Longplay Studios has announced Terminus: Day Zero, a short zombie survival adventure launching free on Steam on November 18, 2026. It takes place on the first day of the outbreak and follows Daisy, a young girl who wakes up at home with her parents nowhere to be found.
Unlike survivors prepared for combat, Daisy cannot fight the dead. Players must hide, shut doors, avoid detection, and eventually run through a neighborhood that is rapidly becoming unrecognizable.
Quick Summary
- Title: Terminus: Day Zero
- Franchise: Terminus
- Developer: Longplay Studios
- Publisher: Longplay Studios
- Developer location: Daejeon, South Korea
- Format: PC game
- Platform: Steam
- Status: unreleased
- Announcement date: October 19, 2026
- Official developer release date: November 18, 2026
- Price: free
- Model: Free to Play
- Steam genre: Action
- Steam genre: Adventure
- Steam genre: Indie
- Steam genre: Free to Play
- Player format: single-player
- Protagonist: Daisy
- Daisy: a young girl
- Story period: first day of the zombie outbreak
- Opening: Daisy wakes up in an empty house
- Situation: Mom and Dad do not answer
- Threat: the dead begin finding their way into the house
- Combat ability: Daisy cannot fight back
- Survival: hiding
- Survival: closing doors
- Survival: avoiding zombies
- Survival: running
- Example hiding place: under a bed
- Environment: Daisy's home
- Environment: surrounding streets and yards
- Daisy's advantage: she knows the neighborhood's yards and fences
- Motivation: find Mom and Dad
- Story focus: a child who does not fully understand what is happening
- Connection: set in the Terminus: Zombie Survivors universe
- Story structure: standalone
- Previous main game: Terminus: Zombie Survivors
- Previous game required: no
- Terminus: Zombie Survivors: released in 2024
- Main game sales: more than 150,000 copies on Steam according to Longplay Studios
- Main game award: Indie Game Award at the 2024 Korea Game Awards
- Trailer: Announcement Trailer available on Steam
- Gameplay screenshots: available on Steam
- Interface language: English
- Interface language: Korean
- Interface language: Simplified Chinese
- Interface language: Japanese
- Subtitles: supported in all four listed languages
- Full audio: not listed
- Steam Achievements: supported
- Steam Cloud: supported
- Family Sharing: listed as a Steam feature
- Minimum OS: Windows 10
- Minimum CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Minimum RAM: 8 GB
- Minimum GPU: NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 360
- Minimum DirectX: Version 11
- Minimum storage: 2 GB
- Recommended CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Recommended RAM: 16 GB
- Recommended GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580
- Recommended storage: 2 GB
- Steam status: available to wishlist
Trailer, Steam, and the First Day of the Outbreak
Daisy Cannot Fight Back
The core of Terminus: Day Zero comes from its protagonist's limitations. Daisy is neither a soldier nor a survivor who already understands how the outbreak works.
When the dead enter her home, she has to find hiding places, stay quiet, shut doors and move before she is discovered. Once the house is no longer safe, her familiarity with the surrounding yards and fences becomes her main advantage.
The Outbreak Through a Child's Eyes
Where Terminus: Zombie Survivors takes place in a world whose survivors have already learned what happened, Day Zero returns to the moment when everything is still confusing.
The figures around Daisy were once neighbors or familiar faces she passed on her way to school. That perspective gives the outbreak a more personal scale than a conventional combat-focused zombie scenario.
No Previous Terminus Game Is Required
Although it shares the same world, Terminus: Day Zero is designed as a self-contained story.
New players can follow Daisy without prior knowledge of Terminus: Zombie Survivors, while returning players get a look at a much earlier stage of the outbreak.
Why This Matters
1) The protagonist genuinely cannot fight
Survival depends on hiding, space, doors and Daisy's knowledge of her surroundings rather than weapons.
2) It explores the outbreak's first day
Players experience a world in which people still do not understand what is happening.
3) It is free and standalone
No previous Terminus game is required to follow Daisy's story.
Terminus: Day Zero Game Information
For now, the additional important information currently known includes:
- Terminus: Day Zero is part of the Terminus series
- the game is developed by Longplay Studios
- Longplay Studios also self-publishes the title
- the studio is based in Daejeon, South Korea
- Longplay Studios was founded in 2021
- the game was announced on October 19, 2026
- the official announcement lists November 18, 2026 as its launch date
- Steam may display November 17 depending on locale or timezone
- Longplay Studios uses November 18 in its official announcement
- the game will be free
- PC via Steam is the currently announced platform
- no console release has been announced
- Daisy is the protagonist
- Daisy is a child
- the story takes place on the first day of the outbreak
- Daisy wakes up alone at home
- Mom and Dad are missing
- zombies eventually enter the house
- Daisy has no ability to fight them
- players can hide under beds
- doors can be used to slow threats down
- players must keep Daisy from being discovered
- the house is an early gameplay environment
- the story eventually moves into the neighborhood
- Daisy knows the surrounding yards and fences
- that knowledge helps her escape
- the story emphasizes people Daisy once recognized
- its focus is one girl and one neighborhood
- the game shares the world of Terminus: Zombie Survivors
- its story works independently
- prior experience with Terminus: Zombie Survivors is not required
- Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a turn-based survival roguelike
- the original game launched in August 2024
- Longplay Studios says it has sold more than 150,000 copies on Steam
- Terminus: Zombie Survivors won the Indie Game Award at the 2024 Korea Game Awards
- Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2 is also in development
- an Announcement Trailer is available on Steam
- official gameplay screenshots are available on Steam
- the store lists single-player
- Steam Achievements are supported
- Steam Cloud is supported
- Family Sharing is listed
- English interface and subtitles are supported
- Korean interface and subtitles are supported
- Japanese interface and subtitles are supported
- Simplified Chinese interface and subtitles are supported
- full audio is not listed
- Windows 10 is the minimum OS
- minimum processor is Intel Core i5-6500 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- minimum memory is 8 GB RAM
- minimum GPU is NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon R7 360
- DirectX 11 is required
- minimum storage is 2 GB
- recommended CPU is Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- recommended memory is 16 GB RAM
- recommended GPU is NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
- recommended storage remains 2 GB
- wishlisting is available
- the game is available through Steam
- developer information is available through Longplay Studios
- official studio updates are available through Official X
- studio videos are available through Official YouTube
Closing
Terminus: Day Zero uses a smaller scale to show the beginning of the Terminus world's collapse. Daisy has no weapon; hiding places, doors and familiarity with her neighborhood become the tools that keep her alive.
The game launches free through Steam on November 18, 2026. Longplay Studios has not announced versions for platforms outside PC.
- Longplay Studios / Steam — Official Terminus: Day Zero Announcement and November 18 Free Launch Details
- Steam — Official Terminus: Day Zero Store Page, Story, Features, Languages, and PC Requirements
- Longplay Studios — Official Studio Website and Terminus Series Information
- Longplay Studios — Official Terminus: Zombie Survivors Press Kit, Sales Milestone, and Studio Background
