Rotline

ROTLINE is a top-down zombie survival shooter that runs right in your browser, on your phone or your desktop, with nothing to install.

Campaign

The outbreak is spreading and the only way out is forward. Fight your way across a dying country one mission at a time: from a forest lodge, across a barricaded bridge and through a flooded town, into the dead city, and on to where it all began. Every mission starts on a fresh road to it and ends somewhere new, and no two of them play the same:

- hold a checkpoint while a radio calls for help

- escort a survivor to safety

- carry fuel through the dark

- start generators that call every zombie in earshot

- plant charges and outrun the blast

- light flares on ice that cracks under your feet

- hunt down the nests that feed the horde

Every gun you find stays yours, and so does what you have left. Ammo is scarce, your health carries over, and the fog hides what is waiting around the corner.

Infinite mode

Clear the campaign to unlock the endless horde. Pick a map (dead city, dark forest, desert or frozen town), each with its own perk and its own price, and see how long you last. A trader drops by now and then to sell research, guns, ammo, gear and skills, and every run earns Blood Marks for upgrades that stay with you.

What's in it

- 19 guns sharing four kinds of ammo, from the pistol to the railgun

- 25 kinds of zombie, from shambling walkers to bosses that tear the street apart

- Zombies that come apart as you shoot them: arms, legs, open wounds, bone

- Focus: slow time down and go for a boss's weak spots

- An automatic melee shove when they get too close, and supply crates to smash open

- Grenades, Molotovs, flashbangs, freeze and EMP grenades

- A research tree, skills, a permanent upgrade Lab and a full in-game wiki

Controls

Desktop: WASD to move · mouse to aim and shoot · right click (hold) for Focus · R to reload · Q / E to switch guns · Space or G to throw · Shift to dodge · Tab or P to pause

Phone: drag anywhere to walk; you aim and fire on your own · double tap to throw · on-screen buttons for Focus, dodge and grenades

A short tutorial covers the basics: open How to play on the start screen.

Open Beta

Rotline is in open beta and still growing: more missions, maps and balance passes are on the way. Your progress is saved in your browser and carries over to every update. Feedback and bug reports are very welcome in the comments.

Credits

Zombie voices: CC0 recordings from OpenGameArt, the Zombies Sound Pack by artisticdude and the zomby sfx pack by saturn91.

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