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• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: Massively Multiplayer Online (PvPvE)
• Setting: Immediate Post-Apocalypse (Meteor Spores)
• Platforms: PC, iOS, Android
• Early Access Release: 2025-10-24
• Unique Feature: A persistent online survival sandbox where players can fully customize vehicles into mobile bases, and optionally choose to play as a powerful, leveling zombie.

• Perspective: Third-Person
• Multiplayer: Single-Player Only
• Setting: 1960s Rural Japan
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
• Unique Feature: The first mainline Silent Hill game set in Japan, written by acclaimed visual novel writer Ryukishi07, with a deep, replayable narrative structure and a focus on action-oriented melee combat.

• Documents: A total of 93 collectibles are in the game, with 37 trophy-relevant documents being essential for piecing together the full story across multiple playthroughs.
• Omamori Charms: 17 hidden charms found throughout the world or purchased from shrines. These are equippable items that provide crucial passive buffs.
• Ema (Character Upgrades): 22 wooden plaques that are spent at shrines to permanently increase Hinako’s core stats.
• Inventory Upgrades: Six hidden upgrades that increase Hinako's extremely limited inventory space. Two are exclusively found in New Game+.

• Zombies
• Survival
• MMO
• Post-Apocalyptic
• Base Building
• Crafting
• Emergent Gameplay

• Psychological Horror
• Survival Horror
• Japanese Folklore
• Body Horror
• 1960s Japan
• Mature

• Improvised Melee Weapons: Varies (Knives, Bats, Axes)
  Melee weapons are crafted from scavenged materials like deer bones, wood, and nails. Examples include the spiked baseball bat and the GPU-mounted toilet brush battleaxe.
• Improvised Ranged Weapons: Ranged
  Weapons crafted from everyday objects, such as a pen and stick combined to make a knockout arrow (with soroform/chloroform), or a javelin.
• Vehicle Weapons: Mounted
  Weapons and armor can be mounted onto vehicles, transforming them into mobile, defensive fortresses.

• Heavy Weapons: Melee
  Slow but powerful weapons like axes and sledgehammers.
• Medium Weapons: Melee
  Balanced weapons like pipes, baseball bats, and crowbars.
• Light Weapons: Melee
  Fast but weak weapons like sickles and knives.
• Toolkits: Utility
  A consumable item used to restore the durability of a melee weapon, preventing it from breaking.

Progression is based on a full RPG stats and leveling system. Players earn perk points for bonuses like extra carry capacity or reduced injury chance. The system is designed around core skills (e.g., Agility, Construction, Cooking, Lockpicking) that improve through repeated use ('practice makes perfect').

Progression is based on a classic survival horror model. Players find 'Ema' (Character Upgrades) to increase Hinako's core stats (Health, Stamina, Sanity) at 'Hokora Shrines' using a currency called 'Faith'. The game also features 'Omamori' charms, which are equippable passive buffs that are crucial for customizing Hinako's abilities and survival style.

The game features a massive, 600+ square kilometer procedurally generated sandbox map (up to 24x24 km) with diverse environments, including towns, villages, coasts, and mountains. The world is persistent and shared by hundreds, possibly thousands, of players.

The game is not a full open world but features highly detailed, interconnected linear areas based on the real-life location of Kanayama, Gero. The structure consists of multiple visits to the town of Ebisugaoka, interspersed with journeys into key locations like the Shrine Path, Ebisugaoka Middle School, and the horrific Otherworld, known as the Dark Shrine.

• The Survivor: Playable Protagonist
  The customizable protagonist. Their base stats and starting gear are determined by their chosen occupation (e.g., Doctor, Thief, Firefighter).
• The Zed: Playable Antagonist
  Players can choose to embrace the infection and continue playing as a powerful, leveling zombie, capable of consuming other Zeds and acquiring new limbs from corpses.

• Hinako Shimizu: Playable Protagonist
  A high school student struggling with a traumatic home life, whose psychological state manifests as the game's horrifying world.
• Shiromuku: Boss
  The final boss of the first playthrough, a lanky, decaying shrine maiden.
• Tsukumogami: Boss
  A powerful boss encountered in New Game+, a mound of porcelain dolls that can transform into a centipede.
• Kyubi: Boss
  A formidable fox-like boss encountered in the path to the true ending.

