Planned Release Date: Q4 2026

About This Game

Real Zombie Survivors is an intense 2D post-apocalyptic survivors-like and top-down arena shooter that blends fast-paced action with procedural world generation powered by real OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. Choose any location on the globe - your hometown, the streets of New York, Paris, or Tokyo - and face unstoppable zombie hordes in a dark, atmospheric night setting.

Play solo or team up with friends in Steam P2P co-op. Tactical positioning, map awareness, and squad synergy are vital - if even a single teammate falls, the entire team is defeated!

Key features of the game:
Real-world OpenStreetMap map generation- Play anywhere on Earth: The game engine pulls real-time data from OpenStreetMap (buildings, streets, sidewalks, water bodies, street names) and immediately generates a playable world complete with physical obstacles, 2D light occlusion, and navigation meshes.
- Tactical urban terrain: Narrow alleys, intersections, abandoned car wrecks, and trash/rubble barricades force continuous maneuvering and using urban architecture to funnel enemy hordes.

Unique character classes and active abilities- Soldier (DPS): Firearms specialist dealing high damage. Active skill: Combat Fury (massive temporary boost to movement speed and fire rate).
- Medic (Support): Crucial squad member deploying a Medkit healing circle to restore injured teammates during intense combat.
- Bodyguard (Tank): Heavy frontline defender with increased health, damage reduction, and a powerful knockback Shockwave.
- Engineer and Grenadier: Area control via automated defense turrets, damaging auras, and devastating fragmentation grenades.
- Dash: Every character has a dynamic dash with invulnerability frames (i-frames) to escape deadly traps in clutch moments.

Extensive arsenal and supply crates- Auto-firing and line-of-sight targeting: Primary weapons continuously fire at the nearest visible targets while accounting for terrain obstacles and building walls.
- 9 distinct secondary weapons: Discovered in weapon supply crates (including Auto Grenade, Ricochet Sawblade, Mortar Strike, Cryo Nova, Orbital Shield, Combat Drone, Flamethrower, Lightning Strike, Toxic Aura).
- Levels II-V: Each secondary weapon features a 5-tier upgrade tree that enhances damage, range, fire rate, and special effects.

Dual-layer progression system- In-run upgrades: Collect gold coins dropped by defeated zombies and immediately purchase stat upgrades (damage, speed, fire rate, projectile count, magnet radius, maximum health) in the side panel.
- Permanent meta-progression: Collect green crystals by slaying bosses, rescuing trapped civilians, and claiming achievements. Spend skill points across extensive class-specific skill trees in the main menu.

Technological support and map events- Combat robot airdrops: Dropships deliver devastating mechanical allies onto the battlefield: Goliath (heavy combat mech with pulse laser) and Tarantula (10,000 HP mega-tank fortress with a continuous lock-on laser beam).
- Civilian rescue missions: Randomized, timed rescue events on city streets rewarding players with valuable crystals upon successful extraction.
- Crate sonar radar: A 45-degree tactical scanning radar built into the interface to detect and locate ammo, health, weapon, and magnet supply crates.

Steam co-op and Sudden Death- Steam P2P multiplayer: Server lobby browser, public and private games, and direct friend invitations through the Steam overlay.
- True team survival: Cooperative matches feature Sudden Death - the death of any player instantly triggers defeat for the entire team, demanding close teamwork and mutual protection.

Atmospheric setting and dynamic lighting- Night atmosphere: True survival tension with limited visibility, player flashlights, and real-time shadows cast by building walls.
- Clean interface: Modern industrial UI featuring off-screen objective indicators, meta XP progress bar, and sonar readout.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

We used artificial intelligence to reduce production costs, i.e. localization and the creation of some graphics.