SurrounDead, the open-world zombie game that has recently been gaining popularity, has received a brand-new update that brings a bunch of new items, gameplay changes, and bug fixes. Developed by Zurvivor, SurrounDead has been available in early access exclusively on Steam since 2022.
Despite emerging three years ago, SurrounDead didn't experience any noticeable uptick in players until the past few months. Since April, the post-apocalyptic game's player engagement has gone up consistently, ultimately reaching over 5.4K concurrent Steam players at one point in July. To put things into perspective, this is a multi-fold increase compared to the game's numbers prior to the aforementioned period, where its peak concurrent player count was under 1.1K. With the hopes of continuing SurrounDead's fine form, the devs recently shipped a new update containing a plethora of content.
Zombies have been a staple of horror for decades, and they aren't leaving the world of video games anytime soon.
On July 26, Zurvivor released Patch 0.7.1f, titled "Preparation," for SurrounDead's quickly growing player base. This update expanded the game's lineup of ghillie items with a new mask, hood, top, gloves, pants, boots, and body armor. For those chasing a more...