Community management with permadeath stakes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You aren't playing a fixed main protagonist, the community itself is the main character.”
Steam review · 107.4 h played ↗
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%Undead Labs2020Survival · Base Building · Simulation
The verdict
A deep zombie community-management sandbox with permadeath and strong replayability, but hurt by a mandatory Xbox login, jank and weak co-op. Skip it if forced Microsoft sign-in or true co-op matters to you.
Great for
Solo players who like permadeath, scavenging and managing a survivor community, especially on higher difficulties
Main risk
Forced Xbox/Microsoft login that can fail and block you from playing at all
What players love
Highly replayable sandbox with scalable difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“In every Difficulty it seems like you get a different game getting more intense with every step needing to use different playing styles and techniques.”
Steam review · 1189.8 h played ↗
Tense atmosphere and satisfying survival loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it's the closest i have ever felt to actually surviving in an apocalypse lol.”
Steam review · 31.1 h played ↗
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“The biggest upgrade for me is the online co-op. Being able to play with friends and survive together makes the whole experience much more fun.”
Steam review · 78.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Forced Xbox/Microsoft account login
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“It applies to single player, too.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Weak, buggy co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Instead of building one community together, one player hosts a world and everyone else drops in as a guest.”
Steam review · 82.7 h played ↗
Bugs, jank and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the constant crashing makes it hard to enjoy. I've never played a game that crashes this often”
Steam review · 51.5 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It's a shallow simulator of community during zombie apocalypse.”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Dumb ally AI and unfair enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Those NPCs will then, once on the mission, for literally NO reason, Take off running to fight sheds full of zombies”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Zombies and infestations respawn constantly
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“For example, you kill a zombie, walk 7 feet away, then you turn around and it's already respawned.”
Steam review · 34.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-2500 @2.7Ghz / AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7870
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5 4570 @ 3.2Ghz / AMD FX-8350
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 380
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-2500 @2.7Ghz / AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7870
Storage30 GB available space
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