Dead Round

Hollow Creek didn't stay dead.

The town fell weeks ago. The only people left are you, up to three friends and a concrete bunker on the edge of a dying town.

Earn it, spend it, survive it

Every hit earns points, and so does every kill and every board you nail back up. Chain kills fast for streak bonuses. Spend the points to break into new parts of the map, arm yourself, and get the generator running before the horde outgrows your guns.

Try and upgrade different guns

Pick up pistols, shotguns, SMGs, rifles, and more from the plywood wall racks, or try the Raffle Crate. Follow its red road flare. Each crate holds only a few draws before the dead drag it underground and it surfaces somewhere else.

The Crucible

Feed your gun muzzle-first into a brick-hearth foundry pot and it comes out recast, up to three heats. Each heat adds damage and makes the metal glow hotter, from orange to cherry red to white. The second heat gives the gun a temper:

• Slag: sets targets and the zombies around them on fire.
• Ricochet: rounds glance off into the next zombie.
• Arc Lash: each kill's charge jumps to the two nearest zombies.
• Powder Keg: shots explode.

Finish the build at the Workbench with extended mags, a tuned trigger, hollow points, a greased action and a laser sight.

Drops

• Resupply: full ammo and grenades.
• Bloodlust: headshots and knife hits kill outright.
• Bounty: +50% points.
• Firestorm: sets every zombie within 18 m of the drop on fire.
• Adrenaline: gets downed players back up and speeds everyone up.
• Markdown: everything is half price.
• Stupor: the whole horde slows to a dazed shamble.

Controls

	Keyboard / mouse	Controller
Move / sprint / crouch / jump	WASD / Shift / C / Space	L-stick / L3 / B / A
Fire / aim	LMB / RMB	RT / LT
Reload / interact	R / F (hold F to rebuild or revive)	X
Melee / grenade	V / G	R3 / RB
Swap weapon	1 2 3, wheel, Q	Y

System requirements

• Windows 10/11, 64-bit
• A GPU with OpenGL 3.x support (GTX 1060 or better recommended)