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Ed-0: Zombie Uprising
Developer LANCARSE
"Oedo x Zombie x Rogue-like" A rogue-like action where traditional Japanese characters (Samurai, Sumo Wrestler, and Ninja) destroy hordes of zombies. Since everything is randomly generated, no run will be the same. Decision making will be essential but there are some RPG elements as well. From the Steam store page
141 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Sep 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
90 positive · 38 negative
95% range 62–78%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 90 | 38 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
95 of 137 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
70% recommend · 91 yes, 39 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 130 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (181 of 282 positive).
Players describe it as a Shiren-style Mystery Dungeon roguelike with real-time action. [1][2][3] Many find it janky and slow-paced but charming, like a PS2-era game. [4][5][6] Some reviewers say it is unpolished and not worth the price in early access. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [8]
In its current state this game is extremely rough and not one I can recommend. I was really interested based on the trailer, but even for an Early Access game it's got a long way to go. ~Graphics~ Even on max settings they're very low res. Textures are muddy and look like clay whether in the environment or on the character himself. The falling leaves look nice though. ~Gameplay~ Combat and mobility are both very …
- [20]
There are a lot of interesting things about this game. Of note is how it seems to combine elements of modern action roguelites with more traditional "mystery dungeon" elements; for example, you can use every item in the game either on yourself or as a thrown item, and many may be cursed or have to be identified. Combat is simplistic but satisfying and a lot of the equippable abilities are interesting. The main flaw …
- [1]
Game is fun as hell. Most people here don't seem to understand what this game is - it's a Shiren-style Mystery Dungeon roguelike, where item usage and inventory management is important, not mashing R1/R2. In fact, damage is mostly dealt with weapon skills, of which you find different combinations in every run, that you can then upgrade to customize (and ultimately create) your build. Options are eg. lower cooldown …
- [6]
Ed-0: Zombie Uprising Review Ed-0 Zombie Uprising is a really fun but also really weird roguelike. This is one of those games where I honestly wish Steam had a middle option between Recommended and Not Recommended, because it sits perfectly in that space. The whole game feels like it was meant to be released in the PS2 era. Sometimes that’s a good thing with its old-school charm, and sometimes it isn’t. The movement …
- [22]
ED-0: "I'm fighting for my muddah fahkin' life out here" Zombie Uprising Anyone going into this expecting a pure action game where you can cleave through everything like it's dynasty warriors is going to get their ass torn off by some shabby dead woman's gnarled hand. When they labeled it action roguelike, they emphasized the roguelike part. Your wandering around godforsaken hellholes where a basic enemy hits like …
Summarised from 34 of the 143 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Ed-0: Zombie Uprising sits at 70% positive across 128 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 141 · most liked firstGame is fun as hell. Most people here don't seem to understand what this game is - it's a Shiren-style Mystery Dungeon roguelike, where item usage and inventory management is important, not mashing R1/R2. In fact, damage is mostly dealt with weapon skills, of which you find different combinations in every run, that you can then upgrade to customize (and ultimately create) your build. Options are eg. lower cooldown (the only resource required for weapon skills is time, so spam them), extra…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wasn't wanting to be super harsh on this game because the concept is something I enjoy but.... The keybinds? Awful. The graphical and sound quality? Awful. Tutorial? Awful. The current lack of depth on every aspect of the game doesn't even warrant a $10 purchase. It's UI is sorta abysmal, no joke. The combat is just left click, left click, left click... R which will usually get you hit as it doesn't stagger like left click does so it's useless. It just feels absolutely meaningless to even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this feels like a PS2 game you played at your cousins house on a small TV while sitting on the floor, you have no idea what you're doing but you're happy to spam buttons while you wait for your family to come in and tell you that you're going home i have no idea why, but that just feels right
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In its current state this game is extremely rough and not one I can recommend. I was really interested based on the trailer, but even for an Early Access game it's got a long way to go. ~Graphics~ Even on max settings they're very low res. Textures are muddy and look like clay whether in the environment or on the character himself. The falling leaves look nice though. ~Gameplay~ Combat and mobility are both very stilted. The running animations look like they're missing frames and there's many…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Ed-0: Zombie Uprising](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1717020/Ed0_Zombie_Uprising/) - A japanese 3rd Person Zombie Action Roguelike. It's silly, it's fun, it's pretty hard sometimes!
