Survivalist
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world Role Playing Game where you have the freedom to play how you want – but your choices have consequences. Your aim is to find other survivors, gain their respect, and build a community. You'll scavenge for supplies, trade, plant crops, go on quests, face moral dilemmas, go to war, and uncover dark, terrible secrets! Innovative dialog system with characters that remember your actions and form their opinion of you accordingly. Combines Action-RPG and Real-Time Strategy elements – you can take control of, or issue commands to, any character that joins your community. Fast zombies and challenging combat that requires you to make use of all resources available to survive!
Game Discussion
Steam User 9
This is a good post-apocalyptic zombie survival builder game. You'll meet lots of characters with different personalities, and many of them will have backstories to delve into. Most of them will belong to various good, neutral, or evil factions. There's also an overall story to the game,
You are Joe, a fairly wealthy guy, who built a bunker in the desert just in case SHTF during your lifetime. Well, one year ago it did... in the form of a zombie apocalypse. Now your food supplies are running low, so you finally emerge to see what the world is like.
Meet new people, and try to recruit them to follow you. Scavenge for new supplies, and build your own little survivor compound. Choose to either try to get along with the other factions you come across, or try to conquer them. Defend you and your group against bandits and raiders. Barter when you can. And for maximum entertainment, blow up buildings.
I'm not really a fan of the top-down camera, and waiting for your people to complete tasks, like Isham collecting wood planks to build stuff with, can be very tedious. If you take the diabetic Alice into your group, then constantly needing to find her some insulin can also be a grind. It makes for a good challenge, yes, but it's still a grind. The game also feels like a 90's game to me.
Some of the zombies are slow, and some are real speedsters. I don't like the speedsters, as they often come racing into view from nowhere. They cover the distance between them and me so fast that I don't have time to respond, especially if there's more than one of them. Lastly, I find the controls a little clunky. Overall though, this game is definitely worth the 99 cents I paid for it.
Steam User 9
The developer deserves major respect for releasing a patch that supports the Steam Deck and allows playing on Linux. The game itself is a hidden gem, sloppy but nice. There's something almost spiritual about the way it captures survival and human interaction.
Steam User 3
It's better than it seems. A simple but well made survival game where you have to build your base and keep your survivors alive. You get to meet other people which might be recruitable or not, there are other factions, some more friendly than others. Basically build, fight, survive.
Steam User 3
Bob is one of those guys who keeps working on his games and this game was an odd ball that came across my discovery queue years ago. This game is so much fun with friends and very challenging. 10/10 recommend. I will also recommend the Invisible Strain because that was a nice change of pace to the gameplay.
Steam User 7
I tried to get into it several times, and on my final successful attempt finally got to enjoy this game. It's ugly but charming.
Steam User 1
8/10 - Very good zombie apocalypse game, with a nice story. The controls take some getting used to, but otherwise very recommended.
Steam User 0
I did enjoy my time in this game. Base building and manage your survivors. Collect resources and explore. Best of luck to all survivors.