State of Decay
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…
State of Decay is an adventure developed by Undead Labs, released 5 June 2013 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What State of Decay is
State of Decay is an adventure game developed by Undead Labs and released in 2013. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on CryEngine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
State of Decay is a 2013 action-adventure survival video game developed by Undead Labs and published by Microsoft Studios. The game combines elements of shooters, stealth, role-playing and strategy games and the game challenges players to survive by exploring, scavenging, and fighting the undead. It places emphasis on how the player's leaderships skills fare against an onslaught of problems, such as diminishing survival resources, group trust and morale, zombie extermination, base defenses, and people's lives.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 46 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
State of Decay holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 159 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz (E6600) / Athlon X64 3400, 2 GB RAM and Radeon HD 2600 XT / GeForce 9600 GSO / Intel HD 3000. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
State of Decay launched on 5 June 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and The Swapper. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, The Swapper.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for State of Decay yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Characters
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Dlc
Remasters
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