positive · AI labelView post →I bought this game after seeing the really weird trailer on a Twitter ad. At first I got my ass handed to me time and time again and I was really not having a fun time. The zombies would take forever to kill, I'd keep getting the stupid drunk effect and food would randomly explode when I ate it. At first I was just going to leave a negative review and not really touch it again... but after a while, either because I'm stupid or something clicked in my brain, the game started to become fun. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On this episode of Takeshis Castle
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I highly, highly regret buying this game.......I love Zombies, I love Sekiro and I oh so much love roguelikes.....but this is just garbadge.......seriously atrocious. Pros: I........I have nothing. Had to think so long. Nothing is worth putting into the positive part. Not the music....I cant come up with anything. Cons: - the tacked on story is awful, I couldnt give a crap about anything said - combat is the most horrible thing in the game and 95% is combat. Its so atrocious I will make…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Steam reviews let me down here. For all the positive reviews, looking at achievement percentages only around 7% of players have gotten even half way through the game, and for good reason. Combat is a slog, enemies often feel like damage sponges, and the general feel of the game is unpolished, grindy, and repetitive. All three playable characters are melee types, but you can throw the items you find. I say this as the boss for the fourth level is an enemy flying on a jetpack that does lock…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Janky, slow paced 3rd person action roguelike that gets a lot of its mechanics from Shiren the Wanderer (Most notably talismans). It also probably doesn't put its best foot forward, the first few stages will make you think every level layout is just corridors until you get to wide open villages/city streets. If you can overcome all this the game has surprising mechanical depth, a ton of charm, 2 out of 3 of the playable characters have genuinely interesting movesets and it plays pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ed-0: Zombie Uprising Review Ed-0 Zombie Uprising is a really fun but also really weird roguelike. This is one of those games where I honestly wish Steam had a middle option between Recommended and Not Recommended, because it sits perfectly in that space. The whole game feels like it was meant to be released in the PS2 era. Sometimes that’s a good thing with its old-school charm, and sometimes it isn’t. The movement can feel clunky, the inventory is strange and annoying to scroll through…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mystery Dungeon + Action Game As others and the header above says, Ed-0 Zombie Uprising is effectively a mash-up of a basic action game with a mystery dungeon game. To be blunt, it's fairly fun. There's a solid foundation here in terms of systems and frankly I'd like to see a sequel that really polishes and adds more content to those systems. Despite what the description says, this game is a roguelite moreso than a roguelike. This means there is meta-progression in this game. As you play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty engaging Rouge-like if you actually push yourself to come up with strategies to overcome the challenge. Best to go in blind as possible and try to experiment with most every item and ability as all have pretty decent use in the right circumstances, with some have gigabrain uses that feel awesome discovering. All characters play pretty differently, good variation of bosses and enemies that change how you go about encounters and some good music tracks at points. Only advice would be to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ed-0: Zombie Uprising - A Rough, Yet Intriguing Samurai Adventure!ヽ(´• ω •`)、 Intro : Ed-0: Zombie Uprising takes players on a daring journey to an alternate Edo era Japan, where the land is infested with relentless hordes of zombies. As one of the three mysterious "Zom-beings," players embark on a relentless quest to restore Japan to its former glory and rid it of the undead menace. While the game's concept is fascinating, it stumbles in execution, leaving players with mixed feelings.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you like Mystery Dungeon games (Shiren, Pokemon MD, DQ/Yangus MD) but have always wished they were real-time third-person hack and slash? Have you been waiting for years for a successor to Crimson Tears and/or Ehrgeiz/Tobal 2's Quest Modes? Were you a real big fan of the Simple 2000 Series back in the PS2 days and have a particular affinity for that unique brand of mid-00's low budget Japanese janky charm? If you answered yes to any of these questions, ED-0: Zombie Uprising might be the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible game, about the only positive I can really say is that the game’s aesthetic and graphics are kind of nice, and I like the gore effects? But even those aren’t really that good and get repetitive after a while, it’s just the same spurt and splatter you know? The gameplay itself and the roguelike loop is what killed it for me, every single upgrade I got felt inconsequential, every room felt the same, you can’t even vary that much in your combos, I remember watching the Gamebolt review…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can play this game with a keyboard and mouse, kill swarms, and headshot undead samurai with bamboo spears. Why on Earth do people say this game is unplayable? I've played worse rougelikes, and this isn't one. Then again, I kinda want a lich Andrew Jackson in this game, so I might be crazy.... Game's pretty solid though! More should play this, it could be the "hipsters Dark Souls".
