Project Zomboid
Project Zomboid is The Indie Stone's zombie survival sandbox, played solo or on self-hosted or community multiplayer servers rather than a single persistent shared world.
Platform availability
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- Status
- Early Access
- Business model
- Buy-to-play
- Genre
- Online survival sandbox
- Release
- —
- Platforms
- WindowsPlayStation
- Developer
- The Indie Stone
- Publisher
- Not yet verified
- Profile
- Full
MMO DNA
A visual fingerprint built from MMOFinder’s current verified catalog fields—not a review score.
PvE zombie survival is the primary focus, with optional PvP on multiplayer servers
Solo survival is fully supported alongside multiplayer servers
Base-fortifying and deep survival crafting make this a strong sandbox signal
Real-time survival combat is recorded
Not a persistent MMO
- Project Zomboid is a session-based multiplayer game — matches are short, instanced rounds, not a persistent shared world.
- It's catalogued here as "Online survival sandbox" — a related but distinct genre from the persistent-world MMOs this site otherwise covers.
- It's included in this directory because it's commonly searched for by people trying to figure out whether it counts as an MMO — this page exists to give you a straight answer.
Things to consider
- Still technically in early access after more than a decade of development, with no confirmed 1.0 release date.
- The permadeath, no-hand-holding design is intentionally unforgiving — a single bite or bad decision can end a long survival run, which won't suit players wanting a more casual experience.
- The recent Build 42 transition broke old Build 41 saves, so returning players need to start fresh or specifically opt into a legacy branch.
- Multiplayer servers on the new build required follow-up patches (42.20.1/42.20.2) to address performance and stability issues after the map size roughly doubled.
- The game's complexity and lack of tutorials mean new players face a real learning curve before they understand its many interlocking survival systems.
Research record
- Last checked
- 2026-08-28
- Profile depth
- Full
- Source note
- Discovered in MMORPG.com / MMO game directories; deeper fields pending verification
What MMOFinder has checked
- Gameplay featuresStructured gameplay fields were source-checked for this profile.Verified
- Gameplay mediaTwo source-attributed gameplay images are recorded.Verified
- Source trail1 linked source is recorded for review.Verified
- Last reviewedCatalog fields reviewed Aug 28, 2026.Verified
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Project Zomboid relationship map
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Project Zomboid timeline
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- —Released
MMOFinder records Project Zomboid as released in —.
- CurrentCatalog status
Early Access
- 2026-08-16Research checked
Core catalog fields were reviewed for this profile.
Project Zomboid screenshots & gameplay
Two verified gameplay screenshots and a gameplay video for a quick look at the game in action.
Source: Verified YouTube gameplay video
Gameplay, availability and research notes
Project Zomboid is cataloged by MMOFinder as a Online survival sandbox. Its recorded status is Early Access, while the business model is listed as Buy-to-play. MMOFinder records its release year as —. Current platform data lists Windows, PlayStation. The profile keeps uncertain fields explicit so incomplete research is not presented as established game information.
Gameplay metadata currently describes combat or multiplayer structure as Real-time top-down survival combat against zombies with base-building. Discovery tags on the record include Online Game, Catalog. The developer field lists The Indie Stone, and the publisher field lists Not yet verified. Together these catalog fields help distinguish this title from similarly named games and provide useful inputs for MMOFinder’s filtering and comparison tools.
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