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Project Zomboid cover art

Project Zomboid

The Indie Stone · 2013-11-08

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 08, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2013 (Linux), Nov 08, 2013 (Mac)

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Project Zomboid is a 2013 Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access priced at $24.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and Very Positive (94% of 482465 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

49,766
playing now
94%
positive of 489k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,927
twitch viewers (latest)
15.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
IGDB user rating (216 ratings)
297
Nexus mods (1.0M downloads)
32h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

49,766 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Project Zomboid is an upcoming survival video game developed by British and Canadian independent developer The Indie Stone. The game is set in 1993 in the post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested exclusion zone of the fictional Knox Country, Kentucky, in the United States. The player is challenged to survive for as long as possible before inevitably dying.

Trailer

Project Zomboid trailer thumbnail

Project Zomboid Trailer - This Is How I Died - (2021)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 49,766 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 45,228 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5,654/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 20M–39M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 488,535 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Desura (2013-07-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 8 of 59 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11k11k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,467 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 998 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,224 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,307 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,410 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,387 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,686 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,452 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,436 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,371 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7,014 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 641 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10,524 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 963 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5,254 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 351 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,865 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3,398 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3,446 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3,836 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5,646 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6,196 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4,062 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4,294 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 331 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8,881 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7,303 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 455 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8,932 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 552 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8,950 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 651 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7,228 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 424 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5,993 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4,899 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5,128 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7,671 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 501 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5,797 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4,909 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5,561 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10,873 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6,671 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 444 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6,841 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 411 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4,746 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5,687 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4,123 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,934 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5,461 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5,530 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4,636 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4,011 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,906 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5,119 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8,076 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 545 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6,912 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 516 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5,428 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 384 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5,230 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3,414 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4,131 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4,823 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4,817 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3,714 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3,485 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4,474 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 393 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7,692 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6,345 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 457 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6,092 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 502 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4,246 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 328 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4,914 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 536 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4,130 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,958 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3,911 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6,106 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 553 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8,323 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,225 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 5,355 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 606 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 2,327 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 219 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