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are a lot of interesting things about this game. Of note is how it seems to combine elements of modern action roguelites with more traditional "mystery dungeon" elements; for example, you can use every item in the game either on yourself or as a thrown item, and many may be cursed or have to be identified. Combat is simplistic but satisfying and a lot of the equippable abilities are interesting. The main flaw is how SLOW it is. Running through the random halls of the missions can take…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely needs some ironing out, and I'd love to see some more upgrades specific to each character among other things but I AM having a pretty good time! Looking forward to the future development!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this due to the amazing trailer, but it ended up not being any fun to play at all. Combat, the core component of the game, is incredibly stiff and unresponsive. Your character feels unequipped to deal with the hordes of enemies because animation canceling is nonexistent and many of the R1 moves don't stagger. I feel that any game that focus on melee combat should feel fun to play from moment to moment, but I was already struggling to find a reason to keep playing this in the tutorial.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →started a new game of Ed-0. Love this shit so much store.steampowered.com/app/1717020/...
positive · AI labelView post →I have tried to like the game, but I can't put up with all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥! The first levels are like a short tutorial of the levels and bosses the game has to offer, and then smoke and mirrors is a quest that have it all, all the bosses and 50 levels (the real run of the roguelike). The amount of hp the bosses have here is insane, people usually relies on farming a preorder quest where you can easily farm money (not accesible for the rest) to then use a charm that gives you incredible damage when…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🍙 It's complicated. On the one hand, even if you're sick of rogue / souls like games, you'll still be able to like this, since it uses mechanics competently and is more designed for tactical gameplay rather than reaction. Clearing floors is satisfying, there are a lot of different items, skills, and when you make mistakes, it’s your fault, not the game or its difficulty. The dungeons are divided into chapters in different locations, and more types of enemies & such appear gradually. However,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What you're getting with Ed-0 is a mystery dungeon that plays like a PS2 character action game, full stop. Combat is mashy, simplistic, and occasionally clunky, as character action games of that era tended to be, often punishing you disproportionately for small mistakes, but there's a real satisfaction to mastering it. Think something like Nano Breaker, Crimson Tears, or Blood Will Tell; the kind of action games that preceded the homogenization of the genre by Devil May Cry and God of War.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ED-0: "I'm fighting for my muddah fahkin' life out here" Zombie Uprising Anyone going into this expecting a pure action game where you can cleave through everything like it's dynasty warriors is going to get their ass torn off by some shabby dead woman's gnarled hand. When they labeled it action roguelike, they emphasized the roguelike part. Your wandering around godforsaken hellholes where a basic enemy hits like train, where random junk is just everywhere for you to pick up and play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ACTUAL ROGUELIKE (think Rogue, Shiren the Wanderer, etc) translated into a super janky 3D action game formula with crazy ragdolling and all the effects you're familiar with makes for a ton of fun and hilarity
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly, the Mystery Dungeon-style mechanics are implemented perfectly fine, it just so happens that the general gameplay feels absolutely terrible and every enemy feels overtuned to the point where it is just not fun to fight anything.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Personally, i love it. Granted, roguelike/soulslike are tags commonly used and kind of played out, but thats what it is. Smart use of skill cooldowns and item pickups usually trump the dodgeroll regular attack spam of souls games, which makes the game just...feel different. And the builds are so random and have more personality than more damage/more crit. Those are there, but you can also equip a talisman that makes you blow up on like a 3 second timer. Find that, maybe a way to resist…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had fun during the time I played, but I think the "roguelike" element of this game is a double-edged sword. On one hand, the combat feels good, and the extreme randomness of the game lead to some goofy fun. I once stepped on a mine which got me drunk, but I thankfully did more damage while intoxicated. However, I couldn't manage more than a few hits without vomiting and falling over. That is funny. On the other hand, I once entered an area with two extremely strong enemies that killed me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember those weird PS2/PS3 era Japanese action games? This is like a remake of a made up game from that era. Ed-0 is honestly one of the most unique and promising early access titles I've played. Combat is fun and challenging, lots of room for mixing things up, 3 characters that all play completely differently, varied and interesting items and ragdoll physics on zombies that allow you to keep comboing them??? What on earth so fun!Can't wait to see how this one turns out!