Night of the Dead

I got this game a long time ago thinking it would be short, but it rivals 7dtd and is way better in several ways. but it's infinitely harder. you have dark souls bosses, the combat is janky as hell and old, but its super fun to play with a friend! It has an actual full story unlike 7dtd, a lot of ways to farm resources, and you can even put skins ontop of your armor(it comes with 2 good free ones). i would recommend this to any 7dtd enjoyer if u dont mind somewhat bad textures and old feeling combat

TLDR This game is worth considering if it is on sale - Honestly it is quite janky but also fun to mess around with. I really like the zombie base building/defense mechanics, and its different enough from something like 7D2D that i think its worth a look - AT THE RIGHT PRICE. This would be much more appropriately priced as a $10 game to play for a weekend or two and then move on. I don't recall exactly, but I believe I got it on sale and I don't feel ripped off, but full price $30 would be pretty steep for this.
I would recommend checking out the Youtuber "Genosis" as he has a few playthroughs of this game and will give you a really good idea of what is on offer.

TLDR: As long as you buy it for 70%+ off, it's a decent game. Definitely not worth the full price.

The basic gameplay outline has worth imo. I like building and gathering. It's just that the game feels like it's been made by a couple of guys from some back water country as their first project. Which would be fine, if it was a third the price. Horde nights and tower defense is a nice add to the otherwise basic zombie gameplay imo. I wish the base building with traps was a thing in State of Decay. And Fortnite was originally gunna be a zombie base builder, but then it turned all pvp. So all we really got is rare indies like this game.

1. It uses budget unreal asset packs, For a low budget game, expected. Ain't even hatin, cause it's the same for a bunch of other indie games I own and like.
2. It has objects that aren't scaled properly so it feel like your a toddler in some areas of the map. Some trashcans and tables just being too big.
3. Couldn't skip the tutorial, but I'm on my first play. I'll change this part if it's option even after that.
4. Animations are wonky and not fluid.
5. The dialogue has that Machine Translation thing goin on.

Pretty much the epitome of very small indie, but priced like a skilled 20 man indie team,

Night of the Dead is a survival game where daytime is prep time and nighttime is panic time.

Base building is deep, traps are addictive, and every sunset feels like a personal threat. You spend all day feeling clever, then the horde shows up and immediately audits your work. Progress is satisfying, the loop is addictive, and the chaos feels earned.

It’s stressful in the fun way.

Final verdict: If you like survival games that reward planning and punish laziness, Night of the Dead absolutely delivers.

I really don't know why this game isn't more popular than it is. As long as your computer is reasonably up to date, unity runs well and the graphics are great, and there is a lot of play time for your money with this game. There are a few weird interactions, like hacking rocks/boulders is a little odd at first but you get used to it. The zombie types, story, variety of interactions are really good, and I think the building is superior to a lot of other games, and there's a lot of building to do in this. I think the tower defense tag throws people off, sure if your putting spikes between you and the zombie I guess that's tower defense, but you're always building a base to defend in any game. This one does it better. It did take some getting used to, especially at first where you will probably build your base and tear it down every day, as every night is the zombie rush. You will have to get ready for the giants which is a whole different thing, and this game requires more thought and planning than any other game of this type I have played, at least if your doing it right. Electricity? You may want to study up before you volunteer. :)

Game was fun for sure, me and my dad played it for some time. It has glitches and some bugs but overall its a decent game. That said if you want to play on your own server... Your stuck renting one from a reliable host as the developers clearly have no experience in network coding for dedicated servers...
Tried coming back after a few years and still has the same issues with trying to host your own server and not being able to join a local hosted server... And it's your classic NAT loopback (hairpin NAT) many routers either:
* Don’t support NAT loopback
* Support it inconsistently
* Break UDP hairpinning (which this game relies on)
When NAT loopback fails, you see the server in the list but it fails to join and returns you to the main menu. The most basic fix to this is joining VIA direct connection thru console but guess what, they prevent you from accessing the console unless your in a server and at that point it is only used for admin commands on that server...
A simple console access for direct connection to servers (which every game has) would solve this issue yet they took it out for whatever reason..
Other than that the game is OK..

for 8$ is a fun game to play with friends, if you payed 30$ I`m so sorry for you cuz this game is not worth 30$, not in a million years. BUTTTT!!! if you get it for like 5$ to 8$ I do recommend it.