A top-down zombie survival game that runs right in your browser. Search fridges, car trunks and military lockers for anything that keeps you breathing. Craft molotovs and pipe bombs at the workbench. Learn which shapes in the fog are walkers, which are runners, and which one is the Brute.
In this build
Eight kinds of threat: walkers, runners, zombie dogs, a zombie bear, crows, exploding bloaters, soldier zombies and the Brute.
Smash themed crates and search fridges, lockers, car trunks, dumpsters and tents. Loot drops in colour-coded rarity tiers.
Craft at the workbench: a gas can and a bandage make a molotov; scrap and three shells make a pipe bomb.
Hunger, stamina and armour to manage, rain that builds into lightning storms, and music that reacts to the fight.
Switch any time between the classic top-down view and an over-the-shoulder 3D camera.
Plays with keyboard and mouse, a controller, or touch on a phone.
Controls
WASD
Move · Shift to sprint
Mouse
Aim · click to attack
E
Grab · hold to search
Tab
Pack and crafting
V
Top-down / 3D view
Esc
Pause
Playable development build. Expect rough edges and frequent updates. Full release: TBA
More from the workshop
Supply crate · rare
Sealed: Project 02
Coming soon
Something new is on the workbench. This crate opens when it's ready.
No screenshots yet, and no promises about what's inside. First looks go out on TikTok and YouTube before anywhere else.
I'm Anthony Araiza. Gamer first, developer second. I build browser games where the dark is part of the design: scarce supplies, long nights, and the sound of something just past the edge of the light.
Entry 02 · How the work gets made
I build with AI as a creative partner. It sketches systems with me, stress-tests ideas and turns a solo project into something with a team's momentum. The feel, the tension and the taste stay hand-tuned. Dead Acre is the proof: a full survival game, playable in a browser tab.
Entry 03 · Before all this
I grew up gaming: Xbox for most of my childhood, then I got a PC, and so, so many opportunities and things you could do became possible. That's how I got to where I am, with the help of our trusty Claude :)
Currently building
Dead Acre
Age
21
Platform
The browser: no installs, no launcher
Playing lately
Path of Titans, Minecraft, and a lot of FPS games
Based in
Nevada, USA
Lights stay on. Doors stay shut. New build soon.
Radio
Transmissions
Turn the dial. Every channel reaches the safe house.
88.1 MHz
Discord
Add me for playtest invites, devlogs, and long arguments about loot tables.
shaggy_10950
97.3 MHz
Follow
Devlogs, clips and the occasional bug that turned into a feature.