LifeZ - Survival

Survival· Simulation· Open World Survival Craft· Zombies

Early access since Mar 2018

LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.

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Steam Updated 11 Oct 2026 $9.99

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Evaluation

LifeZ - Survival entered Steam Early Access on March 29, 2018 and received a consistent stream of major content updates from the developer (iDs Games) across 2018, 2019, and 2020 — numbered updates covering new locations, quests, weapons, crafting systems, UI overhauls, and gameplay mechanics. The last confirmed developer communication was Update #17, published on December 31, 2020, which added a new Supermarket location with dungeons and the UCP (Unlimited Cave Production) respawn mechanic. Since December 31, 2020, the developer has posted nothing — no patch notes, no announcements, no development status updates. The game has remained in Early Access for the entirety of this silence, with no 1.0 release and no developer statement about whether development is continuing, paused, or concluded. This silence now spans more than five years. There is no evidence the game will receive further updates, but equally no formal statement that development has ended.

Evidence

Update #17 shipped, adding the Supermarket location with two dungeons and the UCP location-restart mechanic. This is the last known developer communication.

news post · Dec 31, 2020 source content shipped

high

Developer announced Update #17 was nearly ready, describing it as the result of approximately 6 months of work.

news post · Dec 25, 2020 source development ongoing

medium

Media

Details

Developer

iDs Games

Publisher

iDs Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows, Linux

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Survival Open World Survival Craft Zombies Simulation Action RPG Indie Early Access Base Building Sandbox Crafting Post-apocalyptic Top-Down Open World Third Person

About this game

"LifeZ - Survival" is a third-person sandbox-survival game, in which players build their hideouts, mine resources, collect food and water. As well as fight the zombies encountered.

You find yourself in a disaster zone. In the world where electricity, restaurants, medicine and home delivery still exist. Some go to work or school every day... but that's all on the other side of The Wall, one that was erected around the disaster zone, your new home. Your life is now in your hands. You must find a way to contact those on the other side and to get out of here, at any price. You must tell the rest of the world about the danger that hides inside the zone.

Cure features

Survive
Find water. Hunt for food or grow it. Make medical supplies.

Build
Build and improve your shelter, create workbenches to make better materials. Stockpile resources.

Craft
Craft weapons, armor, tools and other useful items. Use anything you can find. Over 100 items available for crafting.

Global Map
Discover multitude of locations, find various resources, fight mutants and other survivors.