Zafehouse: Diaries
Turn-based zombie survival strategy built around a divided survivor group
Screwfly Studios · Released Sep 6, 2013
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 67% of 339
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- 13 years ago
- Oct 23, 2013
What is Zafehouse: Diaries?
A single-player, text-based management game about leading five survivors to safety in an abandoned town. You assign tasks and negotiate, trade, or fight with outsiders while avoiding the undead. Each survival attempt unfolds through diary entries that record your choices and their consequences.
For you if...
- +you enjoy slow, board-game-like planning rather than direct action
- +you want to create custom survivors with built-in editors
Not for you if...
- −you prefer forgiving difficulty and predictable outcomes
- −you want visual storytelling without much reading
What players say
67% of 339 reviews are positive
Players praise how randomized survivors and towns make playthroughs differ. They criticize seemingly arbitrary losses and survivor infighting that can feel difficult to control.
Screenshots and trailer
Zafehouse: Diaries system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 0.4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Zafehouse: Diaries?
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- OS
- Windows XP / Vista / 7
- Processor
- Dual-core 1.8GHz or equivalent processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 379 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Zafehouse: Diaries have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Zafehouse: Diaries run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Not supported on SteamOS
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 12
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Zafehouse: Diaries use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Strategy
- Simulation
- Indie
- Zombies
- RPG
- Survival
- Turn-Based
- Singleplayer
- Post-apocalyptic
- Sandbox
- Difficult
- Text-Based
- Roguelike
Recent updates
- Oct 23, 2013 · [v1.2.3] Patch notes
