LEADING the DEAD

LEADING the DEAD

Owls (国際情報工科自動車大学校) · January 11, 2022 · Indie, Action, Top-Down, Survival Horror, Singleplayer

LEADING the DEAD is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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7 user reviews71% · 7
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LEADING the DEAD price

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About LEADING the DEAD

Game description


Lead the bloodthirsty zombies, smash down the barricades, and take revenge on the foolish people!
LEADING the DEAD is a single-player action game where you guide countless zombies with bags full of blood and carrion!

Story


This is the story of a world that has been overrun by zombies due to a sudden virus outbreak.
In order to keep the zombies from invading, the people have built a huge wall that completely covers the city, saving it from extinction.
Alex, a researcher who escaped into it, realizes that the virus was created by humans during the development of a therapeutic drug.
He announced that the accident had leaked the murder virus and found that the government had taken advantage of the turmoil to wipe it out.
...... But the people don't believe him, and the government banishes him outside the zombie-infested walls as a "dangerous person who spreads falsehoods and incites the people.
Alex despairs at the people's disbelief in his claims and the twisted government, and vows revenge through zombies. ......

Basic Rules


Lead the bloodthirsty zombies to smash the barricade that awaits them at the far end of the city and take revenge on the foolish people!
But the zombies will attack you without regard.
you'll have to avoid their attacks while increasing their numbers and leading them to the goal!

Pick up the "blood bags" that have fallen in the area and throw them at the barricades!
The bloodthirsty zombies will attack the barricades and eventually destroy them!

Flamethrowers and mobile spinning blades await you in each stage to kill any intruders.
Use your determine the timing and avoid them to keep the zombies at bay!

Game Flow


~GAME START~
1.Stroll through the field and collect the "blood bags".
2.Use "flesh" and your own body as bait to bring the zombies to the barricade. Be careful that the zombies don't get killed by the flamethrowers and mobile spinning blades!
3.Throw the collected blood bags at the barricade and let the excited zombies destroy it!
4.The zombies will invade the town and start attacking the inhabitants!
~GAME CLEAR~

Tutorial stage


5-stage tutorial where you can learn how to use each item, how to guide zombies, and how to deal with the special "tank zombie"!
Hone your skills to attack the city with zombies!

All 20-stage quest mode


This is the end of their peaceful life. Break down the barricades and turn the city into hell by sending an avalanche of zombies!

LEADING the DEAD — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Sep 15, 2024
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Not recommended Feb 9, 2026
"LEADING the DEAD" is just a low key asset flip.. the quality of the assets is significantly higher than the actual game is, and I've seen those assets used in so many other games (deja vu!). Who's going to create a bunch of high quality assets and then phone in the actual game? It doesn't add up... unless you consider how easy it is for anyone, even people unqualified to make games, to get any and all the game assets they want. The game is essentially a kitbash of assets made by other people, poorly assembled by an amateur developer. These projects are usually rushed through Steam Direct as fast as possible, and the lack of professional standards means the end result is something no gamer should waste their time on. In this case an almost novel game was made out of other people's Zombie assets (and those shipping containers you see everywhere that say "Cargo" on the side). It's a kiting simulator as you run around some zombies and get you to follow them, then lead them into traps and things to take care of them. Almost an interesting idea, except then you realize you could do that in games like 7 Days to Die except that also has like an entire survival game on it as well... …
Recommended Mar 28, 2023
[h1]Before I played LEADING the DEAD, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

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