Project Zomboid
BANGER · RPG · 2013 · Early Access
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $24.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.42/hr
- ReviewsS
- 94% of 492,131
- Genre rank
- Top 1% RPG
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 59h
- To 100%
- 433.1h 7.3x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 65 on record
- Typical cut
- 33% off
- Steam low
- $8.99 October 2014
- Sale every
- 56d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 60,271 now
- Recent reviews
- 92% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 98% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 65 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 33 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Miscreated ($29.99, scores 11) and Night of the Dead ($11.99, scores 49).
More about Project Zomboid
7 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written in August 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,872 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 2,272 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 10,653 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 59 hours; clearing it takes 433, which is 7.3 times the campaign.
492,131 reviews stand behind that percentage.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $16.74 (33% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
overall i give this game a 10/10 project zomboid is easily one of the best zombie survival games ever made. it doesn't hold your hand, and every decision matters. whether you're scavenging for food, fortifying a base, or simply trying to survive another day, the game constantly keeps you on the edge of your seat. every death feels like it was your own mistake you could have easily prevented, which makes surviving...
2 more reviews
"This is How You Died." (No, Seriously, You Will) Recommended | Playtime: 12 minutes in this life, 400 hours total Welcome to Project Zomboid, the only game where your ultimate cause of death will be "I opened a bathroom door" or "I tried to eat a bowl of soup while mildly depressed." If you are a new player looking at this game thinking, "Oh cool, a fun little zombie survival game where I can build a base and smash...
- Spawn in - Loot house - Loot next house - House alarm goes off - Panic - Run into neighbors house bathroom - Get absolutely ravaged by a horde of 20 zombies holding an orgy on the toilet - New Character I love this game.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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..
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Project Zomboid scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/108600/project-zomboidReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.