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The Dead After

A survival game set in a post‑apocalyptic Japan overrun by a mysterious virus. Scavenge, build, and fight through a ruined city while a secret militarized faction spreads the infection with aerial drops, convoys, and patrols. Stay alive long enough to uncover the truth behind the outbreak

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About the Game

Japan — once a land of neon skylines, bullet trains, and quiet rural sanctuaries — has become a graveyard of its former self. In a single night, an unknown virus erupted across the nation, appearing simultaneously in cities hundreds of kilometers apart. No origin. No warning. No chance to respond.

Within hours, panic consumed the streets. Within days, the infected outnumbered the living. Within weeks, the government collapsed and the country fell silent.

You are one of the last survivors trapped inside the ruins of a major metropolitan zone. Skyscrapers loom like tombstones. Abandoned trains sit frozen on their tracks. Streets once filled with life now echo with distant screams and the shuffling of the infected who wander without purpose — until they sense you.

But the outbreak is only the beginning.

A mysterious militarized faction has emerged from the chaos. Their helicopters sweep across the skyline, dropping infected into populated districts. Armored convoys roll through the streets, escorting soldiers who execute “cleansing operations” with cold precision. Their motives are unknown. Their technology is advanced. And their presence grows stronger every day.

Some survivors whisper that they’re trying to accelerate the collapse. Others believe they’re searching for something — or someone — hidden within the ruins. All you know is simple: wherever they go, death follows.

In this hostile open zone, every decision matters. Scavenge for supplies, avoid the infected, outsmart the faction hunting you, and uncover the truth behind the outbreak before the city — and everyone left in it — is erased.

Survival isn’t guaranteed. But as long as you’re breathing, the story isn’t over.