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The Idle Undead

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The Idle Undead

The Idle Undead is an Idle Clicker game set in a Zombie Apocalypse - Upgrade a base, recruit survivors, play minigames to boost your damage!

Action Casual Strategy Free To Play
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Overview

The Idle Undead is an Idle Clicker game set in a Zombie Apocalypse!

Click to defeat enemies, get loot and cash and spend it to upgrade your base and recruit survivors to help you in your survival.

Gameplay

The Idle Undead is a clicker game where you recruit survivors and purchase various upgrades to progress, You start by clicking on the screen to earn points, that you spend to recruit fellow survivors to defeat the enemies around you!

Enemies drop various rewards, such as XP and Resources you put towards levelling up to unlock new areas and upgrades, with more advanced features unlocking the further you progress.

Minigames - Play fun small minigames to give a boost to your damage and defeat the zombies faster!

Recruit Survivors - You can level up your base with various upgrades to help you in-game!

Cards - Open crates dropped after bosses to earn cards, These cards provide an effect when used and are then destroyed, You can strategize when to use these to help you in difficult situations

Unlock Skills - Progress through the game and unlock Skills to help you fight back, Unlock cool mechanics to make the Idle gameplay more fun as you play!

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GAME DEMO OUT NOW! 2025 Update - Full Revamp! Weekly Update - 30th August 2023
System requirements Windows · Linux

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10/11+
  • Processor: Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GT 710 or Greater
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: With 30 FPS Limit

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10/11+
  • Processor: Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 1050 Ti or Greater
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

Linux

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: SteamOS 3 / Fedora
  • Processor: Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: RX 550 or Greater
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: With 30 FPS Limit

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: SteamOS 3 / Fedora
  • Processor: Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: RX 570 or Greater
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Tested on Fedora 37, and SteamOS 3 on a Steam Deck
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
OLIVERJM GAMES
Brazilian rating
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Steam Germany rating
0
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Save Anytime, Touch Only Option, Steam Cloud, Stats, Family Sharing
Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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custom volume controls mouse only option touch only option save anytime
Structured language support (1)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
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Early Access Abandoned

Time in EA
193 days
Updates
10

Update Timeline

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Freshness: stale
Observed Nov 11, 2026 06:04 UTC
Meaningful updates
2
Last 365 days
Last meaningful update
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[h3][i]Small Demo Update:[/i][/h3][p][i]Saves are now saved in the demo instead of being wiped, feel free to play the demo as much as you'd like! You can also now play with touch input only. There's also now a Native Linux build![/i][/p][p][/p][p][b]The demo is out now, stop read…

Oct 20, 2026 at 17:53 UTC Community Announcements By oliverjm medium update proxy (inferred) External source
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[h2]Hey it's been a.... while![/h2][p]The last post here was in 2023, which was a while ago, Here's what happened![/p][list][*][p]I was pretty busy with University and generally had a lot going on[/p][/*][*][p]The original version of the game was started in college and didn't hav…

Nov 17, 2025 at 23:02 UTC Community Announcements By oliverjm large update proxy (inferred) External source
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Hello! Welcome to another Weekly Update, Before we start next week’s goals will be the same as this week's! Today I’ll show the progress I’ve made in remaking the game’s HUD! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42308729/327faf1c0bd8d311d19c7402dca27a3962be1006.png[/img] Here’s the concept I…

Aug 29, 2023 at 23:25 UTC Community Announcements By OliverMacdona1d medium update proxy (inferred) External source
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Is this a Weekly Update?? oh… must have forgotten about that part, sorry! Welcome back to another “Weekly” update which if not for my massive general laziness problem, would be an accurate title. This last week I worked on adding Themes to The Idle Undead which currently only app…

Aug 23, 2023 at 00:09 UTC Community Announcements By OliverMacdona1d medium update proxy (inferred) External source
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Hi there! Last week I planned to work on a remake of the Save Management System, Continue Work on the Settings Menu and do additional work on the Background Remake (I won’t be talking about that last one still, Big Secret) To quickly get one of the 2 out of the way, I finished mo…

Aug 08, 2023 at 00:36 UTC Community Announcements By OliverMacdona1d medium update proxy (inferred) External source
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[b]Hello there![/b] This is the first of hopefully many weekly updates on the development of the games I’m working on, as well as general stuff! So far… the only game I’m working on right now is The Idle Undead, So let’s talk about that! These weekly updates will release every Mo…

Jul 31, 2023 at 21:24 UTC Community Announcements By OliverMacdona1d medium update proxy (inferred) External source
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[h1]Introduction[/h1] I keep delaying writing these dev updates, so they are not really as monthly as they should be… But hopefully, I’m going to write these more frequently now, despite saying this every other update. A lot has been added since the last update though! [h1]Notice…

Apr 24, 2023 at 02:54 UTC Community Announcements By OliverMacdona1d medium update proxy (inferred) External source
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Hey there! This month i've been pretty busy but i've managed to work on the cards system quite a lot over the past few days among other things! Recently i've made the decision to make the "Cards" i've been talking about for a while "Skill Cards", and making all the other upgrades…

Jan 23, 2023 at 00:41 UTC Community Announcements By OliverMacdona1d_ Games medium update proxy (inferred) External source
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Hey there! Quick Update to say I've released the first trailer for The Idle Undead! Currently this trailer is based from the 0.0.13 version, So it doesn't include some newer features like Cards and such yet! I plan to make trailers every few versions (I make around 1 version / mo…

Jan 04, 2023 at 15:49 UTC Community Announcements By OliverMacdona1d_ Games small update proxy (inferred) External source
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Plans for 2023

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[h2]Firstly, Happy new year![/h2] I started development on The Idle Undead near the end of 2021, So this month will mark a year and 2 months probably that i’ve been working on the game! Last year I had some trouble with getting the motivation to work on the game and combined with…

Jan 01, 2023 at 01:42 UTC Community Announcements By OliverMacdona1d_ Games medium update proxy (inferred) External source
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Idle Undead free to play?
Yes, The Idle Undead is free to play on Steam.
What genre is The Idle Undead?
The Idle Undead is a Action, Casual, Strategy, Free To Play game.
Who developed The Idle Undead?
The Idle Undead was developed by OLIVERJM GAMES and published by OLIVERJM GAMES.
What platforms does The Idle Undead support?
Available on Steam for Windows, Linux.