80k30k2026-09-14 22:00 — 53,893 players2026-09-15 22:00 — 53,257 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 40,673 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 41,061 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 54,212 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 58,395 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 38,864 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 38,253 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 37,963 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 36,372 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 39,198 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 50,025 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 54,434 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 36,892 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 35,653 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 36,392 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 37,732 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 41,335 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 54,897 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 63,696 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 47,311 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 45,957 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 45,805 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 45,343 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 48,469 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 58,535 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 66,224 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 46,903 players2026-10-13 12:00 — 45,985 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 44,363 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 49,766 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
77k216Nov 2013Aug 2026Nov 2013 — avg 412 · peak 1,021Mar 2014 — avg 679 · peak 1,871Jul 2014 — avg 442 · peak 821Nov 2014 — avg 394 · peak 771Mar 2015 — avg 647 · peak 1,865Jul 2015 — avg 641 · peak 1,165Nov 2015 — avg 468 · peak 1,119Mar 2016 — avg 599 · peak 1,057Jul 2016 — avg 656 · peak 1,289Nov 2016 — avg 507 · peak 955Mar 2017 — avg 558 · peak 1,042Jul 2017 — avg 613 · peak 1,362Nov 2017 — avg 603 · peak 1,338Mar 2018 — avg 540 · peak 982Jul 2018 — avg 1,184 · peak 2,175Nov 2018 — avg 757 · peak 1,583Mar 2019 — avg 865 · peak 1,880Jul 2019 — avg 868 · peak 1,760Nov 2019 — avg 1,617 · peak 3,081Mar 2020 — avg 1,183 · peak 2,191Jul 2020 — avg 1,178 · peak 2,022Nov 2020 — avg 2,756 · peak 5,310Mar 2021 — avg 2,065 · peak 4,630Jul 2021 — avg 3,576 · peak 5,839Nov 2021 — avg 4,959 · peak 7,306Mar 2022 — avg 15,729 · peak 24,407Jul 2022 — avg 20,422 · peak 29,114Nov 2022 — avg 21,051 · peak 37,926Mar 2023 — avg 29,922 · peak 46,293Jul 2023 — avg 28,756 · peak 41,075Nov 2023 — avg 27,987 · peak 47,193Mar 2024 — avg 24,594 · peak 39,119Jul 2024 — avg 24,543 · peak 36,435Nov 2024 — avg 25,707 · peak 43,004Mar 2025 — avg 23,310 · peak 37,687Jul 2025 — avg 22,438 · peak 34,038Nov 2025 — avg 22,030 · peak 36,944Mar 2026 — avg 26,167 · peak 42,490Jul 2026 — avg 29,950 · peak 86,205Aug 2026 — avg 76,861 · peak 124,506
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#29#352026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #292026-09-15 — #292026-09-16 — #312026-09-17 — #312026-09-18 — #312026-09-19 — #322026-09-20 — #322026-09-21 — #312026-09-22 — #312026-09-23 — #322026-09-24 — #322026-09-25 — #322026-09-26 — #322026-09-27 — #352026-09-28 — #322026-09-29 — #322026-09-30 — #332026-10-01 — #352026-10-02 — #332026-10-03 — #322026-10-04 — #322026-10-05 — #312026-10-06 — #312026-10-07 — #322026-10-08 — #322026-10-09 — #322026-10-10 — #332026-10-11 — #342026-10-12 — #312026-10-13 — #302026-10-14 — #30
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
5145142026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 207 new positive2026-09-15: 24 new negative2026-09-16: 193 new positive2026-09-16: 14 new negative2026-09-17: 165 new positive2026-09-17: 10 new negative2026-09-18: 139 new positive2026-09-18: 8 new negative2026-09-19: 173 new positive2026-09-19: 28 new negative2026-09-20: 166 new positive2026-09-20: 26 new negative2026-09-21: 185 new positive2026-09-21: 17 new negative2026-09-22: 307 new positive2026-09-22: 36 new negative2026-09-23: 186 new positive2026-09-23: 7 new negative2026-09-24: 160 new positive2026-09-24: 7 new negative2026-09-25: 151 new positive2026-09-25: 9 new negative2026-09-26: 177 new positive2026-09-26: 18 new negative2026-09-27: 182 new positive2026-09-27: 24 new negative2026-09-28: 206 new positive2026-09-28: 12 new negative2026-09-29: 203 new positive2026-09-29: 47 new negative2026-09-30: 175 new positive2026-09-30: 11 new negative2026-10-01: 182 new positive2026-10-01: 23 new negative2026-10-03: 224 new positive2026-10-03: 10 new negative2026-10-04: 261 new positive2026-10-04: 30 new negative2026-10-05: 300 new positive2026-10-05: 29 new negative2026-10-06: 514 new positive2026-10-06: 47 new negative2026-10-07: 245 new positive2026-10-07: 22 new negative2026-10-08: 261 new positive2026-10-08: 19 new negative2026-10-09: 217 new positive2026-10-09: 18 new negative2026-10-10: 240 new positive2026-10-10: 7 new negative2026-10-11: 303 new positive2026-10-11: 26 new negative2026-10-12: 243 new positive2026-10-12: 27 new negative2026-10-13: 247 new positive2026-10-13: 25 new negative2026-10-14: 219 new positive2026-10-14: 13 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$8.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $12.742015-06-11 — best price $11.992015-12-22 — best price $10.042016-10-28 — best price $10.492017-06-07 — best price $8.992017-11-22 — best price $8.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-07-10 — best price $14.992019-05-20 — best price $14.992019-10-14 — best price $10.492019-12-11 — best price $9.992020-08-14 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $10.042021-05-24 — best price $10.042021-09-13 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-08-01 — best price $13.992022-10-25 — best price $13.392023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $13.392023-10-25 — best price $13.392023-12-21 — best price $13.392024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $24.992026-09-07 — best price $24.992026-09-15 — best price $24.992026-09-23 — best price $24.992026-10-01 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.7k3622026-05-13 — 389 pageviews2026-05-17 — 408 pageviews2026-05-21 — 380 pageviews2026-05-25 — 583 pageviews2026-05-29 — 407 pageviews2026-06-02 — 504 pageviews2026-06-06 — 451 pageviews2026-06-10 — 403 pageviews2026-06-14 — 450 pageviews2026-06-18 — 432 pageviews2026-06-22 — 463 pageviews2026-06-26 — 505 pageviews2026-06-30 — 633 pageviews2026-07-04 — 678 pageviews2026-07-08 — 669 pageviews2026-07-12 — 594 pageviews2026-07-16 — 553 pageviews2026-07-20 — 543 pageviews2026-07-24 — 713 pageviews2026-07-28 — 821 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,258 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,417 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,197 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,118 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,503 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,142 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,236 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1,018 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1,064 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1,073 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,017 pageviews2026-09-14 — 918 pageviews2026-09-18 — 642 pageviews2026-09-22 — 738 pageviews2026-09-26 — 617 pageviews2026-09-30 — 717 pageviews2026-10-04 — 786 pageviews2026-10-08 — 756 pageviews2026-10-12 — 774 pageviews2026-10-13 — 709 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8.4k1.1k2026-09-30 22:34 — 4,050 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 5,111 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 7,540 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 2,158 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 4,145 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 2,438 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 5,124 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 2,434 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 5,668 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 4,549 viewers2026-10-05 10:12 — 2,086 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 5,152 viewers2026-10-06 02:12 — 2,625 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 4,043 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 7,643 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 4,280 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 5,586 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 2,011 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 5,948 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 2,227 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 3,743 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 1,629 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 7,836 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 2,051 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 4,614 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 6,302 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 3,825 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 4,247 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 2,281 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 5,466 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 1,752 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 4,215 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 3,927 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading Cards

24 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieSandboxZombiesBuildingCraftingSurvivalRealisticOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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