Never Be Alone Takes the Demo Route Into Steam Next Fest
The demo is scheduled against Steam Next Fest rather than ahead of it, so the game's first broad test of the no-limit co-op pitch arrives while the festival crowd is already browsing, and the 185,000 wishlists are the number that has to hold up afterward.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Never Be Alone, an open-world zombie survival game set ten years after an outbreak, plans a demo timed to Steam Next Fest. The title supports seamless online co-op for as many players as the host's PC can handle, and the developers put wishlist registrations above 185,000. It carries more than 30 main missions across three islands and over 1,000 voice lines, with a full release planned after an early access period.
The protagonist wakes from a six-month coma and has to work out what happened in their past while staying alive. Exploration runs through ruins overgrown with nature, forests, farms and military facilities, with infected and hostile human factions in the way and safe zones to maintain.
Survival systems cover resource gathering, crafting, base building, farming, hunting and fishing. Weather and time of day change visibility, combat and missions, and supplies sit physically on shelves and in containers with their own opening animation. Conversations, character reactions and mission outcomes shift with player choices, success or failure, rescued survivors, weather and time of day.
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