Stale Nation

Stale Nation

Black Gate Studios · June 21, 2023 · Exploration, Difficult, Walking Simulator, Action-Adventure, First-Person

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4 user reviews50% · 4
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lowest tracked $0.74
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Stale Nation price by region

Stale Nation costs £0.89 in the United Kingdom, $0.90 in Georgia (USD), $0.99 in the United States, €0.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$1.29 in Canada, NZ$1.49 in New Zealand, A$1.50 in Australia, R$3.49 in Brazil and zł4.49 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Stale Nation offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.89 £0.89 — 1
Georgia (USD) $0.90 $0.90 — 1
United Statesyour region $0.99 $0.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €0.99 €0.99 — 1
Canada CA$1.29 CA$1.29 — 1
New Zealand NZ$1.49 NZ$1.49 — 1
Australia A$1.50 A$1.50 — 1
Brazil R$3.49 R$3.49 — 1
Poland zł4.49 zł4.49 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

About Stale Nation

✦ AI summary

Stale Nation is a stealth-driven zombie survival game where you play as Thomas, a hiker returning to a zombie-infested world, and must sneak past the infected, uncover the truth, and escape. The game emphasizes tense stealth mechanics and an immersive narrative told through exploration and journal discoveries as you navigate the undead outbreak.

Will You Survive?
Can you navigate the zombie outbreak and find a way out of this nightmare? Stale Nation puts you in the shoes of Thomas, a young man who arrives back from spending months on a hiking trip to find that the world around him has been plunged into chaos. Zombies now roam the world seeking nothing more than to kill all of the survivors. Sneak by the zombies, learn more about what happened, and escape in this zombie walking simulator game created by a solo developer.

Features
  • Zombies that chase you down if they notice you.
  • Stealth mechanics that force you to think about how you move around the infected.
  • A deep, immersive story that is captivating and chilling.
  • A journal to keep track of things you have learned and read about.

Stale Nation — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Stale Nation has decent voice acting and visuals, but players report significant technical issues including mouse lag, frame rate stuttering, and collision bugs that require restarting. The core gameplay loop of avoiding zombies lacks depth, with most of the experience consisting of walking through levels while zombies appear to be unable to detect the player, leaving players feeling the limited content doesn't justify the asking price.

Not recommended Jun 30, 2023
I've had this game wish listed for awhile because it looked interesting and I wanted to play it. I have unfortunately requested a refund after a short play time. A few issues I ran into. Mouse lag: When moving the mouse the on screen cursor would move noticeably later than when you moved your mouse. Frame rate: The frame rate would get some what choppy throughout playing. Character Stuck: I was sneaking around a group of zombies and I hit an invisible wall where the player cannot pass. I turned around to go back another way only to find that I was stuck in place and had to restart the game. After restarting the camera was stuck to just above ground level for a short while before returning to normal. Zombies: Upon returning to the area where you encounter the first zombie, the zombie was not present and then just appeared in the middle of the camp ground. I walked right by him and he simply did not react to my presence. Second Zombie encounter: Upon returning to the area where I got stuck and restarted the game the zombies there did react to my presence and chased me. When I hit the area that crosses you over into the next zone I got stuck in a loading screen that lasted upwa…
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Not recommended Jul 29, 2023
I made a review at the end of the let's play I'll be posting on this soon (YouTube Channel: Lord Aniolist if you want to see the game), but ultimately it was not a bad game, however, I cannot recommend people pay $4 for 20 minutes of walking, I don't think there were any mechanics with the zombies other than don't bump into them. Pros: Voice acting wasn't bad, very tense later on until you realize the zombies can't find you, graphics not bad but I needed to switch everything to medium because even the mouse lags, I was interested to see where the story went until I found there really wasn't much. Cons: Zombies are blind I believe so you don't really have to get away just don't bump into them while moving through the level, mouse was jittery, not much story, lots of walking with nothing happening, I didn't even get the achievement for beating the game, and even though in the game it says you can stun the zombies with the light and make sound to distract them I didn't see any of that (zombies kept walking towards me until i guess they got to the end of their patrol then stopped and I never saw any intractable for sound. Final thoughts: Even though I can't recommend this to just an…
3 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 23, 2023
Very nice game

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