THE DEAD WE KNEW Wiki — Co-op Zombie Survival Guide

Getting Started

Your first days in the outbreak: core loop, scavenging, base building and the four co-op roles.

Game Systems

Open-world survival, crafting, base building and the zombie threat curve.

Enemies

Zombie types and threats — verification opens at launch.

Tools

4-player Co-op Squad Planner: split roles before you drop in.

Entering Early Access October 22, 2026. THE DEAD WE KNEW is one of Steam's most-wishlisted upcoming co-op games — ranked #7 globally with ~168k wishlists. Official metadata (developer, genres, tags, platforms, wishlist rank) is verified via Steam / pre-launch cross-check and shown on the Game Systems page. Enemy / weapon / item numbers are not in any public API pre-launch and are filled only with sourced, attributed community verification — no stats are invented.

Official Screenshots

Official THE DEAD WE KNEW screenshots from MAY19 STUDIO (Steam), shown for guide/identification context. All rights belong to the developer. They imply no gameplay numbers.

Why a THE DEAD WE KNEW wiki now?

Co-op zombie survival with open-world crafting and base building is one of 2026's hottest pre-launch categories. THE DEAD WE KNEW drops your 1–4 squad into a world overrun by the dead: scavenge resources, raise a defensible base, and survive the waves together. We pre-build the guides so that when the Early Access flood of new players hits on October 22, 2026, the answers are already indexed and waiting.

Sources: SteamSteamDBSteamData.AIMAY19 STUDIO