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Zero Survivors: The Hero Must Die

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Zero Survivors: The Hero Must Die

PeggyDogGames · Published by PeggyDogGames

Last updated 28 Sept 2026

Create thousands of night creatures and ensure the Hero does not survive until dawn. Play as death in a reverse survivor-like where both sides level up as you raise armies of monsters, unlock dark powers and stop a lone Hero from becoming a legend.

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Action, Indie, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More free games

About this game

The Hero Must Die

The Hero thinks this is his story.

Prove him wrong.

Play as Death in a reverse roguelite where a single Hero fights for glory, treasure and survival while you build an army to end him.

Both of you grow stronger; fighting over experience.

The Hero hunts your minions, gains xp, discovers powerful weapons and unlocks devastating abilities.

Death does the same.

Raise armies of bats, skeletons, werewolves, and worse. Unlock dark powers. Capture graves. Grow your forces. Hunt the Hero before he becomes powerful enough to hunt you.

The Race for Power

The Hero needs to survive.

You only need one kill.

Every second the Hero remains alive is another chance for him to steal your levels, open your treasure and become a living legend.

Can you stop him before it's too late?

Build Death's Army

Unlock minions, powers, and upgrades as you level up.

Experiment with different synergies and strategies to overwhelm the Hero before he outgrows your army.

Heroes of Lore

Heroes never truly die.

Defeated Heroes may return as Heroes of Lore, powerful rivals who remember how they were slain.

Killed a Hero with bats?

Don't be surprised when they return wearing anti-bat armour!

Every victory changes the future.

Features

  • Reverse survivor-like gameplay

  • Play as Death himself

  • Compete against a single ever-evolving Hero

  • Both sides compete for experience, level-ups, treasure, and abilities

  • Command armies of monstrous minions

  • Persistent Heroes of Lore rivalry system

  • Many different Deaths to play as and Heroes to unlock and defeat

  • MANY builds and strategies to defeat the Hero

The Hero wants to survive.

Death wants results.

System Requirements

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Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 10 or Later
  • Processor: i5-3570K 3.4 GHz 4 Core
  • Memory: 8 MB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB)
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 900 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Will run on a potato

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10 or Later
  • Processor: i7-8700 3.6 GHz 8 Core
  • Memory: 16 MB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce RTX 2070
  • Storage: 900 MB available space

Supported Languages

English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Dari, Estonian, Filipino, Galician, Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Igbo, Irish, K'iche', Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Konkani, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Odia, Persian, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Quechua, Scots, Serbian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Sorani, Sotho, Swahili, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tigrinya, Tswana, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Valencian, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu

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