The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
User reviews:
Recent:
Mixed (71 reviews) - 46% of the 71 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
Overall:
Very Positive (17,013 reviews) - 86% of the 17,013 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 5 Nov, 2013

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Notice: The original State of Decay is no longer sold, but owners can buy DLC here. New customers should check out State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition
 

Reviews

“Decay belongs in the pantheon of great modern zombie games alongside Valve’s Left 4 Dead series and Telltale’s Walking Dead episodes.”
8.9 – IGN

“State of Decay is one of the most cohesive, terrifying and engaging open-world games I've ever played.”
8.5 – Polygon

“Few zombie games, for all their marketing power and visual sheen, can come close to providing what State of Decay does.”
8.5 – Destructoid

About This Game

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world. You choose where to make your stand, designing and fortifying your home base, performing daring raids for food and ammunition, and rescuing other playable survivors with unique talents.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: XP SP3
    • Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz (E6600) / Athlon X64 3400
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Radeon HD 2600 XT / GeForce 9600 GSO / Intel HD 3000
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 7
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 series or equivalent
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Radeon HD 4750 / GeForce GT 240 / Intel HD 4000
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
Customer reviews
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Recent:
Mixed (71 reviews)
Overall:
Very Positive (17,013 reviews)
Recently Posted
Swato85
164.2 hrs on record
Posted: 20 August
The game itself is good but the management is terrible. People bouth this game, and its dlcs, with all the bugs and other... because they trusted these guys and afterwards a patch rolls out and claims that if you want it, you must buy the game AGAIN. Unbelievable. If only you had done this earlier - reviews would be more appropriate and move somewhere between very negative and outright disappointing.

The game itself is interesting and I liked to play it, although its so linear :-( but this abuse spoils the overall feeling, heavily.
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ThatGiambalvoGuy
24.0 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
Yeah...Dont think I'm willing to burn away $30 for a game I already own. For those intersted who have NOT originally bought and played this game, State of Decay is actually a really fun game. For me it did a pretty damn good job at making it seem like you were actually survuving. Going out to scavange, ammo is sparse, there's permadeath, you have to build your base and maitain it. It felt like zombie survival. Sure it was buggy...really buggy at times but it was still fun. So after however long it's been since I've played it I figured I'd give it another play....only to find out that the game I have is garbage and have to buy it again in order to play it

This is terrible, this is a scam. You cant update the game and delete the original. What was so hard to just fix the actual game? So no. I'm not gonna rebuy the game I already own. For people who havent played it, I'd recommend it...for those who own the game...dont bother. You alrerady own this game
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Bludgeon
20.7 hrs on record
Posted: 17 August
It should be illegal to be as incompetent as the people who made this game.
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Cutter
37.1 hrs on record
Posted: 17 August
As everyone else mentioned the devs are slimeballs for trying to screw paying customers so don't ever consider supporting them. Hope State of Decay 2 fails horribly and they all go bankrupt for this reason alone!
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Lamaman
18.1 hrs on record
Posted: 17 August
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robochase6000
10.2 hrs on record
Posted: 16 August
The best zombie game since the original Resident Evil.
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Captain Custard
188.0 hrs on record
Posted: 15 August
Everythings coming up Millhouse :)
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crudedudey
2.2 hrs on record
Posted: 15 August
terrible game wont even work
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A. Jorb
11.3 hrs on record
Posted: 14 August
It wants me to sign in and play it every day or everyone dies because this is some facebook game stuff
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Vintage_Dougers
131.2 hrs on record
Posted: 12 August
Used to love this game. Bought a brand new beefed up gaming laptop, and now it doesn't run. Seems like the devs have stopped updating as well. Very disappointed.
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
85 of 107 people (79%) found this review helpful
17 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
0.2 hrs on record
Posted: 22 July
I bought this game twice, on Xbox and PC. And the Devs release an update for $30. Ok. Have fun losing a fan who supported you, and admired your work. I can't even play the game because this version doesn't work well, and I no longer have a working Xbox 360.
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28 of 34 people (82%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Not Recommended
0.7 hrs on record
Posted: 22 July
Wow, I've been waiting for a long time for this game to get to the point that I wanted/could play it. I bought it when it was very very early release because I wanted to support the developers vision and help great sounding games come to fruition. So now here I am thinking that the game has had enough time to develop and WOW, just WOW! What an incredibly sleazy move. $30 to buy a game "fixing" update? Well, lesson learned. No more early access for me. Thanks Undead Labs for ruining what should be a positive thing for the community. I hope you all feel really terrible for dumping on your fans; but I'm sure the money will help you forget. It sure will help me not forget. Great way to lose customers. Cheers!
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13 of 16 people (81%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Not Recommended
74.0 hrs on record
Posted: 23 July
1. Buy the game,
2. They fix a few bugs, and add Year One to the name.
3, then tells you if you want the fix's you have to rebuy the game.


I enjoyed the game but, i am not planning on buying anymore from them if this is how they treat their customers.
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27 of 43 people (63%) found this review helpful
9 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
1.1 hrs on record
Posted: 23 July
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13 of 17 people (76%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
1.3 hrs on record
Posted: 5 August
Pretty obvious by now why no one should ever buy anything from these people again.
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10 of 12 people (83%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
47.5 hrs on record
Posted: 21 July
Overall game is okay. But too many bugs and glitch and too much
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7 of 9 people (78%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Not Recommended
27.0 hrs on record
Posted: 28 July
Oh great. You left everyone who purchased the whole game and DLC's and decided to publish the updated version as a new game (YOSE) and sell it for a ♥♥♥♥ ton of money to force people to buy it again if they won't to have the game up to date. That's something a blood-sucking company such as EA would do.
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
24.0 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
Yeah...Dont think I'm willing to burn away $30 for a game I already own. For those intersted who have NOT originally bought and played this game, State of Decay is actually a really fun game. For me it did a pretty damn good job at making it seem like you were actually survuving. Going out to scavange, ammo is sparse, there's permadeath, you have to build your base and maitain it. It felt like zombie survival. Sure it was buggy...really buggy at times but it was still fun. So after however long it's been since I've played it I figured I'd give it another play....only to find out that the game I have is garbage and have to buy it again in order to play it

This is terrible, this is a scam. You cant update the game and delete the original. What was so hard to just fix the actual game? So no. I'm not gonna rebuy the game I already own. For people who havent played it, I'd recommend it...for those who own the game...dont bother. You alrerady own this game
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Not Recommended
131.2 hrs on record
Posted: 12 August
Used to love this game. Bought a brand new beefed up gaming laptop, and now it doesn't run. Seems like the devs have stopped updating as well. Very disappointed.
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3 of 5 people (60%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
11.3 hrs on record
Posted: 14 August
It wants me to sign in and play it every day or everyone dies because this is some facebook game stuff
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