Project Zomboid

Buy94%

Very Positive · 491k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

The Indie Stone · Survival · Nov 8, 2013

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
$24.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
39,430
concurrent players
#32 by players on Steam
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
24
Full audio0 of 24
Subtitles0 of 24

Should I buy Project Zomboid?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 491k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise17% are divided50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Importantly, the customization options, both solo and multiplayer, are what turn this from a hundred-hour game into something without limits.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Playing alone was great, but playing with friends made it even better.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Sure, it has A HUGE learning curve and there is a lot of interesting ways to interact with the environment and space around you, but a lot of it is, what I would only be able to describe as "fake" depth.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics and visuals was another domain that was absolutely done right.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay73 reviews
Co-op32 reviews
Difficulty21 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
65% still recommend
Story
100% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer
73% still recommend
Crashes
8% still recommend
Bugs
20% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Performance
14% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
43% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$24.99

The lowest we've tracked is $13.39.

9 points recordedtoday · $24.99

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