The Walking Trade

The Walking Trade A friend put me onto this one, and it turned out to be worth the recommendation. The Walking Trade drops you into running a shop in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, and the opening stretch is rough. There's barely any tutorial covering loot, controls, employee management, or how to actually push the game forward, so you're mostly left figuring things out while getting hammered by way too many zombie attacks with a tiny store and zero staff to help. It's a lot to juggle all at once early on, and I can see people bouncing off before it clicks. But once it clicks, it clicks hard. Hiring people for security and general upkeep starts easing the pressure, loot quality goes up, and batteries start flowing in steadily. I've put in 70 in-game days over 10 hours and already have every skill point spent with my people maxed out, which tells you how quickly the pace picks up once the foundation is built. I've still got some ground to cover before my store itself is fully maxed, but once that happens I don't think there's a ton left to chase besides pushing into the harder Hell Raids for a bigger challenge. It's a genuinely fun zombie-killing store sim once you push past that clunky opening. —The Ember Archives https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45601239/