Stories from the Outbreak

Ever wondered what you'd do if you woke up and the world had ended? That's the exact nightmare you step into with Stories from the Outbreak. It’s not your average zombie game; it’s a deep, turn based survival journey where every choice echoes in the silence of a fallen city.

The year is 2020, but not the one we remember. A vicious plague has swept the globe, and society has crumbled. You come to in your apartment in Riga, Latvia, to a cityscape of sirens and screams. The authorities are gone, overrun. The only law now is survival, and the dead are walking. Your goal is stark and desperate: gather a band of survivors and fight your way across a broken country to catch the last known ferry out a rumored escape to Iceland from the western coast.

This is where Stories from the Outbreak truly shines. It feels less like a scripted story and more like a story you're writing yourself, a "story generator" as the developers at Coldwild Games put it. You're not just controlling a hero; you're managing a group of desperate people, each with their own fears and strengths. You'll scavenge abandoned buildings for crucial cans of food and boxes of ammo, engage in tense, tactical turn based battles against more than 15 different kinds of horrors from shambling husks to terrifying mutated beasts and face moral dilemmas that have no easy answers. Do you risk a life to save a stranger for potential rewards? Do you take the safe, long route or the dangerous shortcut?

The roguelike elements mean failure is part of the experience. Not everyone in your crew will make it. A wrong turn, a missed shot, or a selfish decision can lead to permanent loss. This constant tension makes every small victory, every new safehouse discovered, feel incredibly earned. The question hangs over every session: will you guide your people to salvation, or will your story become just another tragic tale lost to the outbreak?