Infection Free Zone

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2024 video game

2024 video game

Infection Free Zone

Developer(s)| Jutsu Games
Publisher(s)| Games Operators
Engine|

* Unity

Platform(s)| Windows
Release| April 11, 2024 (early access)
Genre(s)| City-building game, survival
Mode(s)| Single-player

Infection Free Zone is a post-apocalyptic survival city-building game developed by Jutsu Games and published by Games Operators for Windows. It was released for early access on April 11, 2024.[1] The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where the "Mad Virus" has rapidly spread globally, transforming humans into aggressive infected creatures and causing the collapse of civilization within weeks. Players manage groups of survivors during the day to scavenge for resources and construct defenses, while defending their settlements against waves of infected during nighttime attacks.[2][3]

## Gameplay

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In Infection Free Zone, players assume control of a group of survivors tasked with establishing and defending a settlement against infected hordes and hostile factions. The core gameplay revolves around a day-night cycle where players manage squads of armed survivors who scavenge buildings for essential resources including food, medicine, weapons, and construction materials during daylight hours while the infected remain dormant indoors. [4][5]

Players must strategically choose their headquarters location and adapt existing real-world buildings into functional facilities such as medical bays, workshops, farms, and research centers to create a self-sustaining settlement. Defense preparation is crucial, as each night brings waves of aggressive infected that attack the player's zone, requiring the construction of walls, watchtowers, gates, and strategic positioning of armed squads to repel assaults. The game emphasizes resource management and strategic planning, with players needing to balance exploration for supplies against maintaining adequate defenses, while also managing survivor morale through proper food distribution and shelter.[4][5]

Advanced gameplay includes diplomacy with other survivor groups, research and development of technologies including potential vaccines, vehicle acquisition for faster travel and combat, and long-term settlement expansion through building demolition and reconstruction to optimize defensive layouts.[4][5]

## Plot

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At some time in the modern world, the plague dubbed "Mad Virus" appeared "out of nowhere" and began turning people feral and hostile to all other living beings. In the next few weeks, chaos emerges and societal order collapses worldwide. The intro cinematic shots hint to part of the outbreak occurring in Washington D.C. Doomsday preppers banded together to live underground and form a stockpile of materials. For at least several years, they would live in their bunkers.[1] As supplies became scarce and life support systems began failing, an automated radio frequency declared that the infected population was declining and encouraging survivors to form new settlements. Regardless of what map players choose, they will always start in April 2030.

As players continue developing their society they will continue to encounter other groups in the wasteland, including merchants, wandering migrants, bandits, signs of increasing intelligence within the infected, infected animals, and military factions, largely through the use of radio.

Players may choose to turn off Story events and/or Illness Events upon creating their base. Doing this will disable radio events(excluding migrants) and the intro cinematic.

## Development

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The demo version of the game titled Infection Free Zone – Prologue was released on October 19, 2023, for Steam.[6] In this demo, player can play at six major cities, including Paris and Cambridge,[7] for eight days in-game duration only.[8]

## Reception

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Reception

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Metacritic| (PC) TBD/100[9]
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PC Invasion| 7.5/10[10]
Strategy and Wargaming| 8/10[11]

Infection Free Zone received mixed reviews upon its early access release in April 2024. Ed Smith of PCGamesN described the game as effectively mixing elements from Cities Skylines 2, Dying Light, and Frostpunk.[12]

## References

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1. ^ Andrews, Hayley (April 10, 2024). "Infection Free Zone release countdown: Exact start time and date". Dot Esports. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
2. ^ Jonathan Bolding (July 30, 2023). "Infection Free Zone will let you reclaim your own town after the zombie apocalypse". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
3. ^ "Infection Free Zone Review – Finally, An Interesting Strategy Zombie Game". Strategy and Wargaming. April 8, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
4. ^ a b c Novichenko, Artur (April 15, 2024). "Infection Free Zone Tips and Tricks for Beginners". Game Rant. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
5. ^ a b c Björkman Nyqvist, Martina; Guariso, Andrea; Svensson, Jakob (October 10, 2017). "Evaluation of Living Goods/BRAC entrepreneurial CHW model in Uganda - Phase II". AEA Randomized Controlled Trials. doi:10.1257/rct.2392-2.0. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
6. ^ "Infection Free Zone – Prologue System Requirements". PCGameBenchmark. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
7. ^ Bolding, Jonathan (July 30, 2023). "Infection Free Zone will let you reclaim your own town after the zombie apocalypse". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
8. ^ Vincent, Hadley (April 9, 2024). "How to play the Infection Free Zone prologue demo". Dot Esports. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
9. ^ "Infection Free Zone". Metacritic. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
10. ^ Lambourne, Aidan (April 12, 2024). "Infection Free Zone review – Zombies in your backyard". PC Invasion. Archived from the original on April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
11. ^ Marques, Nuno Carvalho (April 8, 2024). "Infection Free Zone Review – Finally, An Interesting Strategy Zombie Game". Strategy and Wargaming. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
12. ^ Smith, Ed (April 12, 2024). "New survival game with an incredible twist is exploding on Steam". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

a.^ A scene from the intro cinematic in the bunker suggests the survivors have been underground for at least three years(before April 2027).

## External links

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* Official website
* Infection Free Zone at MobyGames

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Games developed by Jutsu Games

* 911 Operator (2017)
* 112 Operator (2020)
* Rustler (2021)
* Infection Free Zone (2024 early access)
* Solar Expanse (TBA)

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