The Infected

The Infected

DigX Studios · 2020 · Vampires, Singleplayer, Open World Survival Craft, Base Building, Open World

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About The Infected

✦ AI summary

Build, farm, and survive in a deep sandbox world where you manage resources, crops, and animals while fending off hybrid creatures or enjoying pure survival gameplay. Choose your own path through dynamic seasons and weather, from peaceful base-building to intense combat encounters with The Infected.

The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival crafting game. Build and expand your base, farm crops, raise animals, and manage power and resources through dynamic seasons and weather conditions. Hunt wildlife, mine ores, and craft advanced items. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off entirely for a pure survival-building experience.

Current Features:

  • Singleplayer sandbox experience
  • Deep base building with power and water systems
  • Farming, hunting, and animal husbandry
  • Crafting, cooking, and food preservation
  • Mining and refining of ores
  • Dynamic seasons, weather, and day/night cycle
  • Player needs: hunger, thirst, body temperature, health
  • Wildlife encounters and combat
  • Optional AI enemies (“Vambies”)
  • Vehicles

Lore: 

The world’s collapse and the origins of the Infected are still being developed. For now, the focus is on survival systems and giving players freedom in how they play.

Disclaimer (Early Access):

The Infected is in active Early Access development. Some features are still being added and balanced, and you may encounter bugs or performance issues. We’re a small team building this game with the help of community feedback. If you’re looking for a complete experience, you may wish to wait. However, if you want to help shape the development, we welcome you now!

Goals: 

The aim is to deliver a feature-rich survival crafting game with more systems and player choice than most of the genre. Survival can mean farming, base-building, or facing hostile AI — the choice is yours.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jun 20, 2026
Solo playing at my own pace, I also enjoy the ability to build my base and expand or not. Monsters are vicious and challenge your skills and attention.
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Recommended Jul 16, 2026
it gives you options, scenery and free build
Not recommended Jul 12, 2026
a mix of the forest and 7 days to die, taking their worst mechanics and putting them together
Recommended Jul 2, 2026
I find myself repeatedly coming back to this game over the years. It runs smooth, has a rather in depth building system, and having the option to turn off enemies so I can just build is incredibly refreshing. Even while running on an old. barely functioning laptop, theres no issues with lag or struggles with having to use lower quality graphics. Being able to drop the game, come back and there be a new update has been amazing! PROS: - Easy to learn, hard to master - In depth crafting and base building - Survival system isn't overly punishing - Can run on a potato of a laptop CONS: - Every major game update has shunted my entire save under the map, rendering old saves useless - Travel is relatively slow unless you get a vehicle early on - Combat is basically just "Stab and pray you hit fast enough first" - Some systems, such as ore collection, aren't entire clear and require outside resources, of which there arent very many
Recommended Jun 27, 2026
Great building game
Not recommended Jun 25, 2026
Cannot play as continually crashes.....

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