Project Zomboid

About
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
- Project zomboid on Steam.

PSA this is a review for build 41! I will review 42 once it is out as a stable version. This review is also under construction because the game itself keeps distracting me..

Do you ever feel like your gaming life lacks challenge? Like you want to yell 'F*ck this!' and throw your keyboard into a trash can and set it on fire? If so, Project Zomboid is for you!

Project Zomboid is a brutally hard survival craft Zombie game that hates you. It'll sense you're doing a bit too well then throw a hoard of Z's behind a door to chomp on you. You'll have to keep on top of sleep, food and water in this game as well as temprature.

A player character in a shop crouched down
A character at the start of a Project Zomboid game.

(Fun fact. It took me over a day to get the above image on this page because I got distracted by how much I love this game trying to get screenshots of it.)

You start the game with only the clothes on your back (unless you gave yourself a starter kit in sandbox mode.) From there you have to fight to survive in a zombie filled world. A really, really big zombie filled world. Like really big.

An in game map of a building with a red dot indicating the player
Here's a map of a large building.
A zoom out of the map showing buildings nearby as a town
The building and the town it is part of.
A full zoom out of the map showing that this town is a tiny square.
The whole map. It's fucking huge.

Tips

Tips to play game.

  • I was joking, but if you don't like very fustrating games, PZ isn't for you.
  • Use sandbox mode to make the game easier if it's your first time playing.
  • If you hear a helicoper, stay inside.
  • The backpack/cool weapon that zombie has isn't worth it.

Summary

This game is very, very hard but surviving for a long period of time really makes you feel impressive.

Recommended Mods

Here are some mods I recommends.

Link

You can download the game here