State of Decay (video game)

State of Decay
Developer(s)Undead Labs
Publisher(s)Microsoft Studios[3]
Producer(s)
Designer(s)
  • James Phinney
  • Richard Foge
  • Nick Mhley
Programmer(s)Shaun Leach
Artist(s)Doug Williams
Writer(s)Travis Stout[4]
Composer(s)
SeriesState of Decay
EngineCryEngine 3
Platform(s)
Release
June 5, 2013
  • Original Version
    Xbox 360
    • WW: June 5, 2013[1]
  • Windows
    • WW: November 5, 2013
  • Year One Survival Edition
    Windows & Xbox One
    • WW: April 28, 2015[2]
Genre(s)
Mode(s)Single-player

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.

State of Decay was released for the Xbox 360 on June 5, 2013 to positive reviews from critics. A Windows version was released on September 20, 2013, via Steam's Early Access,[7] with a release following on November 5, 2013. A remastered version called the Year-One Survival Edition was released for Windows and Xbox One on April 28, 2015 to mixed reviews from critics. The game had sold over 1 million units by November 2013.

State of Decay 2 was announced at Xbox's E3 2016 press conference. The game introduced cooperative multiplayer and was released on May 22, 2018. State of Decay 3 was announced at Xbox's 2020 Games Showcase and is currently in development.

  1. ^ Olivetti, Justin (June 3, 2013). "State of Decay gets June 5th release date". Engadget. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  2. ^ McCaffrey, Ryan (January 20, 2015). "State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition release date announced". IGN. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  3. ^ Reilly, Jim (February 3, 2011). "Xbox Live Going Undead With Class3". IGN. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  4. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (September 20, 2012). "State of Decay is one hugely ambitious open-world zombie game". Eurogamer. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  5. ^ Johnson, Leif (April 16, 2013). "4 Hours in State of Decay's Open-World Zombie Nightmare". IGN. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference GameSpot Review was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Pereira, Chris (September 19, 2013). "State of Decay Enters Steam Early Access Tomorrow". IGN. Retrieved October 1, 2013.