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a Standard Mystery dungeon game, similar in almost every way to A classic Shiren game, with two notable exceptions being it's 3D, and it's real time. Go in with those expectations and the game will meet them. I have to play more to give a full review, but i am enjoying it so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clunky, slow, duplicitous trailer that shows features and characters not in game yet, do not buy this or trust the devs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →d3 why, i love earth defense force. but this one, not that fun
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really nice game fun, simple, dungeons kinda look the same at the start, it needs more variations. extra optimizations would be appreciated even though its almost optimized, although game crashed between 15 to 20 mins just once though. but overall great and fun game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly fun little low-budget roguelike! it's far from perfect, some of the game mechanics could use a polishing pass, but it's charming and enjoyable in its own unique way. Pick it up on sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"The new Bad Rats of Steam gifting" -everyone 5 years from now, when this game is a dollar because it's ♥♥♥♥ This is some prime level kusoge garbage, and coming from someone who plays a ton of really bad D3 crap, I immediately hate this game. It looks like a PS2 game, but runs like Crysis Remastered on a bad day, and on a 3080 no less. The combat is brain dead, awful AI, the controls are stupid, the game has options to render in 1080 or 4k, but not 1440p for some reason. You'd be far better…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game only sold 820 copies on Steam in North America. C'mon boys, let's pump those numbers up. Ignore the cringe streamer reaction trailer, this game is SOUL.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely terrible combat attached to an absolutely terrible roguelike framework that seems only there because someone played Mystery Dungeon once and thought it would be a great way to extend one environment design out to a 90 minute level and kill you in two or three hits randomly toward the end to make sure you won't blow through this in two hours. I could CLEAR better games in the time it takes to get through one world of the same hallway copy-pasted for ten floors all while pretending…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything you see in the video is pretty much what to expect from the combat. If you played any other D3 publisher games you know what to expect. Worst thing about this game is how a run generally ends at an overpowered boss that can kill you in a couple hits and has zombie addons that grab you. Can be a frustrating waste of time. Would put a middleground review for this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First I want to say, this game is meant for a controller. So if you're complaining about not being able to change keybinds for k+m (even though it's stupid to play with), it will be a thing eventually Combat is ok, its par for D3. It's jank and takes a bit of getting used to, the only enemy that's worth trying to get a parry off on is the fallen samurai. Tilesets are bland and everything feels the same, it only really works for the mansion. The UI is completely fine, I keep seeing complaints…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →feels like a practice project
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've only played for 2 hrs at the moment, but I can feel the potential, this game gives me the same vibes as some hidden gems like Ehrgeiz’s “Brand New Quest: The Forsaken Dungeon” Shiren The Wanderer, Dark Cloud, Nightmare of Druaga, etc... AND I LOVE IT! Ed-0: Zombie Uprising manages to capture that old game jank that at the time felt so good, it has deep but pretty straight forward mechanics, a simple and rewarding game loop with that nostalgic eye candy I personally find irresistible.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so reminiscent of those old ps2 action games with a bit of a modern roguelike design and I love it so much for that. Can be pretty jank at times but the game really uses that to its advantage and it truly adds to the overall ps2 game vibe. Heavily recommend this game for those of you who love that era of action games and have found yourself missing them and looking for something to scratch that itch.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i will recommend it at a discount just because it's a neat idea, even if your controls are fighting you the whole time like you're playing ds1 for the first time, just 5 times worse just dont expect perfection
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes it is kinda jank but as a simple rogue-like/lite it's pretty fun, each character has it's own strenghts and weaknesses. a decent-ish build variety within each character (if you try hard enough) it's just a simple and effective game, it isn't trying to be amazing and that's ok