• Rebuild Civilization Arcs
  The main end-game objective, requiring large-scale cooperation to achieve monumental feats like finding a vaccine, building an escape rocket, or erecting an unclimable tower to restart civilization.
• Survival Loop
  The core objective of the game: to survive the day-to-day by managing complex status effects, fortifying a shelter, and sustainably farming resources.

• Main Story Campaign
  A linear, 10-12 hour campaign that follows Hinako's journey through Ebisugaoka and the Otherworld. The story is designed to be replayed multiple times to uncover new scenes, bosses, and endings.

The game is a persistent online MMO Sandbox where hundreds of players share a single world. It features both Online PvP (allowed but not explicitly encouraged) and PvE against massive Zed hordes. The core social structure relies on players forming teams and sharing shelters.

• Q: What is Zeverland?
  A: Zeverland is an upcoming MMO survival crafting game set at the start of a zombie apocalypse. It is known for its highly creative crafting system and the unique option to play as a leveling zombie.
• Q: Is it a single-player or multiplayer game?
  A: It is a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game where hundreds of players share a persistent world. Conflict is PvPvE, meaning players fight each other and the hordes of Zeds.
• Q: What is the 'Embrace the Infection' mechanic?
  A: It's an innovative twist where if a player dies, they can choose to respawn as a powerful, leveling zombie. As a Zed, they no longer have human needs but hunt other players and Zeds, and can enhance their power by acquiring new limbs from corpses.
• Q: Is the world always the same?
  A: No. The world features a 600+ km² procedural map with dynamic weather and a 30-day phase structure that reshapes the world between long playthroughs, ensuring variety.

• Q: What is Silent Hill f?
  A: It is the first new mainline Silent Hill game since 2012. It's a single-player survival horror game set in 1960s Japan, with a story written by acclaimed visual novel writer Ryukishi07.
• Q: Is it a 'Soulslike' game?
  A: No. While the combat is challenging and action-focused, the developers have stated it is a survival horror game at its core, not a Soulslike. The focus is on resource management and puzzle-solving, not just difficult combat.
• Q: How many endings does the game have?
  A: There are five distinct endings. Achieving all of them requires a minimum of three full playthroughs, including New Game+ and NG+2, and meeting specific, strict conditions.
• Q: Is there any gun combat?
  A: No, the combat is strictly melee-focused. Due to the 1960s Japanese setting and strict gun laws of the era, there are no firearms available to the player.

• OFFICIAL PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS for the Pre-Alpha stage. The final requirements may be higher, though the developers aim for optimization.
• Laptop Performance Note: Laptop performance will be heavily reliant on cooling and TGP. The large, persistent, and highly interactive world demands a robust CPU and high RAM.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU is essential to handle the massive 600+ km² map and dynamic environment.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's complex simulation, high entity count, and procedural map generation will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the procedural world and large number of AI zombies without bottlenecks.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in a fast-paced FPS.
• Game Name: Zeverland

• OFFICIAL PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. These specifications reflect the demands of the Unreal Engine 5 build. The PC version is noted to have significant shader compilation stuttering issues, particularly on first playthrough.
• Laptop Performance Note: Laptop performance will vary based on the model's cooling and TGP. Due to UE5 stuttering issues, a powerful CPU and an SSD are critical for a smoother experience.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU is essential to handle high graphical settings and resolutions, especially with the game's atmospheric fog and lighting.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and intense encounters will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU is critical for mitigating the severe shader compilation stutter that affects the game, particularly on lower-end hardware.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in the timing-based combat.
• Game Name: Silent Hill f

• G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU is essential to handle the massive 600+ km² map and dynamic environment.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's complex simulation, high entity count, and procedural map generation will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution.
• C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU will be critical for handling the procedural world and large number of AI zombies without bottlenecks.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in a fast-paced FPS.

• G P U T G P: Maximum TGP for the laptop's GPU is essential to handle high graphical settings and resolutions, especially with the game's atmospheric fog and lighting.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's visually rich world and intense encounters will require a laptop with a cutting-edge cooling solution to prevent thermal throttling.
• C P U Power Limits: A powerful multi-core mobile CPU is critical for mitigating the severe shader compilation stutter that affects the game, particularly on lower-end hardware.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is a critical feature for reducing latency and ensuring the best possible performance in the timing-based combat.