Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

Early access since Apr 2025

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

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Evaluation

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days launched into Early Access on April 9, 2025 and has received a rapid, sustained stream of major content updates. By August 2026, PikPok had shipped 13 numbered Early Access updates, adding substantial systems including survivor relationships and morale, a traders system, new escape plans (Spill Zone, Heart of Darkness, Airlift), multiple waves of survivor missions, skill trees, overhauled combat mechanics, and numerous new characters, locations, and weapons. On August 18, 2026, PikPok published an announcement confirming the game will officially leave Early Access and launch as version 1.0 in March 2027. The post explicitly states there is still work remaining before that milestone, and that updates will continue until all roadmap items are completed. Update #14 (Survivor Missions IV) is already confirmed and releasing on August 25, 2026 — the day after today's assessment. The 1.0 launch will also bring the game to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Epic Games Store, and GeForce NOW. The game remains in Early Access with a clear, active development path toward its confirmed 1.0 release in March 2027.
Evidence
PikPok officially announced the game will leave Early Access and launch as version 1.0 in March 2027, with further updates continuing until all roadmap items are complete. Console releases (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2), Epic Games Store, and GeForce NOW versions also confirmed for 2027.
news post · Aug 18, 2026 source content planned
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Update #14 (Survivor Missions IV) announced, scheduled to release on August 25, 2026 — confirming additional content is still shipping during Early Access.
news post · Aug 12, 2026 source content planned
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Boltray Games (China)
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days is a side-scrolling shelter survival game that tasks you with guiding a desperate group of zombie apocalypse survivors to safety. Craft weapons, scavenge resources, balance your group’s needs, and try to get everyone out of danger alive.


Texas, 1980. Walton City is a sprawling, coastal metropolis in the grip of a scorching heatwave and crippling economic crisis. Everything changes when an unstoppable zombie outbreak reaches US shores. Walton City is soon overrun by hordes of the undead, the few remaining survivors cut off from any chance of outside help. Forced to band together, these everyday people must chase their only chance of survival by escaping the city.

  • Gather a group of ordinary people who have been left shaken by the sudden zombie outbreak that has devastated their city.

  • Establish upgradable shelters to house your survivors and protect them from the zombie threat — but remember that no barriers can keep them out forever.

  • Keep moving from refuge to refuge to stay one step ahead of the encroaching zombie hordes. Every night, your barricades will be under their relentless attack. And if they break through, your survivors will pay the price.

  • Balance the physical needs of the group, like Hunger or Exhaustion, as well as psychological needs like Despair. Heal survivors from injuries like Broken Ribs and try to manage traumas like Nightmares.

  • Creep through the remains of Walton City to scavenge precious resources, risking the life of each survivor as they encounter both zombie and human threats. Stealth is key to survival.

  • Choose whether to run from a fight or engage in brutal combat with whatever weapons you can find or craft. Not everyone is a natural fighter, but desperate people will do anything to survive.

  • Convince others to join your group or cut them down and claim their resources as your own.

  • Test your humanity as you make tough decisions on who will live, who will die, and who will be left behind.

  • Inhabit the rich and atmospheric cityscape of Walton City, the once-bustling metropolis now an eerie ruin swarming with zombies.

  • Craft tools, weapons, and shelter upgrades to better equip your survivors for the struggles ahead, or give them a moment of comfort and familiarity in their dangerous new world.

  • Encounter a varying world which makes sure that every playthrough is a new experience.

Last evaluated Aug 24, 2026
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