Game2017

Z-End

AdventureIndie

Developer Smart Tale Games

Z-End is a multiple choice narrative game. During the zombie apocalypse, you'll encounter the mysterious Faye while searching for new members.What secrets is she hiding? Will she join you? Will you be able to overcome the danger of this world? From the Steam store page

21 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jun 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

43
Mixed

9 positive · 12 negative
95% range 24–63%

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Steam's own rating
Mixed
35 of 60 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What people are saying

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Reactions

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  • Steam user Steam user …0741Steam reviews · Dec 9, 2017

    Zombies... poor Zombies... Victims to all kind of bad Humans making Money out of them... Z-End is one ugly example of this. I finished the game in 20 minutes without any haste... The content is below what other games offer as introduction, where you would expect the game to begin it´s already the End. Add to that a bad translation (Wrong gender in dialogues, French verbs in english text etc etc..) Shallow story and characters.. yeah everything here for a quick cash grab. Conclusio: Stay away…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1776Steam reviews · Dec 8, 2017

    It took me 15 minutes to finish this game.. drinking a coffe takes longer. Il rather use my monney on a coffe to be honnest. In the 15 minutes I unlocked 8 of 23 acchivements. The story is shallow, and the game creators should have made a full text based game instead of wasting time on poorly made animations and drawings.. I usualy enjoy text based games, but then again most text based games to this price are at least a couple of hours of entertainment. I have to say that there are still…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8609Steam reviews · Dec 12, 2017 · 1 h played

    I do not like writing negative reviews but I have to for this one. This game has way too many bugs for it to be considered complete. It's like paying for a game only to be so frustrated with it so you can tell the developers on the Discussion forums what's wrong with it. There are parts where you are given two choices of locations to choose, but when you pick one, it doesn't work, so you have to pick the remaining one. When you pick a female as your character, halfway through the game at one…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1824Steam reviews · Mar 18, 2021 · 4 h played

    A choose your own adventure gone horribly wrong due to branching dialogues giving you incorrect story or out right refusing to advance the game. There is also mixed languages in the UI and using the rewind button caused multiple text lines to blur over each other to the point it could not be read.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5728Steam reviews · Nov 19, 2019 · 1 h played

    Z-End is extremely short, about 20 minutes per playthrough. It has a very lame story and I just can't recommend it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4015Steam reviews · Jul 26, 2024 · 2 h played

    Z-End is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as if it was a real PC game (it's not)... it's a cash grab from greedy mobile devs trying to cash in on abandoned app store stuff. The mobile app was removed from Google Play, possibly because of the poor qualities issues. This mobile app is not a game, it's a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8544Steam reviews · Dec 14, 2020 · 2 h played

    Too many logic bugs and not enough content. You can play the game in 15-20 minutes. Sometimes, the text or graphics refer to things that have not happened in your storyline. I didn't like the artwork for Faye either.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6772Steam reviews · Jan 21, 2025

    Got it for less than a dollar so I wasn't expecting much, but they literally couldn't even bother to include an "exit game" option. There is literally no in game menu of any kind. Want to stop playing? You have to alt-tab out of the game and click "Stop" on Steam. Possibly the most low effort game I've ever encountered.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9513Steam reviews · Jun 30, 2024 · 2 h played

    Good for achievements, its a very buggy and short game. Don't spam click through the game when you transition to a new location, the game will lock and you have no choice but to close the game and start a new game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5741Steam reviews · Jun 6, 2026 · 1 h played

    Me: Mom, can we have The Walking Dead? Mom: No, we have The Walking Dead at home. at home: Z-End ... One of the characters even calls zombies "walkers" - just like it is in The Walking Dead. Ridiculous.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3058Steam reviews · Feb 21, 2020 · 1 h played

    Should you buy this game? [ ] Oui [ X ] Non

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  • Steam user Steam user …2436Steam reviews · Dec 9, 2017

    Good Game pretty short but every choice can really change the story and characters. Interesting if you do it like 2 or 3 times with other choices.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1798Steam reviews · Mar 19, 2026 · 14 h played

    Z-End, developed by Smart Tale Games and published by Plug In Digital, is a narrative-focused experience set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse, but it approaches the genre from a distinctly different angle. Rather than emphasizing combat, resource management, or open-ended survival systems, the game centers almost entirely on player choice and the consequences that stem from it. You take on the role of a survivor tasked with scouting and recruiting others, but the real focus quickly…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2037Steam reviews · Jul 12, 2025 · 1 h played

    I can't say I'd recommend this game. I played through twice, about 20 minutes each (it's an incredibly short game). The second play through I tried to choose the opposite choices I did the time before but it gave me basically the same story despite trying to go a totally different route. So disappointed because I love both choose your own adventure type stories and zombies.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7600Steam reviews · May 8, 2025 · 101 h played

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  • Steam user Steam user …1942Steam reviews · Jan 28, 2025 · 3 h played

    The game offers some achievements, but it's plagued with bugs and is quite brief. Avoid rapidly clicking when moving to a new area, as this can cause the game to freeze, forcing you to restart. Each scene resembles a text adventure with basic backgrounds. Overall, it's mediocre and lacks engagement; if I had to rate it, I'd probably give it a lukewarm "okay." It might be worth around a dollar.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5505Steam reviews · Jan 7, 2025 · 3 h played

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  • Steam user Steam user …4678Steam reviews · Jan 5, 2023

    Yeah ever scene is like a text adventure with some backgrounds. It's ok , not really engaging or neat if I could give a just OK I'd porbably say that. It's worth maybe a dollar.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7016Steam reviews · Jan 24, 2022

    Multiple choice, same exact result. Cant even leave the woman at the start, not only that, you cant hide the fact there's a gun from here either. Oh, and there's constantly out of place writing that is probably meant to pop up if you were elsewhere.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4351Steam reviews · May 17, 2019

    Loved it zombie apocalypse multiple choices I still gotta play more of the game though. https://youtu.be/8CcgpGjPNQw

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  • Steam user Steam user …7974Steam reviews · Jan 21, 2018 · 3 h played

    Good game for the price. But it is kinda short. Easy achievements to get.

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