Zombie swarm

Zombie Swarm is a cooperative top-down shooter video game developed by Blacklight Interactive and released in 2023. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic urban environment where players assume the roles of survivors attempting to escape a city overrun by a rapidly mutating zombie virus. The primary objective is to survive a series of increasingly difficult waves of undead enemies while completing secondary objectives such as securing supply caches or activating evacuation beacons. The game supports up to four players in online multiplayer or local split-screen. It features a dynamic difficulty system that adjusts enemy density and mutation types based on player performance. The visual style employs a gritty, desaturated color palette with high-contrast lighting to emphasize threat detection.

Gameplay mechanics center on wave-based survival with a finite resource economy. Players start with a pistol and a melee weapon. Ammunition, health packs, and weapon upgrades are found in randomized loot containers scattered across the map. Each wave introduces new enemy types, including spitters that attack from range and brutes that require sustained fire. Operation controls on PC utilize the WASD keys for movement, the left mouse button for primary fire, and the right mouse button for aiming down sights. The R key reloads, the Q key deploys a special ability (e.g., a turret or healing drone), and the E key interacts with objects. The spacebar performs a dodge roll that grants brief invulnerability. Tactical techniques include funneling enemies through narrow doorways to limit flanking, conserving ammunition by using melee attacks on isolated zombies, and coordinating special ability usage during boss waves. Players should prioritize destroying spitters before engaging brutes to maintain crowd control.