Terrifying new survival game feels like Project Zomboid set in space

Knox Country is gigantic and every single building can be broken into and explored, but nevertheless, Project Zomboid feels painfully, anxiously claustrophobic. The streets may be wide, but they're packed with the undead. A house or a former school might have lots of rooms and supplies, but you can never see what's behind the next closed door, what's lurking around the corner. Co-created by a former Zomboid modder, upcoming survival game Dandelion Void takes the oppression of The Indie Stone's opus and amplifies it dozens of times over. Combined with its truly disgusting plant-life monsters, this is definitely one to watch.

Hundreds of years ago, at the end of an alternate-history 20th century, a collection of Earth's finest minds launched a gigantic spaceship complete with living modules, hospitals, churches, and essentially every other amenity that an intergalactic colony might need. Naturally, however, something went violently wrong. As one of the descendants of the original expedition, you've never seen our home planet. Instead, you're trapped inside a floating tombstone that's been overrun by sentient, flesh-eating plants. Dandelion Void is a survival game designed to make you itch all over. Just watch the trailer. The noises, the noises.

Gather supplies, hack your way into locked regions of the ship, and find a quiet corner somewhere to convert into your home. You can patch up old spacesuits to use as armor and jury rig weapons out of scrap metal. But the carnivorous carnations aren't your only problem. After dozens of years lost in space, the ship's life support systems have become a little…unpredictable, and all heating and lighting will periodically short circuit. If you don't stock up and keep yourself warm, you'll freeze to death.

Built by Manzanita Interactive, one of Dandelion Void's co-developers is the creator of iconic Project Zomboid mod 'Save Our Station,' which has a five-star rating on Steam Workshop, and adds new mechanics, locations, and even a quasi story quest to the zombie game. As for Dandelion Void, we don't have a release date yet, but you can wishlist it right here.

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