Infestation: The New Z

Free-to-play open-world zombie shooter built around looting and PvP

Fredaikis AB · Published by OP Productions LLC · Released Nov 22, 2016

Action Indie Massively Multiplayer RPG Free To Play

Reviews: Mixed; 54% of 34K
Recent reviews: Mixed; 65% of 29 in 30 days
Playing now: 97; peak 24h 120
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 1 month ago; Aug 19, 2026

What is Infestation: The New Z?

This free-to-play online zombie shooter is played in first or third person across large open-world maps. In Open World, Survival, and Competitive modes, players scavenge and craft, fight zombies and other players, complete missions, and contest territory alone or with others.

For you if...

+you want zombie survival with open-world PvP
+you enjoy scavenging, crafting, and character progression
+you prefer several online modes in one game

Not for you if...

−you dislike PvP competition while scavenging for loot
−you prefer short maps over large open worlds
−you want offline solo play

What players say

54% of 33,884 reviews are positive · 65% of 29 in the last 30 days

Players praise the PvP firefights, plentiful loot, and choice of modes. Common complaints cite sparsely populated or inaccessible servers, cheating, long travel between active areas, and bugs affecting vehicles and hit detection.

Screenshots and trailer

Infestation: The New Z system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 - SP1 64bit
Processor: AMD® A8 3870 3,6 Ghz or Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 3.1Ghz or better
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 465 / ATI Radeon TM HD 6870
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 15 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Third-party account: Infestation: The New Z (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 69
Steam features: Family Sharing, Trading cards, In-app purchases

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Vietnamese, Indonesian.