Leading the Dead is an indie developed by Owls (国際情報工科自動車大学校), released 10 January 2022 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Leading the Dead is
Leading the Dead is an indie game developed by Owls (国際情報工科自動車大学校) and released in 2022. It was published by DATEAPPS 2022. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This is the story of a world that has been overrun by zombies due to a sudden virus outbreak.In order to keep the zombies from invading, the people have built a huge wall that completely covers the city, saving it from extinction. Alex, a researcher who escaped into it, realizes that the virus was created by humans during the development of a therapeutic drug. He announced that the accident had leaked the murder virus and found that the government had taken advantage of the turmoil to wipe it out. ...But the people don't believe him, and the government banishes him outside the zombie-infested walls as a dangerous person who spreads falsehoods and incites the people. Alex despairs at the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Leading the Dead launched on 10 January 2022, within three weeks of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, Strange Horticulture and Nobody Saves the World.
Released around the same time: Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, Strange Horticulture, Nobody Saves the World.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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