How to play:
- Start a new community, choose your survivors and map, then set your preferred difficulty.
- Explore towns and wilderness to scavenge food, medicine, ammo, fuel, and building materials.
- Build and upgrade base facilities, craft gear, and manage power, water, and defenses.
- Assign survivor roles, specialize skills, balance morale, and treat injuries and blood plague.
- Use stealth and combat to clear infestations and destroy Plague Hearts to reclaim territory.
- Team up in co-op, trade with enclaves, complete missions, and shape your legacy through your leader.