
Rise of the Dead
Mark Smith · Published by Mark Smith
Content notice: Blood, Guts, Gore
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Trapped in a collapsing mountain research facility, you play a lone security guard searching for a vaccine as the dead rise around you. Solve puzzles, survive limited resources, and escape by train before everything is destroyed.
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Explore a tense adventure where every step could be your last. As a security guard racing to find a vaccine in a crumbling research station, use your wits to overcome challenges and escape before time runs out.
About this game
RISE OF THE DEAD
The cure is buried. The dead are rising.
You wake up alone inside a remote mountain research facility.
The lights are failing.
The corridors are silent.
The floors covered in blood.
And something is moving in the dark.
A distorted phone call from a first responder named Frank delivers a single objective:
Find the vaccine. Escape before the facility is destroyed.

🧟 ABOUT THE GAME
Rise of the Dead is a story-driven survival horror game built in Unreal Engine 5, blending tense exploration, environmental storytelling, and classic puzzle-based progression.
Set inside a vast research complex carved deep into a remote mountain, you play as a security guard who wakes with no memory of how the outbreak began — only the growing realisation that the personnell are not so alive anymore.
The facility is failing.
The infection is spreading.
And time is running out.
🏔️ A DEAD MOUNTAIN FACILITY
Explore a sprawling, interconnected research complex featuring:
Security offices and surveillance rooms
Medical wards and triage areas
Research laboratories and biocontainment zones
Dormitories, maintenance tunnels, and power stations
An abandoned underground train station — your only escape
Each location tells its own story through bloodstains, destroyed equipment, documents, audio logs, and environmental clues.
📞 A VOICE ON THE LINE
Throughout your journey, you receive phone calls from Frank, a first responder coordinating containment efforts from the facility entrance car park.
His information guides you — but as the facility reveals its secrets, his words begin to raise questions.
Is Frank helping you…
Or using you?
🧬 FIND THE VACCINE
Was the outbreak corporate greed, accidental or military trial?
Uncover classified experiments, failed trials, and unethical research as you descend deeper into the mountain.
The vaccine exists — but it may not be complete.
Your choices determine:
How much of the truth you uncover
What condition the vaccine is in
And what escapes the mountain with you
🔑 SURVIVAL HORROR GAMEPLAY
Exploration-focused survival horror
Limited resources and ammunition
Environmental puzzles and key-based progression
Minimal UI for maximum immersion
Combat is dangerous.
Running may be wiser than fighting.
🔥 A RACE AGAINST DESTRUCTION
As you near the truth, the facility begins to collapse.
Emergency systems fail.
Containment protocols activate.
Explosions tear through the mountain.
Fight your way to the train station as the complex self-destructs around you, and escape before everything is buried forever.
🎮 FEATURES
Built in Unreal Engine 5 with cutting-edge lighting and atmosphere
A fully explorable, interconnected mountain facility
Narrative delivered through phone calls, documents, and the environment
Cinematic rich environment
Designed for fans of classic and modern survival horror

⚠️ WILL YOU SAVE THE WORLD… OR JUST YOURSELF?
The dead are rising.
The truth is buried.
And the mountain won’t stay standing forever.
Wishlist now and prepare to descend into the dark.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800 8-ore
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Sound Card: Basic
- VR Support: None
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Memory: 32 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Sound Card: Basic
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Delete Save Games and Cache
Please ensure if you a downloading the demo again (so already on your Steam account, please delete all your previous Save Games and Cache as this may conflict with the new game version.Read full article on Community Announcements (centenarysmith)AnnouncementsOfficial
Demo is Back!
Demo is Back! After a short time offline due to a major reworking of the Demo, I am so pleased to be able to present it back to you in a whole new form with updated locations, visual improvements and mechanics, plus stability visuals and optimisation. Still a lot needed to be done with the Zombies and AI but it's a journey i'm on.Read full article on Community Announcements (centenarysmith)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Offline
I have removed the demo, temporarily as I progress with a very big update to it, from visuals, game-play, animation and sequences, it's going through a slight overhaul right now.Read full article on Community Announcements (centenarysmith)Patch NotesOfficial
Update v1.2
Update v1.2 Fixed multiple Texture Sizing issues slowing performance Fixed issues with oversized assets Fixed Spelling Errors on 2 documents Fixed Lighting Casting and Radius on multiple lights Fixed Player Falling through world on level changing Fixed too many alarms in the same place during cut scene Updating Soon Issue with starting sequence audio Issue with missing assets More documents Expanded Warehouse Are / Boss BattleRead full article on Community Announcements (centenarysmith)AnnouncementsOfficial
Epidemic Demo Live!
I am super proud to announce the release of the Epidemic Demo, a small slice of what's to come in the full game, heavily inspired by classic horror. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43797864/86b870e76a2182e3b61baf2da8729513ef7fe1dc.pngRead full article on Community Announcements (centenarysmith)






