Zombie Alert is a very poorly made, abandoned Early Access 3D first person zombie survival game, essentially a thematic ripoff of DayZ/7 Days to Die, except completely crap in terms of implementation. The game does allow you to change resolutions and customise it a bit, but this is somewhat pointless given how poor the graphics are. There's also a multiplayer mode, but that's somewhat irrelevant (see below). Gameplay consists of running around a low poly, mostly untextured town, collecting junk, and then fighting off the inevitable zombies (if you can).
The game was abandoned immediately after launch and hasn't been updated in around 2 years. It blew past the developers commitment to complete the game. There's no reliable indication the game will ever be completed, which is a reason for gamers to avoid this.
The game features lazy low-polygon voxel "Minecraft"-like "art", making this look like a barely functional 3D game from the 1990s. A lot of amateur developers see Minecraft's success and assume it's because it looks bad, not because it had unique and appealing game mechanics, and they try to emulate the success without understanding it. It also happens to be easy, and doesn't need any proper talent in terms of game development/graphic artists etc. That's why reviewers are faced with so many of these terrible games with confrontingly bad graphics. Developers must learn that Minecraft succeeded despite the bad graphics, not because of them.
The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the game only ever reached a peak player count of only 2 players. That's right, only 2. This is a pitiful enough number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is remarkable, but also to be expected. This complete and utter rejection of the game from gamers should be a keen information point for anyone considering buying shovelware like this. Gamers just didn't take this seriously, and for good reason. So now you can see why the "multiplayer" feature for the game is irrelevant... it's guaranteed you'll be the only one playing it if you buy it and launch it.
Unethically, the developer sold keys to this abandoned Early Access game into cheap, nasty game bundles, where they knew it would be advertised and sold as a complete game. This seems to have been done in an attempt to mislead gamers into buying a knowingly faulty, defective and incomplete product. When a developer does this for a game they have zero practical intention of completing, this is essentially a scam, an intention to get paid for a broken/unfinished product. Often this is done as an exit strategy, as the developer takes the money and runs. No refunds have been given, the developer kept all the money they took from gamers.
Zombie Alert has an overly optimistic price of around $5 USD, it's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings with the product, especially considering the sheer number of completely free, much higher quality games on Steam.
