About This Game

ONE LANDING ZONE. SEVEN AREAS. ONE WAY HOME.

A helicopter sets your squad down at the edge of a ruined suburb, then lifts off. Between that pad and the heart of the city lie seven zombie-infested areas, a map full of living hives, and a horde that never stops coming.

At the end of the line you arm a detonator under the biggest hive in town. There is no second helipad. The same chopper returns to the same landing zone, and you have to run every step of the way back with the horde on your heels. Extract and you bank what you earned. Fall, and you keep only a fraction.

THE RUN: SEVEN AREAS, SEVEN PROBLEMS

From a quiet cul-de-sac through a park, a school, a strip mall and an industrial yard, every area asks for something different:

• Destroy living hives that breathe, swell and burst apart when they die
  
• Hold defend points while the horde closes in from every side
  
• Break through blockades by guarding a laser cutter while it burns through the barrier
  
• Power up a substation, haul fuel to a generator and finish radio contracts
  
• Search bags, trunks and bins, crack sealed bonus rooms and track down hidden radio logs

Night runs, fog, rain and storms change what you can see from the next corner.

A HORDE WITH A DIRECTOR

Walkers are only the start. Brutes charge, Apex zombies slam the ground and summon crawlers, and Spitters, Bloaters, Screamers and Looters keep every fight from settling into a routine. Zombies climb, crawl in through gaps and pile up over walls to reach you. An AI director paces each run with quiet stretches, surging waves and a finale that swarms the whole pad.

The Brood Mother waits at the last hive.

FOUR CLASSES, ONE SQUAD

Gunner, Tank, Engineer and Medic are all open from level 1. Each has a passive, a signature trait, skill tracks you level up during a run, and a field ability on its own key.

• Gunner: chain kills to build Momentum and take hives apart faster
  
• Tank: soak hits and pull zombies off teammates who are down
  
• Engineer: run sentries and crates, and service your squad's gear
  
• Medic: revive faster, heal the squad and keep everyone on their feet

A KIT FOR EVERY PROBLEM

Thirty-four firearms, from sidearms to belt-fed machine guns, all unlocked by leveling up. On top of that, pick a Field Kit for each run:

• Lawnmower: a minigun for a timed burst
  
• Sixpack: a six-shot grenade launcher
  
• Creeping Barrage: throw red smoke and five mortar shells walk away from you along your throw line
  
• Kestrel: steer a missile through its nose camera
  
• Jack-in-the-Box, Arc Line, Turncoat Dart and a deployable Sentry turret

Drop ammo, grenade, armor and med crates. Throw a Reinforcement Flare and a transport chopper puts every fallen squadmate back on the ground.

PROGRESSION THAT RUNS DEEP

Level from 1 to 100 and earn Reputation for every objective, kill and extraction. Reputation buys depth, not access. Spend it on:

• Conditioning: a permanent skill tree of 111 nodes across seven branches, with no cap on how far you can take it
  
• The Officers' Club: fifteen expensive, powerful perks that open at level 50
  
• Squad Drills: permanent upgrades for your AI squad
  
• Tours of Duty: re-enlist at level 100 and start the climb again with your purchases intact

Five difficulty tiers, from Recruit to Exodus, plus Hardcore runs, self-imposed Oaths and weekly Standing Orders keep the run fresh.

SQUAD UP, OR GO IN WITH BOTS

• 1-16 player online co-op over Steam: Quick Match, a squad browser, join codes and Steam friend invites
  
• Public, Friends Only or Invite Only squads, with mid-run joining when the host allows it
  
• Voice chat (voice activation or push-to-talk) and text chat, with per-player mute, Steam block support, a chat filter and host kick
  
• Smart pings, a comm wheel, teammate outlines, automatic special callouts and emotes
  
• Solo: go in alone, or take a three-soldier AI squad that fights, revives and extracts with you
  
• Leaderboards for fastest runs and highest levels

LEARN IT, PRACTICE IT

A Firing Range with every zombie type and the full loadout on tap, first-run hints and an in-game Field Manual, subtitles, color-blind modes, a camera shake slider, hold-or-toggle input, and controller support with aim assist.

ALPHA 0.1: WHAT TO EXPECT

Dead Exodus is in Early Access. This first release is one complete, playable map. Expect rough edges: music and much of the voice work are still on the way, so some lines appear as subtitles only, and some animations and models are still being replaced. More maps, more guns and deeper squad options are planned, shaped by what you tell us. Nothing here is a promise of a date.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

AI Disclosure:

This game was made with the help of Artificial Intelligence LLM Models. The studio takes transparency seriously, so if the community would like to ask questions, get clarity, or voice concerns over this, please reach out to the development team on our Discord or launch website.