Night of the Dead

Open-world zombie survival crafting with nightly tower-defense hordes

Jackto Studios · Released May 31, 2024

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 77% of 12K
Recent reviews: Mixed; 62% of 32 in 30 days
Playing now: 78; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 11 months ago; Oct 13, 2025

What is Night of the Dead?

An open-world zombie survival game where you gather resources, craft equipment, explore varied biomes and hidden dungeons, and build an automated fortress against nightly hordes. Play alone or with others while fighting different zombie types and uncovering the island’s secrets.

For you if...

+you enjoy building trap-filled bases against nightly zombie waves
+you want open-world crafting alone or with friends
+you prefer demanding survival games with adjustable difficulty

Not for you if...

−you dislike gathering resources and maintaining elaborate defenses
−you want relaxed survival without recurring nighttime attacks
−you prefer short, linear levels over open-world progression

What players say

77% of 11,884 reviews are positive · 62% of 32 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the deep base building, trap systems, and mix of open-world survival with nightly horde defense, especially in co-op. Common complaints describe janky combat, weak companion AI, bugs, crashes, and save or server problems. Many also say it feels unfinished and overpriced because the developers have moved to another project.

Screenshots and trailer

Night of the Dead system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-8100
Graphics: Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 960
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 40 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 80
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Turkish, Polish, Hungarian.