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System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8250U / AMD Ryzen 5 5500 or better
- Memory: 10 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1050 / AMD 500 Series or better
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*languages with full audio support
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About This Game
Survive in The Dark Forest, a zombie-infested woodland. Upgrade your weapons, gather resources, and withstand brutal, blood-soaked waves in first-person combat — alone or in co-op with up to 4 players.
Detailed Description
Co-op zombie survival focused on physical base building, nighttime stealth, and gore with dismemberment. Explore to gather resources, raise defenses, and coordinate to protect your area while smart AI hordes look for ways to break through. At night you’ll see little—and noise gives you away.
Gameplay Loop
Explore & gather: obtain wood, stone, and metal from trees, rocks, metal nodes, and bushes to craft and upgrade.
Build & reinforce: place walls and barriers piece by piece with visible damage (cracks) and physical collapse when destroyed.
Defend & survive: focus on melee combat (firearms available), use stealth, and manage light/sound.
Repair & upgrade between attacks to endure the next night.
AI & Threat
Zombies have auditory perception (noise attracts) and reduced vision in darkness.
In Horde mode, the AI attacks intelligently, re-evaluates routes, and targets weak points in your defenses to open a path toward your area.
Gore & dismemberment: zombies can lose limbs, be decapitated, and crawl when mutilated; blood and remains may persist.
Building & Destruction
Piece-by-piece placement with clear damage feedback (cracks) and physics-based collapse.
Resource gathering is limited to trees, rocks, metal nodes, and bushes (currently you cannot dismantle other world structures).
Progression & Objectives
Improve defenses, paths, and team coordination.
Main goal: protect the area and survive as many nights as possible.
Modes & Multiplayer
Online co-op (PvE).
Horde mode with increasing pressure.
Exploration for resource gathering and expanding defenses.
Standout Features
Permanent night: light and sound are the core gameplay.
Systemic gore that changes zombie behavior when they’re mutilated.
Physical construction with real collapse and clear damage readability.
Horde AI that intelligently exploits your weaknesses.
Length & Replayability
Rising difficulty with high replay value through routes, base layouts, and team decisions. Dynamic AI and noise generate different situations each run.
Accessibility & Performance
Designed for many active zombies thanks to optimizations (pooling and LOD).
Key Features
🛠️ Physical defenses with collapse and visible cracks.
🔨 Wood/stone/metal gathering from trees, rocks, metal nodes, and bushes.
😱 Advanced gore: dismemberment and viscera; zombies can crawl without legs.
🧠 Smart horde AI: re-evaluates routes and strikes weak points.
🌙 Eternal night: stealth, flashlight, and visibility/noise management.
🤝 Online co-op (PvE).
⚔️ Melee-focused combat (firearms available).