Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Released Jun 2014
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
89% positive · 2,434 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now launched on June 4, 2014 and has been maintained by its solo developer over the years with occasional patches. On February 23, 2021, the developer explicitly called out a "final Splatter patch," reflecting on the game with fondness and musing briefly about a possible sequel someday — but making no concrete announcements. After that, a small follow-up crash-fix patch shipped on March 23, 2021. Then, somewhat unexpectedly, the developer returned on June 7, 2024 to ship one more update adding a framerate cap option, a crash fix, a weapon balance tweak, and Korean localization. This June 2024 patch is the most recent communication and content delivery from the developer. The game's only DLC is a soundtrack pack released on February 29, 2020. No unreleased DLC exists, no roadmap or future content has been announced, and the developer's own communications frame these as maintenance and wrap-up patches rather than the beginning of a new content cycle. The game launched as a complete, fully featured product and has never had a structured post-launch content cadence. It is a finished game.
Evidence
Developer explicitly calls this 'the final Splatter patch,' reflects on the game's story and content with pride, and mentions a sequel only as a distant, uncommitted possibility.
Developer says 'This is the last update. Really now.' — reinforcing the development_ending signal from NEWS-1.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Untold Tales
Achievements
36
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this game
Splatter is a top-down-shooter with a film-noir-singleplayer-campaign. Fight against all kinds of monsters hordes with a huge arsenal of weapons, all with top of the line physics-based splatter effects and destructible level environments.
Meet interesting characters, accomplish dozens of side quests, engage boss fights and upgrade your weapons.
The zombies fear light, so use your flashlight strategically to create breathing space in battles and to expose hidden weaknesses of your enemies. Explore the surroundings to find new weapons, resources and secret areas. Spend the money you collect to upgrade your guns and unlock new weapon features and discover the best tactics against the variety of monsters.
The story mode spans 16 levels with fully voiced NPCs and dialogs and animated cutscenes.
Try to beat the Highscores in the Survival Mode or gather up to 4 friends in front of your computer to co-op against the horde.
Meet interesting characters, accomplish dozens of side quests, engage boss fights and upgrade your weapons.
The zombies fear light, so use your flashlight strategically to create breathing space in battles and to expose hidden weaknesses of your enemies. Explore the surroundings to find new weapons, resources and secret areas. Spend the money you collect to upgrade your guns and unlock new weapon features and discover the best tactics against the variety of monsters.
The story mode spans 16 levels with fully voiced NPCs and dialogs and animated cutscenes.
Try to beat the Highscores in the Survival Mode or gather up to 4 friends in front of your computer to co-op against the horde.
Key Features
- Topdown shooter with challenging fights against all kinds of zombies and monsters
- Film-noire-singleplayer-campaign with fully voiced dialogs, cutscenes, bosses, vehicles and side missions
- Lights and Shadows add a tactical layer to the battles
- A destructible environment to shatter, with occasional resources hidden inside
- Upgradeable weapons gain new qualities and features with each level
- Arcade game modes with online leaderboards pit you against your friends' scores
- Local multiplayer for upto 4 players with controllers, mice, keyboards... whatever you got there, you can use it
- And lots of action, of course
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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