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Early access
Build 42
Build 41
| Update
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Version
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Unstable release
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Stable release
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| Animation Overhaul
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Build 41.78.19
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–
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April 8, 2026
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| Build 41.78.18
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–
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March 20, 2026
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| Build 41.78.17
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–
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March 19, 2026
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| Build 41.78.16
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–
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December 12, 2022
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| Build 41.78.15
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December 5, 2022
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| Build 41.78.13
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November 29, 2022
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November 30, 2022
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| Build 41.78
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October 22, 2022
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November 9, 2022
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| Build 41.77.9
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October 20, 2022
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October 20, 2022
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| Build 41.77.7
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October 13, 2022
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October 17, 2022
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| Build 41.77.4
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October 3, 2022
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October 7, 2022
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| Build 41.77
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September 27, 2022
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October 4, 2022
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| Build 41.73.3
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July 28, 2022
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August 8, 2022
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| Build 41.73
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July 18, 2022
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August 8, 2022
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| Build 41.71.1
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May 24, 2022
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| Build 41.71
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May 12, 2022
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May 19, 2022
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| Build 41.68
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March 7, 2022
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March 14, 2022
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| Build 41.66
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February 25, 2022
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February 25, 2022
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| Build 41.65
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October 16, 2019
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December 20, 2021
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Build 40
Build 39
Build 38
| Update
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Version
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Unstable release
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Stable release
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| The Pre-Vehicles Build
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Build 38.30
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October 17, 2017
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November 23, 2017
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| Build 38.22
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–
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October 6, 2017
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| Build 38.21
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October 3, 2017
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| Build 38.20
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September 29, 2017
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| Build 38.19
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September 26, 2017
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| Build 38.18
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| Build 38.17
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September 25, 2017
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| Build 38.16
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September 24, 2017
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| Build 38.15
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June 13, 2017
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September 22, 2017
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Build 37
Build 36
Build 35
Build 34
Build 33
Build 32
Build 31
| Update
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Version
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Unstable release
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Stable release
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| Profession Revamp
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Build 31.13
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March 25, 2015
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April 14, 2015
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| Build 31.10
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–
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March 24, 2015
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| Build 31.9
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March 22, 2015
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| Build 31.8
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March 22, 2015
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| Build 31.7
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March 21, 2015
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| Build 31.6
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March 12, 2015
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| Build 31.5
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March 9, 2015
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| Build 31.4
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March 7, 2015
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| Build 31.3
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March 6, 2015
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| Build 31.2
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March 5, 2015
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| Build 31.1
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March 4, 2015
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| Build 31
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February 10, 2015
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Build 30
Build 29
Build 28
Build 27
Build 26
Build 25
Build 24
Build 23
Build 21
Build 20
Build 19
2.9.9.17 (Builds 1-12a)
Release candidate
Alpha
0.2.0
| Version
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Release date
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| 0.2.0r RC3
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January 24, 2013Unreleased
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| 0.2.0r RC2.7.3
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April 23, 2013
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| 0.2.0r RC2.6
|
July 25, 2012Unreleased
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| 0.2.0r RC2.5
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July 24, 2012
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| 0.2.0r RC2
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June 29, 2012
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| 0.2.0r RC1
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June 29, 2012
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| 0.2.0q test
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April 4, 2012Unreleased
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| 0.2.0q experimental combat build
|
March 30, 2012
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| 0.2.0q
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March 27, 2012
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| 0.2.0p
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March 27, 2012
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| 0.2.0o
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March 26, 2012
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| 0.2.0n
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March 26, 2012
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| 0.2.0m
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March 25, 2012
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| 0.2.0l
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March 24, 2012
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| 0.2.0k
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March 23, 2012
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| 0.2.0j
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March 22, 2012
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| 0.2.0i
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March 22, 2012
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| 0.2.0h
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March 22, 2012
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| 0.2.0g
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March 15, 2012
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| 0.2.0f
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March 13, 2012
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| 0.2.0e
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March 13, 2012
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| 0.2.0d
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March 12, 2012
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| 0.2.0c
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March 12, 2012
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| 0.2.0b
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March 12, 2012
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| 0.2.0a
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March 11, 2012
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0.1.6
| Version
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Release date
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| 0.1.6a
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September 12, 2011Unreleased
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0.1.5
0.1.4
0.1.3
| Version
|
Release date
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| 0.1.3a
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May 31, 2011
|
0.1.2
| Version
|
Release date
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| 0.1.2a
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May 29, 2011
|
Pre-alpha
Trivia
- Project Zomboid was officially announced on May 15, 2011, but first mention of it was available a week earlier, on May 8, 2011 under the Project Secreto, SECRETO PROJECTATRON GEORGE or SECRET PROJECT ALPHA ROMERO names.
- The original build of Project Zomboid was leaked to 4chan, prompting an earlier game release, rushing to get this game to everyone who pre-ordered.[2][3] Despite the problems, the devs have asked fans of the game not to be “down” on piracy, and have highlighted reasons why people might have gone down that route, such as having no access to PayPal.[4]
- The original versions of the game could be player in the browser under the http://cloud.projectzomboid.com/. This future was later removed, with the Java browser plugin being ultimately scrapped.
- The oldest game versions were not archived and may be considered a “lost media” until found. Before moving to Desura and then to Steam and GOG, the game was distributed on Amazon AWS and sometimes mirrored by the users, and The Indie Stone, but not all files are currently backed up. The remaining ones were gathered by the community by various sources, with piracy being one of the way to obtain and, along the modification to bypass game ownership checks, is not frowned upon for these versions as confirmed by Lemmy[5] and on Discord after asking.
- The list may be missing some intermediate versions that were released without patch logs intermediately. Some old forum posts may have not been archived either. These are noted as found.
- The game used to have a demo for free, both on the website initially as 0.1.4c and later on Steam, but these were ultimately abandoned. No further demos are planned for the game, with the Steam refund being an option to try the game for 2 hours, see the FAQ for explanation.
See also
References
