Action · April 9, 2025
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days (2025)
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days (2025) scores 86% positive on Steam from 4.5k reviews, developed by PikPok.
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days (2025) is a Action title from PikPok available on Windows, macOS. The title carries a 86% Steam positive rating across 4.5k reviews, 599 peak concurrent players, and 100k–1M estimated owners — making it a measurable reference point when comparing to peers in the Action category.
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days is a side-scrolling shelter survival game that tasks you with guiding a desperate group of zombie apocalypse survivors to safety. Craft weapons, scavenge resources, balance your group’s needs, and try to get everyone out of danger alive. Texas, 1980. Walton City is a sprawling, coastal metropolis in the grip of a scorching heatwave and crippling economic crisis. Everything changes when an unstoppable zombie outbreak reaches US shores. Walton City is soon overrun by hordes of the undead, the few remaining survivors cut off from any chance of outside help. Forced to band together, these everyday people must chase their only chance of survival by escaping the city. Gather a group of ordinary people who have been left shaken by the sudden zombie outbreak that has devastated their city. Establish upgradable shelters to house your survivors and protect them from the zombie threat — but remember that no barriers can keep them out forever. Keep moving from refuge to refuge to stay one step ahead of the encroaching zombie hordes. Every night, your barricades will be under their relentless attack. And if they break through, your survivors will pay the price. Balance the physical needs of the group, like Hunger or Exhaustion, as well as psychological needs like Despair. Heal survivors from injuries like Broken Ribs and try to manage traumas like Nightmares. Creep through the remains of Walton City to scavenge precious resources, risking the life of each survivor as they encounter both zombie and human threats. Stealth is key to survival. Choose whether to run from a fight or engage in brutal combat with whatever weapons you can find or craft. Not everyone is a natural fighter, but desperate people will do anything to survive. Convince others to join your group or cut them down and claim their resources as your own. Test your humanity as you make tough decisions on who will live, who will die, and who will be left behind. Inhabit the rich and atmospheric cityscape of Walton City, the once-bustling metropolis now an eerie ruin swarming with zombies. Craft tools, weapons, and shelter upgrades to better equip your survivors for the struggles ahead, or give them a moment of comfort and familiarity in their dangerous new world. Encounter a varying world which makes sure that every playthrough is a new experience.
Release & Availability
| Release date | Apr 9, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Developer | PikPok |
| Publisher | Boltray Games, PikPok |
| Base price | $19.99 -20% |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Support |
Release timeline
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days launched on Apr 9, 2025.
Studio and publishing
The title was developed by PikPok and published by Boltray Games, PikPok.
Platform support
Playable natively on Windows, macOS.
Packages & editions
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Content notes
This game contains depictions of violence, blood, gore and nudity, and mentions of suicide. Player discretion is advised.
Reception & Reviews
Steam community score
Steam users rate Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days 86% positive across 4.5k reviews — categorised as Very Positive.
3.8k positive · 625 negative
Critic consensus
Critic reception data on Metacritic is limited for this post-2021 title — Steam user reviews are the primary reception signal.
Curator & community recommendations
Steam curators and players have issued 6.4k recommendations for this title.
Peak concurrent players
Peak concurrent Steam players reached 599 — a measurement of how active the playerbase got at launch or during a surge.
Press quotes
“One of the freshest takes we've had in zombie survival horror in years.” Destructoid “PikPok has reason to believe they have something special on their hands.” IGN
Gameplay Profile
Genres
- Action
- Simulation
- Strategy
- Early Access
Community tag consensus
- Early Access · 961
- Survival · 873
- Zombies · 853
- Horror · 825
- Strategy · 809
- Side Scroller · 802
- 2.5D · 793
- Immersive Sim · 792
- Survival Horror · 791
- Atmospheric · 779
- Stealth · 777
- Action · 773
Playtime profile
Community average playtime is 17 hours, with a median of 10 hours — a moderate (15–40 hours) commitment. Two-week average sits at 1 hours per active player.
Languages supported
Interface / subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish – Spain, Korean, Portuguese – Brazil, Russian, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Thai.
Full audio: English, Thai.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days released?
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days was released on Apr 9, 2025 by PikPok.
Is Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days worth playing?
Based on 4.5k Steam reviews, Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days holds a 86% positive rating (Very Positive) — suggesting the game resonates with most players who try it.
What platforms does Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days support?
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days runs natively on Windows, macOS.
How much does Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days cost?
Base price on Steam is $19.99 (before seasonal discounts).