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State of Decay

2013 75 / 100 Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Shooter
The end is here. Life as you know 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. Show full summary

The end is here. Life as you know 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. The open, sandbox world develops in real-time, shaped by your actions, dynamically generating content based on your choices and the ever-increasing zombie threat.

World design Open World StructureSandbox GameplayStealth GameplaySurvival MoodHorror

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The end is here. Life as you know 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. The open, sandbox world develops in real-time, shaped by your actions, dynamically generating content based on your choices and the ever-increasing zombie threat.

StructureSandbox GameplayStealth GameplaySurvival MoodHorror GameplayCombat-focused GameplayRole-playing GenreAdventure GenreRole-playing (RPG) GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeHorror ThemeOpen world
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GenreSimulator GenreStrategy ThemeSandbox ThemeStealth ThemeSurvival Traita.i. companion Traitachievements Traitaction-adventure Traitbanned Traitbat Traitbreaking through windows Traitburning Traitchristianity Traitclimbing Traitexplosion Traitgardening Traitmelee Traitmovement penalty Traitnon-player character Traiton-the-fly character switching Traitpax east 2013 Traitpax east 2014 Traitpax prime 2012 Traitpax prime 2013 Traitpax prime 2014 Traitpost-apocalyptic Traitsingle-player only Traitsliding down ladders Traitsprinting mechanics Traitstealth kill Traitsteam Traitsteam achievements Traitsteam leaderboards Traitundead Traitundead invasion Traituseable vehicles Traituser generated content Traitvoice acting Traitwasd movement Traitweapon modification Traitxbox controller support for pc Traitxbox live Traitzombies

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State of Decay: release, platforms, and facts

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Undead Labs
Publisher
Microsoft Studios
Franchise
Standalone
02
So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action, Horror, Open world, Sandbox, Stealth, Survival
03
Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Sep 20, 2013
  • Xbox 360 Jun 05, 2013

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