Underplayed Gems

SmallZ (2023)

SmallZ cover
Developer
skins.dog
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Simulation
Rating
2.4 of 5, 112 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 38 minutes
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A tense solo or team-based survival game where you scavenge, craft, build fortifications, and fight zombies and other players in a post-apocalyptic open world.

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What players say

Players describe it as a promising but buggy zombie survival game in early access. Save files corrupt after loading, the game crashes often, and combat feels janky with slow projectiles and awkward melee. Multiplayer and server support are unreliable.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.