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Project Zomboid

The Indie Stone · 2013-11-08

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

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 an Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access game released in 2013, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive reviewLabel (94% of 470225 reviews).

100,725
playing now
94%
positive of 477k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11,682
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
IGDB user rating (216 ratings)
32h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

100,725 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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
  • · 100,725 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 43,115 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5,389/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 17,871 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19M–38M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 476,717 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 10 of 16 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11k11k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek 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: 1,977 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 345 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

124k43k2026-08-06 16:00 — 91,518 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 51,808 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 93,799 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 86,613 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 89,378 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 124,047 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 54,431 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 84,673 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 92,574 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 49,988 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 80,923 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 71,122 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 63,897 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 89,875 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 63,273 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 85,138 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 115,198 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 51,550 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 86,849 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 73,111 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 64,649 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 91,181 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 49,324 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 74,128 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 87,844 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 60,606 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 99,481 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 90,374 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 63,323 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 91,319 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 48,573 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 73,875 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 75,626 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 42,680 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 68,670 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 72,441 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 65,164 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 99,609 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 69,869 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 100,725 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#17#552026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #552026-08-07 — #552026-08-08 — #552026-08-09 — #552026-08-10 — #552026-08-11 — #552026-08-12 — #172026-08-13 — #172026-08-14 — #192026-08-15 — #192026-08-16 — #182026-08-17 — #182026-08-18 — #182026-08-19 — #192026-08-20 — #202026-08-21 — #212026-08-22 — #212026-08-23 — #212026-08-24 — #212026-08-25 — #212026-08-26 — #222026-08-27 — #232026-08-28 — #232026-08-29 — #232026-08-30 — #26
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
4354352026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 425 new positive2026-08-07: 94 new negative2026-08-08: 434 new positive2026-08-08: 197 new negative2026-08-09: 435 new positive2026-08-09: 77 new negative2026-08-10: 411 new positive2026-08-10: 17 new negative2026-08-11: 406 new positive2026-08-11: 9 new negative2026-08-12: 322 new positive2026-08-12: 33 new negative2026-08-14: 324 new positive2026-08-14: 38 new negative2026-08-15: 336 new positive2026-08-15: 36 new negative2026-08-16: 367 new positive2026-08-16: 35 new negative2026-08-17: 404 new positive2026-08-17: 33 new negative2026-08-18: 374 new positive2026-08-18: 51 new negative2026-08-19: 345 new positive2026-08-19: 41 new negative2026-08-20: 302 new positive2026-08-20: 23 new negative2026-08-21: 300 new positive2026-08-21: 23 new negative2026-08-22: 333 new positive2026-08-22: 39 new negative2026-08-23: 321 new positive2026-08-23: 35 new negative2026-08-24: 319 new positive2026-08-24: 26 new negative2026-08-25: 301 new positive2026-08-25: 26 new negative2026-08-26: 262 new positive2026-08-26: 43 new negative2026-08-27: 291 new positive2026-08-27: 133 new negative2026-08-28: 245 new positive2026-08-28: 49 new negative2026-08-29: 325 new positive2026-08-29: 34 new negative2026-08-30: 302 new positive2026-08-30: 21 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$8.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $12.742015-05-21 — best price $8.992015-10-02 — best price $11.992016-01-28 — best price $8.992016-10-28 — best price $10.492017-01-30 — best price $10.042017-10-26 — best price $11.992017-12-12 — best price $8.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-07-02 — best price $8.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-06-05 — best price $11.992019-10-14 — best price $10.492019-11-28 — best price $9.992020-05-18 — best price $14.992020-10-24 — best price $10.042020-12-22 — best price $10.042021-04-16 — best price $11.242021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-10-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $13.392022-08-26 — best price $13.392022-11-22 — best price $13.392023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $13.392023-07-11 — best price $19.992023-10-30 — best price $13.392023-12-21 — best price $13.392024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-09-18 — best price $19.992024-11-18 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-06-02 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.8k3622026-05-13 — 389 pageviews2026-05-16 — 408 pageviews2026-05-19 — 362 pageviews2026-05-22 — 382 pageviews2026-05-25 — 583 pageviews2026-05-28 — 449 pageviews2026-05-31 — 525 pageviews2026-06-03 — 501 pageviews2026-06-06 — 451 pageviews2026-06-09 — 515 pageviews2026-06-12 — 507 pageviews2026-06-15 — 460 pageviews2026-06-18 — 432 pageviews2026-06-21 — 474 pageviews2026-06-24 — 412 pageviews2026-06-27 — 529 pageviews2026-06-30 — 633 pageviews2026-07-03 — 558 pageviews2026-07-06 — 839 pageviews2026-07-09 — 648 pageviews2026-07-12 — 594 pageviews2026-07-15 — 470 pageviews2026-07-18 — 528 pageviews2026-07-21 — 514 pageviews2026-07-24 — 713 pageviews2026-07-27 — 756 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1,353 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,440 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,417 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1,349 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,257 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,093 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,503 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,164 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1,238 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,236 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

29k1.7k2026-08-16 16:12 — 12,401 viewers2026-08-17 04:12 — 20,101 viewers2026-08-17 16:12 — 6,083 viewers2026-08-18 04:12 — 8,268 viewers2026-08-18 16:12 — 8,969 viewers2026-08-19 04:12 — 13,515 viewers2026-08-19 21:12 — 12,372 viewers2026-08-20 09:12 — 7,181 viewers2026-08-20 21:12 — 6,587 viewers2026-08-21 09:12 — 9,871 viewers2026-08-22 02:12 — 13,395 viewers2026-08-22 14:12 — 3,736 viewers2026-08-23 02:12 — 15,603 viewers2026-08-23 14:12 — 7,745 viewers2026-08-24 02:12 — 2,600 viewers2026-08-24 14:12 — 15,360 viewers2026-08-25 02:12 — 15,804 viewers2026-08-25 14:12 — 7,618 viewers2026-08-26 06:12 — 2,840 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 24,770 viewers2026-08-27 03:12 — 4,565 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 6,018 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 8,543 viewers2026-08-28 07:12 — 1,925 viewers2026-08-28 13:12 — 3,373 viewers2026-08-28 21:12 — 7,677 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 2,726 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 9,538 viewers2026-08-29 23:12 — 8,958 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 7,645 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 13,529 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 11,682 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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