Version History

0.23.1 Legends Return 2026-10-30

New Supporter achievement: support the games on the z-games front page (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum)
New Four secret achievements: one for each legend you meet (start a run with them) and one for an old-school code

0.22 Foul Weather 2026-10-30

New Eight kinds of weather: light rain, rain, storm, thunderstorm, light fog, fog, thick fog and clear nights
New The weather gets worse as the run goes on: storms, thunder and thick fog are rare before night 20
New Thunderstorms: lightning flashes, burns zombies where it lands and can strike survivors up in the towers
New Rain, storms and fog can give survivors a cold: −5–15 HP the next morning

0.21.5 Lay of the Land 2026-10-30

Balance Close fights cost blood: a zombie strikes as soon as it reaches someone, and zombies hit people twice as hard as buildings
Balance Zombies fight back against survivors who come out to meet them, even with the fence up
Balance The house sleeps 5 before you need sleeping quarters
Balance Recruits only know the next step of an invention chain: a head start, never a whole chain skipped
Balance With more than 3 days of food in store everyone eats 1.5 portions, and heals 10 HP more
Balance Scavengers sometimes get hurt out there (5–15 HP, armor helps, never deadly)
Balance Zombies at the fence or wall can claw survivors standing right behind it; vomit hits survivors more often
New Every run has its own map: rivers with bridges, roads, rocks, boulders, groves and ruins
New Zombies walk round rocks, trees and ruins, and can only cross a river on a bridge (flyers don't care)
New Weather: rain (-10% range), fog (-30% range) and storms (-20% range), forecast when the day is over

0.20.2 Workshop 2026-10-30

Balance Casual and Easy only have tier 1 of the upgrade lines (no truck or MadMax, no stone wall…); Normal and Hard go up to tier 2; Brutal and harder have everything
Design Locked difficulties show a padlock and what it takes to open them
Balance Upgrades and top-tier things cost a lot more: tier 2 about 1.5×, tier 3 about 3× the first (Great wall 70, MadMax 75, Radio tower 40)
Balance The best gear costs more to craft: assault rifle 45, flamethrower 40, riot gear 38
New 9 new inventions that teach recipes: Gunsmithing, Firearms, Military arms, Body armor, Riot equipment, Bladesmithing, Explosives, Small engines and Incendiaries
New The best gear (assault rifle, SMG, riot gear, katana, flamethrower…) can be crafted once you have invented your way there
New More recipes to find while scavenging: baseball bat, crowbar, fishing rod, cast iron pot and sewing kit
Balance The best gear is much rarer as a scavenging find
Balance Recruits never know the top-tier inventions

0.19.10 Beacons 2026-10-30

Fix Building and crafting say "others use the materials" instead of "too expensive" when the others' plans already take them
Design Drivers walk to their vehicle, drive off from where it is parked and park it again when they come home
Balance Going hungry costs 10 HP a day (never below 1)
Design Survivors chase zombies almost all the way to the edge of the field
New Every vehicle you own goes out with a scavenger, not just the best one, and you see each one drive off
Design Survivor view: everyone in a row on top with their task, tap to switch
Design A "!" marks survivors with nothing to do today
Design Plan button says "Go with these settings"
Fix Girls Night Out and Boys Are Back in Town only count when everyone at the base is a woman, or a man
Design Weapons show their ammo in a small box: "9mm: 23 rounds", red when empty
New Flagpole, Grand flag and Radio tower: 10/20/30% chance a day that someone comes asking for shelter, whoever is out
Balance A flag also draws the hordes: 10% bigger
New The radio tower comes with Electricity and needs 2 power
New Lower the flag or switch the radio off when you have enough people: no one comes, and the hordes are back to normal

0.18.18 Earn It 2026-10-30

New Difficulties unlock one at a time: win one to open the next
New Achievements tab on the right of the start screen
Design Achievement rewards stay a surprise until you earn them
Balance Casual runs no longer count towards achievements
Fix Each face and each legend turns up at most once per run
Design Survivors patrol inside the fence when it is quiet, and gather at it when zombies come near
Balance New survivors turn up faster while the group is small, slower once it is big
Design Survivors chase further out, but only run out for zombies they can actually reach
New Zombie Hunter, Fence Sitter, Boom Boom, Hoarder, Field Medic and Not a Scratch have 3 levels

