The Indie StoneNov 8, 2013$24.99USView on Steam ↗

Project Zomboid

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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..

Adventure RPG Indie Early Access Simulation Survival Open World Building

Estimated lifetime revenueHigh confidence

$301.3Mgross

$180.8Mlow → high range$512.3M

Net to developer$226M

Most likely between $180.8M and $512.3M. On 8 games checked against developer-reported sales, our median error is 11%. How we estimate →

Across 2 stores

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Store	Price	Score	Revenue · chart
Steam	$24.99	94%	approximately $301.3M
GOG	$24.99	82%	#72

Matched by title. Prices and chart positions are each store's US storefront; Epic charts worldwide. * critic score.

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Reviews

What players mention

Themes across 3662 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.

Gameplay & combat

73% · 244

Visuals & world

82% · 228

Value & content

79% · 180

Performance & bugs

Player reviews (3,683)

Not recommended1h played4 found helpfulJul 2026

Ignore my playtime, I have played more outside of Steam. I am completely convinced that everything in this game which could potentially be interesting is taken from C:DDA, and babyfied so that people who almost exclusively play hero shooters, Minecraft, and games from their childhood can play a bit of this on the side. This is a game that immediately struck me as being made out of passion for things that are not video games, and, from what I saw online, it seems I was right. The only game they proudly claim fueled the design philosophy in any way appears to be The Sims. There is nothing about this game that is particularly well-designed, individual traits of its mechanics are middling at best, especially in how they interact with one another. I was disappointed to see that unique item interactions feel like rare gimmicks rather than something in abundance, which is what gives me a feeling that the game will only end up being wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle, as it were. There is no room to come up with creative solutions in a meaningful capacity, which pollutes any potentially intense moment of gameplay with the constant knowledge that you are playing a 'sandbox' game which limits you heavily, purely by the inventiveness, or lack thereof, of the uninspired developers. What I mean to say is: being good at this game would just be accruing a collection of cool tricks that you learned on social media; there is no expression on the behalf of the player. You will likely never experience the thrill of being in a tight situation, only to save your sorry ass by finally figuring out how to interface with a system you previously couldn't get the hang of; you will only ever have minorly different variations of running away in a different type of line. It's less like playing in a sandbox and more like playing with the sandcastle some other kid made. I do really appreciate the visual style, and the appearance of the UI. The atmosphere of the game is nice as well. Multiplayer could be pretty fun, but I didn't try that myself. I will try the game again when NPCs are added.