Project Zomboid
The Indie Stone
Knowledge of heating, moodles, and TV schedules is the skill.
What kind of game is it?
Systemic survival: you will die, then you will die more specifically. Multiplayer exists; the fantasy is a grim Kentucky.
Who is it for?
For players who want a survival save they already know will end.
You have Project Zomboid and nobody to play with?
Send a link to your friends. You see who already owns it, and the other multiplayer games you all have.
- Loop
- Exploring a map
- Sessions
- Long sessions
- Progression
- A world that stays
- Players
- Solo or co-op
- Structure
- Sandbox
- Tone
- Tense · Brutal
Game DNA
What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.
- Progression80
Estimate
- Social55
Estimate
Key Steam facts
Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.
2013-11-08
Checked 17 Aug 2026.
Steam positive percent.
Checked 13 Sept 2026.
Checked 13 Sept 2026.
How many people play Project Zomboid?
Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.
Steam reviews × 25 to 55.
Copies × current price × 50–80% (sales, regional prices). Before Steam's cut, refunds and tax.
Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.
Peak that month: 124,506.
Half of 300 recent reviewers played 23–207.5 h. 2% under 2 h.
Players over time
Where the players are
Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.
- English40%
- Russian11%
- Spanish (Spain)11%
- Simplified Chinese9%
- Portuguese (Brazil)8%
- French4%
Project Zomboid players also play
Games played for more than an hour in 41 public Steam libraries of recent reviewers. Each one is played by at least 4 of these players and is more common here than across all libraries we read (× how much).
- Jump Space10% · ×10.9
- Sven Co-op15% · ×4.3
- Don't Starve Together39% · ×1.7
- Garry's Mod44% · ×1.6
- No Man's Sky27% · ×2
- Company of Heroes 215% · ×3.2
- Fallout Shelter17% · ×2.6
- Inside the Backrooms10% · ×4.9
- Factorio15% · ×2.9
- Insurgency15% · ×2.8
Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026
What makes it different?
The moodle/need systems are the game. Action highlights are rare on purpose.
Core mechanics
How it scores
The fantasy: Survival and Mastery. Our scores out of 100, separate from Steam reviews.
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Related games
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Related rankings
Store price checked 13 Sept 2026.
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