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Last Light: Survival

A first-person survival game where you command the dead — because you are one of them. Build, craft, and survive while uncovering a truth buried in your own memories: you were the monster all along.

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About the Game

About This Game

The world didn't end with a bang.
It ended with a secret you chose to keep.

Last Light: Survival is a first-person, open-world survival game where the line between predator and prey no longer exists — because now, the dead answer to you.

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YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

Civilization has fallen. You're a carpenter, holding onto what's left of a life that used to make sense.

You remember it clearly: your wife got sick. You made a choice — you hid it, to protect the group. That choice cost everything. The infection spread. The camp fell.

That's the story you've been telling yourself.

It's not the whole story.

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MEMORY IS A WEAPON — AND IT CUTS BOTH WAYS.

Between every fight for survival, something pulls you back. Not a dream. Not a hallucination.

A memory — one piece at a time, in an order you don't control.

Each fragment fills in a gap you didn't know was there. And each one makes you trust your own version of events a little less.

Who was really infected first?

What happened to your daughter?

Why did your camp really fall?

The answer has been with you the entire time. You just haven't let yourself remember it.

Play the memories. Face the truth.

Not all monsters shamble in the dark.

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CONTROL THE DEAD

Somewhere in the ruins of the old world grows a plant.
Survivors call it the SEED.

But for you, it isn't a discovery.
It's a recognition.

Consume it — and the undead become yours. Not one. Not a few. As many as you need.

Command individual zombies as scouts, flankers, or guards. Or unleash a horde you control as a weapon — clearing paths, overwhelming enemy nests, and defending your base while your human companions hold the line beside them.

In Last Light: Survival, zombies aren't just a threat.
They're a resource.

And you are their king.

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YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Survival was never meant to be a solo act.

Recruit human survivors and bring them into your growing shelter. Assign tasks, build roles, and form squads:

  • Who gathers wood and stone?

  • Who hunts for food?

  • Who fights when the horde arrives?

Your NPCs work, build, and bleed alongside you. The decisions you make for them — and about them — determine who makes it out.

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BUILD. HARVEST. SURVIVE.

The world outside is dangerous — and full of everything you need.

  • Cut down trees and break stone to gather raw materials

  • Scavenge abandoned locations for tools, weapons, and supplies

  • Hunt animals for food before hunger takes you first

  • Manage thirst, fatigue, and gear as conditions grow harsher

Craft tools, weapons, and structures. Expand your base from a desperate shelter into a fortified settlement.

Then hold it — because the dead come in waves, and they don't stop.

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A WORLD THAT DOESN'T FORGIVE

Day turns to night. Weather shifts without warning. Snow blankets the ground and slows everything — you, your companions, your enemies.

Darkness is not just atmosphere. It's a mechanic.
Cold is not just visual. It's a threat.

The world of Last Light: Survival is alive, dynamic, and constantly working against you.

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WHAT LAST LIGHT OFFERS

✦ First-person open-world survival with full freedom of movement
✦ Unique zombie control mechanic — because you share their nature
✦ Playable memory system that rewrites everything you think you know
✦ NPC companion system with task assignment and squad management
✦ Base building, crafting, and resource gathering
✦ Wave-based horde defense alongside human and undead allies
✦ Hunger, thirst, and gear management
✦ Dynamic day/night cycle and weather including snowfall
✦ Story-driven campaign rooted in guilt, survival, and consequence

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EARLY ACCESS

Last Light: Survival launches in Early Access with a fully playable core experience.

Development continues — new systems, expanded NPC behavior, deeper zombie control mechanics, and more memories to uncover will be added throughout Early Access based on real player feedback.

Add to your Wishlist.

The dead are waiting for orders.
And somewhere in your past, the truth is still waiting too.