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ED-0 has the mechanics of a traditional dungeon crawler with the character gameplay of a hack-and-slash game. It does things well, but the biggest issue is absolutely the movement speed of characters, which is so low that I find myself permanently dedicating a bonus slot to speed and usually playing the Ninja, as both her base speed and dodge ability are much faster. If you do tolerate lower speeds though, the sumo wrestler feels extremely powerful, and it's gratifying to crush walls of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its pretty much Mystery Dungeon in real time. If youve played the game "baroque" on ps2 back in the days youll pretty much know what youll get here. This is a low budget game so dont expect much in terms of presentation.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it looks and plays like some forgotten $20 PS3/360 era game that you'd download a demo for and think "hey that's fun", i instantly picked the sumo guy and started doing grapples and e. honda slaps for big damage and it's badass
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you were to mix the mechanics of a beat-em-up and the sensibilities of an old-school Japanese Rogue-like (Shiren/Torneko/etc), then this is what you get. Fun as hell while retaining that "f*ck you" difficulty those titles are known for. Every dungeon/run is randomized, not only in layout or enemy encounters but in what special attacks you find, what charms you can (hopefully) equip, items, shrines, etc. Thankfully, anything you return with from a run (money/exp) can then be used to level up…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ed-0: Zombie Uprising is a bold and chaotic action roguelike that combines feudal Japanese aesthetics with zombie horror in a way that feels both inventive and unapologetically rough. Developed by LANCARSE and published by D3PUBLISHER, the game imagines an alternate Edo-era Japan where the nation’s isolation is violently disrupted by a mysterious undead outbreak. Rather than leaning into historical realism, the game fully embraces absurdity, pitting samurai, sumo wrestlers, and ninja against…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i gave this game 2 try, i found the game annoying both of these tries
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Screenshots look cool but gameplay is mad janky
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grabbed it while it was on sale. Fun enough for a low price but lacks longevity.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slapping zombies to death as a drunk sumo wrestler is pretty fun. 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2/10 not worth 30$ cleared everything on a floor and nothing happened. ran around to every corner and jumped all over the place. nothing i could do after trying stuff for 5 minutes went to game menu and it reset back to the very beginning of the tutorial.... gave a game a 2nd chance and came back to it crashed at launch Low Level Fatal Error crashed at launch Low Level Fatal Error crashed at launch Low Level Fatal Error crashed at launch Low Level Fatal Error i have not been able to get the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really fun Zombie themed roguelite taking place in feudal Japan. I can't say much about the Samurai or the Sumo because I played Matoka the whole time for them sweet sweet ninjutsu. Lots of difficulty options and even on the hardest setting it felt fair. Graphics look good and I never had any issues with framerate or crashes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a awesome game. if you like games binding of Isaac an tenchu: stealth assassin and Zombie Games. Then this game is for you. i use a controller for better game play. u get cool pic ups that make u toss zombies across the room and if u find the same move it upgrads that move even better. The more floors u complete And floors are waves by the way, but the more u make it the more moves u pic up exp and money. and if u die before u get back to town u loss all the pic ups and some of the money…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far its good, reminds me of an arcade game. The combat feels decent and I like the chains you can make with your attacks. I'm not that far into the game so i'll update more later.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is a bit janky, but quite fun. All the consumables and charms can be either used / equipped by you, or thrown into an enemy. For instance, a charm that reduces your vitality by 400 is not something you'd equip, but throw it into an enemy, and he's stuck with it and has less 400 hp now. Same applies for poison herbs, sake, etc. Being aware of those crazy interactions is almost mandatory for some of the bosses, and proper enjoyment of the game, providing you some extra depth. Initially I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Over all I did really have a good amount of fun with this game. It definitely isn’t going to be for everyone and if you are looking for quicker rogelikes/lites there are better, faster options out there but this had a premise and combat that did peek my interest over the few other examples that I have encountered. I really wish that they had presented the story a bit better but the real meat and potatoes is the gameplay here and it is fine. Pros: Interesting mix of tools and abilities that can…
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