0.18.11 Hordes 2026-10-30

Balance Twice as many zombies each night, but each has 60% of the HP and damage
Balance Kills give 2.5 points instead of 5, since there are twice as many
New Tap a trait, wound or skill chip on a survivor to see what it does

0.18.3 Small Things 2026-10-29

New The searchlight swings over to the zombie you pick and follows it
New Cooking place, kitchen and smokehouse each make harvests give 15% more food
New Survivors get names that fit their face: Asian portraits get Asian names, and so on
New Beat Insane and get a 💀 next to your name on the highscore list
New Twenty Asian portraits, and Emma Grahn and Zacke Persson have their own faces

0.18 Achievements 2026-10-29

New 18 achievements, from Bleeding Heart to Insane, with levels and hidden goals
New Start bonuses: pick 2 unlocked bonuses (3 with Night Owl) when you start a run
New Unique rewards: Bonecleaver, Widowmaker, The Undertaker, Lone Wolf magnum, Survivor's Jacket and three family heirlooms
New Achievements page, and a pop-up when you unlock one mid-game

0.17 Legends 2026-10-29

New Survivors named Egil Drakhufvud, Emma Grahn or Zacke Persson are legends with fixed stats, jobs and their own gear
New Egil brings a Templar sword and shield, Emma the Sharkcannon and a vehicle, Zacke the RPG recipes
New Painkillers recipe

0.16 Wheels and Wounds 2026-10-29

New Weapons need one or two hands: lost an arm, no bows or rifles. Lost a leg: a third of the speed
New Find a working dirt bike while scavenging; later recruits can arrive on wheels
Design Food and materials count up in the top bar as each report line appears
Balance At most one new zombie type per night
Balance The next wave comes at once when the field is empty
Balance New survivors turn up more often, more so the longer you go without one

0.15 Scavenge 2026-10-29

New Items and Materials merged into one Scavenge task: tick one (90/10) or both (50/50)
New Fences, walls and moats are built up bit by bit on the map
Design "Send everyone out" is now "Prepare your base"
Design Finished builders and inventors keep their task: pick what's next before the day starts
Fix Survivors no longer stand on top of each other

0.14 A Day in the Life 2026-10-29

New Scavengers walk out in their own direction and come home with their report line; others go to their work
New A last check before the day and the night: unchanged tasks, badly hurt survivors

0.13 Watchtowers 2026-10-29

New Tap the house, rings, towers and buildings to see what they are and what they do
New Night post: put a survivor in a tower, or keep them on the ground
New Raid speed 1×, 2× and 4×, on a fixed time step so every speed plays the same
New Big portrait in the survivor window
New The game tells you when a new version is out
Balance Long guns reach the side of the field from a tower, but not the top

0.12 Waves 2026-10-29

New Nights come in waves, more of them later on
New Up to four towers, one per side
New Ranges button: circles show how far everyone reaches
Design Ranged survivors run along the inside of the wall toward their target
Balance Shorter weapon ranges; nobody chases further than a circle around the base

0.11 Lights Out 2026-10-29

New The base sits in the middle and glows; zombies come from every edge
New Searchlight on the tower sweeps the field and burns zombies
New Vehicles: dirt bike, truck and MadMax Wheels for the best scavenger

0.10 Fortress 2026-10-29

New Three tiers of fence, wall, moat, kitchen, beds and tower
New Palisade, stone wall and great wall between the fence and the moat
New Cheat mode menu (with the Konami code)
Balance Landmines come three at a time

0.9 Heroes 2026-10-29

New Grenades and RPG fired on command; melee Chase/Stay order
New At 0 HP a survivor dies, with a heroic last line; the night summary shows all damage

0.8 Faces 2026-10-29

New Portraits for every survivor, matching gender and age
New Androgynous survivors (they/them)
New What a survivor looks like nudges their stats

0.7 Stories 2026-10-29

New The day report tells what happened, one survivor at a time
New Equipment as buttons, with how many you own and who uses them
Balance Scavengers always bring some ammo, more when you're out; less loot on harder difficulties
Fix Melee survivors go out after spitters

0.6 Power 2026-10-29

New Solar panels, wind turbines and the electric fence
New Electric baton; out of ammo, survivors grab a spare weapon of the same kind

0.5 Survivors 2026-10-29

New Backgrounds and what each survivor is good at
New Tap a stat to see what it does and the 1–10 scale