If you want a true survival game, this is the one. I can't recommend this game enough. It'll test your real world survival knowledge like no other game. PZ is the perfect balance between playability, and complexity. Be warned though, it isn't for the faint of heart, and you are as likely to bounce off of it as you are to fall in love with it.

Unlike other reviews of this game, I'm not complaining about the glacially slow development speed. Because A) I'm patient, B) The devs have had several setbacks that were completely out of their control, C) I've played it for over seven years already and still haven't gotten tired of it, and D) given enough time, this could be the greatest survival game ever made. If you ask me, it already is.

The customization in the sandbox settings let you create any sort of zombie scenario you can imagine, from "Night of the Living Dead's" slow shambling zombies, to "28 Days Later" quick moving, aggressive undead; Project Zomboid has it covered.

You can play peacefully (to an extent), and live life off the grid, farming and making do like country folk do. Real Stardew Valley vibes. Or you can live in a city, and fight for your life day by day. Or even go nomadic, and literally live out of your vehicle. No matter your preferred play style, you can make it work and thrive long term.

If you ever wondered how you'd actually fare in an apocalyptic scenario, this game is a great test. Surviving long term is always the goal, with no other option here but death. The only 'high score' is how many days, weeks, months, or years that you manage to live, and how many undead you take with you when you inevitably die.

There is no cure or immunity, there is no final boss, no princess to save; just you, your weapon, the bag on your back, and the entire zombified population of Kentucky in 1993 (which would be around 3,792,288 zombies. Yeah, I'm autistic enough to have checked).

Some of the incredible things that have happened to me in this game while playing the recently added multiplayer with friends:

Took over a multi-floor apartment complex and made the first apartment into a living quarters, another into a medical bay, and another into our "party partment" (full of booze and drugs we looted). The ground floor of the complex is a parking garage where we store all of our ill-gotten cars and fix them up.

Helicopter event came much earlier than we expected. We had already loaded a truck up to drive around when it happened, and had just arrived back at base, so we made our escape away from base just as the heli showed up. Drove really far away, but with my poor driving skills ended up crashing several times and destroying our windshield, gave my friend in the passenger seat a deep wound. Pulled over in a safe spot, got out, checked him, slew some zombies, and decided to book it back to base where we had medical supplies (forgot to pack them in the truck). We barely made it, and I sewed him back together just before he nearly bled out. Survived it by the skin of our teeth, together.

Couple of in game days later, another friend joined and we dismantled literally ALL of the furniture in a furniture show room. Spent the entire in game night taking the whole place apart. Now we have tons of planks and nails.

You're missing out if you don't give it a shot, well worth the asking price. There's mod's for nearly everything you want in the game that it doesn't have yet.

If you want a true survival game, this is the one. I can't recommend this game enough. It'll test your real world survival knowledge like no other game. PZ is the perfect balance between playability, and complexity. Be warned though, it isn't for the faint of heart, and you are as likely to bounce off of it as you are to fall in love with it. Unlike other reviews of this game, I'm not complaining about the glacially slow development speed. Because A) I'm patient, B) The devs have had several setbacks that were completely out of their control, C) I've played it for over seven years already and still haven't gotten tired of it, and D) given enough time, this could be the greatest survival game ever made. If you ask me, it already is. The customization in the sandbox settings let you create any sort of zombie scenario you can imagine, from "Night of the Living Dead's" slow shambling zombies, to "28 Days Later" quick moving, aggressive undead; Project Zomboid has it covered. You can play peacefully (to an extent), and live life off the grid, farming and making do like country folk do. Real Stardew Valley vibes. Or you can live in a city, and fight for your life day by day. Or even go nomadic, and literally live out of your vehicle. No matter your preferred play style, you can make it work and thrive long term. If you ever wondered how you'd actually fare in an apocalyptic scenario, this game is a great test. Surviving long term is always the goal, with no other option here but death. The only 'high score' is how many days, weeks, months, or years that you manage to live, and how many undead you take with you when you inevitably die. There is no cure or immunity, there is no final boss, no princess to save; just you, your weapon, the bag on your back, and the entire zombified population of Kentucky in 1993 (which would be around 3,792,288 zombies. Yeah, I'm autistic enough to have checked). Some of the incredible things that have happened to me in this game while playing the recently added multiplayer with friends: Took over a multi-floor apartment complex and made the first apartment into a living quarters, another into a medical bay, and another into our "party partment" (full of booze and drugs we looted). The ground floor of the complex is a parking garage where we store all of our ill-gotten cars and fix them up. Helicopter event came much earlier than we expected. We had already loaded a truck up to drive around when it happened, and had just arrived back at base, so we made our escape away from base just as the heli showed up. Drove really far away, but with my poor driving skills ended up crashing several times and destroying our windshield, gave my friend in the passenger seat a deep wound. Pulled over in a safe spot, got out, checked him, slew some zombies, and decided to book it back to base where we had medical supplies (forgot to pack them in the truck). We barely made it, and I sewed him back together just before he nearly bled out. Survived it by the skin of our teeth, together. Couple of in game days later, another friend joined and we dismantled literally ALL of the furniture in a furniture show room. Spent the entire in game night taking the whole place apart. Now we have tons of planks and nails. You're missing out if you don't give it a shot, well worth the asking price. There's mod's for nearly everything you want in the game that it doesn't have yet.