie spawns and repetitive quests that wear thin
What changed in the last 30 days
18 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mention ultrawide, shadow glitches, controller issues, stutter and driver problems on modern PCs. Evidence is limited to a few reviews.
18 recent reviews
What players love
Addictive scavenging and survival loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The mix of scavenging, base building, survival, and intense zombie encounters keeps you constantly invested.”
Steam review · 92.9 h played ↗
Three modes with lots of replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“With the three game modes, this is worth hundreds of hours of playtime.”
Steam review · 685.1 h played ↗
Satisfying combat and zombie encounters
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Still features the best combat experience imho compared to all other zombie-survival-games out there.”
Steam review · 187.8 h played ↗
Runs on low-end hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“it's easy to sink your teeth into, runs on just about anything”
Steam review · 22.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Buggy and janky
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Game is insanely buggy, zombies glitch out constantly, getting softlocked is incredibly easy.”
Steam review · 33.6 h played ↗
Crashes and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the game kept crashing on me around every 20 to 30 mins”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
Zombies spawn out of thin air endlessly
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“infinite zombie respawn , and i don't mean in the world but literally on ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ top of the player”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Poor PC port: no 1440p, shadow glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Resolution set at over 1080p? Shadow textures glitching all over the place, making it near unplayable.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Repetitive gameplay and thin story
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“An infinite loop of "drive somewhere, kill zombies, search a house, bring stuff to home base, build/upgrade something”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Babysitting quests and survivor AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Very quickly this game becomes babysitting simulator.”
Steam review · 36.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support4158 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E6600 / Athlon X64 3400
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 470 / Radeon HD 5850 / Intel HD 4600
Storage4158 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 / Windows 8
ProcessorIntel Core i5-750 / AMD Athlon X4 760K
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 560 / Radeon HD 7770
Storage4200 MB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E6600 / Athlon X64 3400
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 470 / Radeon HD 5850 / Intel HD 4600
Storage4158 MB available space
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