Have you ever wanted to just get away, even when the whole world seems to be crumbling all around you? Zombies walking the street, eating your friends? Well, now you can, as Welcome to ParadiZe has just launched!

Welcome to ParadiZe, an action-packed, zany survival game that is sure to keep you busy, as it takes a totally different approach to the zombie genre of survival games. Not only are zombies the main threat in the game, but you can also make them your friends.

When you start off, you will have a little bit of clothing on your back as you make your way to ParadiZe, the legendary town that was built by Tusk Industries founder, billionaire genius, playboy, and philanthropist Jeff Tusk, who perfected a process of turning the mindless undead menaces into useful tools.

This top-down isometric game throws you into the action the right way, as you will first learn to dispatch the errant zombies with a stick. It is not very effective, but with a little bit of effort and a lot of blood spatter, you will get the job done.

The stick is just one of a myriad of weapons that you will be able to craft as you find more creative ways to destroy your enemies with such weapons as baseball bats, boomerangs, an air-powered pump shotgun, and many more.

However, this wouldn’t be ParadiZe without your own zombie, would it? Once you learn to craft the Zombot Hacking Helmet, you will be able to knock any zombie down. Just attach this electronic marvel to its head, and voilà, you have your very own zombie minion!

The zombie will no longer roam around aimlessly looking for brains; you can program it with a variety of functions, telling it what to do in and outside of combat; outfit your Zombot with a variety of outfits; load it up with an arsenal of weapons and armor; build your own personal tanky bodyguard; or strap explosives to it and have it run toward foes and explode. The choices are limitless.

Resources check, Zombot check, but what about a nice little bungalow to call your own? That’s right, we build it yourself, starting off with a small shelter, a weapons workshop, and even your own generator to supply power to your home. Then build some pylons and have Zombots collect resources for you as you’re surviving out in the wild.

While exploring, you will come across a few diverse biomes, such as the forest, desert, a town, and even a few dungeon-like areas, each filled with their own unique zombies and zombified wildlife, such as zombie rabbits, and even face off against a giant zombie elephant.

With so many activities planned for this vacation, why not bring some friends along as well? You can play with up to 4 friends with online-coop and, my personal favorite, Remote Play Together, so you can play with friends even if they don’t have the game.

Welcome to ParadiZe is now available on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.