Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning
Fair · Narrative · 2018
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $0.79. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.1h 4.5h to 100%
- Value
- $0.38/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 1,033 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Join Hank and Larry, two small defenseless animals, as they manipulate their way through the zombie apocalypse. Meet various characters and get them to scavenge for you while guiding them to "safety." Make life-or-death decisions, bargain, manage inventory, trade, and gamble.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 256mb Video Memory, capable of Shader Model 2.0+, 1.5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
87 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 84 percent off across all of them, roughly 4 weeks apart. Today's $0.79 at 84 percent off still sits 61 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Value puts it in the top 13 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Death and Taxes ($1.68, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1) ($19.99, scores 0).
More about Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning
This site sampled 215 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 2.1 hours; clearing it takes 5, which is 2.1 times the campaign.
The drop-off
30% start to 6% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning is one of the weirdest zombie games out there, and honestly, that's exactly what makes it charming. Instead of fighting hordes of zombies yourself, you play as a retired rabbit salesman who manipulates other survivors into doing dangerous tasks for him while he stays safely out of harm's way. The entire concept feels absurd, but the game fully leans into its dark...
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Cite this score
Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/813540/scheming-through-the-zombie-apocalypse-the-beginningReviews 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 Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.