Welcome to ParadiZe (v2024.05.27 & ALL DLC)

A zombie apocalypse rarely feels this cheerful or this practical. Welcome to ParadiZe turns survival into a darkly comic isometric action-adventure where the undead are not merely threats, but programmable labourers, bodyguards, and occasionally unreliable roommates. Set across snowy highlands and sun-scorched wilderness, its colourful post-collapse world balances cartoonish gore with a genuine need to prepare for danger. The tone is playful, but the local hordes, hostile creatures, and harsh expeditions keep the pressure on.

Players roam open regions, gather supplies, complete quests for oddball survivors, and fight through crowds using guns, melee weapons, and environmental tools. The central trick is capturing zombies and fitting them with control devices, turning them into “Zombots” that can follow you into combat or receive work assignments around camp. A useful companion can collect resources, craft supplies, guard an area, or carry out repetitive chores while you head out to scavenge and explore. Survival also depends on building and improving a base with production stations, traps, walls, and defensive layouts capable of enduring regular undead attacks; online co-op lets up to four players divide those responsibilities.

Its Zombot system gives the familiar crafting-and-defence formula a real identity: your workforce is also the enemy you are trying to survive. Watching a shambling helper mine materials or protect a gate is funny, yet their limitations mean automation never completely removes the risk. Multiple biomes, base customization, loot-driven progression, and the freedom to focus on expeditions or settlement management give the campaign steady variety. Players who enjoy the accessible action and camp-building of games such as The Survivalists or Dysmantle, but want a more combat-focused co-op loop, find plenty to like here; newcomers can enjoy its approachable presentation, while veteran survival fans get the most from optimizing their undead crew.