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The Last Stand: Aftermath
Developer Con Artist Games
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up. From the Steam store page
240 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
74
Fresh
138 positive · 48 negative
95% range 67–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 138 | 48 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 10 | 2 | 40 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,253 of 2,795 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 136 yes, 47 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 183 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (5,503 of 6,838 positive).
Players praise the game as a fun and challenging roguelite evolution of the classic flash series. [1][2][3] Many note bugs like clipping, invisible enemies, and softlocks from missing fuel. [4][5][6] Some reviewers feel the grind loop and luck-based progression can be frustrating. [7][8][9]
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- [7]
Gameplay loop is interesting right up until you don't get any gas spawns 5 times in a row. Softlocked into killing your run because you weren't lucky is not fun. 2/10 would not play again
- [1]
100% Fun and challenging. Upon writing this review,it took me 24hours of gameplay time to complete this game(to reach the endgame) I am now in a end game loop. I encountered no bugs, no crashes. The only time i had an issue was somehow I got clipped out of the map, I then simply reload the map and replay that level from the start. The gameplay is very fun and challenging. It takes a few runs to know the game …
- [2]
A roguelite was not the direction I would have pegged for this franchise, but it is a welcome change nonetheless. I'm just glad to see this franchise carried on nearly two decades since its inception. The game makes it immediately obvious the genre of game you're in. You will literally die in your first two minutes playing this game (which actually came as a bit of a shock to me). Dying is not the end however, as …
- [13]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ (minus one star because I died to my own optimism) The Last Stand: Aftermath is the kind of zombie game that looks at you dead in the eyes and says, “You will die. A lot. Please stop getting attached.” And honestly? I respect that. You play as a survivor who is already infected, which is a bold narrative choice that translates to: every run is a countdown until your character coughs politely and then …
- [3]
super cool evolution of the last stand games i used to play on flash sites as a kid in '07.
Summarised from 34 of the 226 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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The Last Stand: Aftermath sits at 74% positive across 186 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 240 · most liked firstGameplay loop is interesting right up until you don't get any gas spawns 5 times in a row. Softlocked into killing your run because you weren't lucky is not fun. 2/10 would not play again
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is good but tired of dying to things you cannot see like traps behind doors and also the amount of times i cannot find enough fuel to carry on the run and having to just kill myself - just ridiculous. This should never be the case where a run has to be ended because the game does not give you fuel lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Your run was ended because an invisible charger killed you? Too bad, the game sometimes throw those curveballs at you. Get fckd. You have a bunch of blood samples to be able to produce a ton of antiviral at the herc station? Too bad, the game wants you to carry only ONE extra shot, so that the stakes are always high. You have extra batteries to unlock the antiviral at the side of the herc station/army truck? Too bad, you can only carry one unit of the antiviral, because reasons, thats…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Years and years ago I played the original The Last Stand: Dead Zone. Those were days of good hunting and good sleeping—ancient times of Adobe Flash (the wheel wasn’t invented yet), and plesiosaurs swam in the municipal pool. I’ve grown up, changed a few jobs, got married, and finally—years later, in the army, fighting Russian zombies in Ukraine—during night duty, I got a chance to play the “new” (well, five-year-old) game. “Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do, it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked this game at first then the more I played the more unfun it became due to numerous bugs and unfun features that make no sense BUGS ENCOUNTERED SO FAR I've died from invisble unkillable zombies at the very end of the game too There is unreachable places to where you cant get the gas cans in order to progress killing a run Your Character will get stuck with no way out Zombies falling through the map and attacking you from under the map Oh and Dont Expect a patch for these anytime soon…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is interesting but the "grind" loop is terrible. how many volunteers do you have to go through until you're not a noodle armed wuss and have at least some chance of surviving? you're supposed to be stealthy, but the zombies always see you anyway. so there's always hand to hand combat and you get your butt kicked since more and more zombies keep coming once one of their own gets killed. and if you run, they all run after you. i get the survival part of it, you're supoosed to be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →G'raha: O-Oh, Valenice! W-what brings you to the place that is the Last Stand?? Val: Subtle, Raha. Made in mid-pose before the game decided to crash, but G'raha's pose was pretty funny. XD #gposers #grahatia #valraha #wolgraha
neutral · AI labelView post →📕 Thursday, October 8th | 3pm EST - 6pm EST 📍Materia, Sophia | Old Sharlayan, The Last Stand 📚 Optional Glam Theme: Casual Academia It's been 3 years since I started play this game, and I wanna celebrate the birth of Solomon! Come join and maybe grab a tome or two! 💜✨ 🏷️ #SolTomeAP
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is a roguelite where you die repeatedly until you manage to obtain permanent upgrades that allow you to progress further. You travel by car, exploring cities in search of items, and the farther you go, the stronger the enemies become. Throughout the journey, you need to keep looking for vaccines to prevent your infection from advancing. The infection reduces your health and makes it easier for enemies to kill you, and you die when it reaches 100%. The key to surviving roughly 70% of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is genuinely one of the most frustratingly annoying game i've ever played in my life. One little thing, like shooting a barrel 100 ft away instantly ends your run, and expect it to happen over and over again. This isn't one of those games where you get checkpoints either, you'll start over from the very beginning over and over again. Made it to the end? Expect to die to the most ******* thing possible and do it again, over and over. Unlike dark souls which is made to be difficult, this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game wasn't for me, would have preferred it if when going to a new area you could clear it all out, but rather zombies will keep spawning depending on the noise you make, there is an infinite amount of them, it's more a get in, get out, rouge like type game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →100% Fun and challenging. Upon writing this review,it took me 24hours of gameplay time to complete this game(to reach the endgame) I am now in a end game loop. I encountered no bugs, no crashes. The only time i had an issue was somehow I got clipped out of the map, I then simply reload the map and replay that level from the start. The gameplay is very fun and challenging. It takes a few runs to know the game mechanics and what is worth to pickup and what is not. 1 mistake can cost…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →didnt click with me first... but eventually I grew to like it. still the best last stand is union city. i don't even care if it's side scroller, the amount of rpg elements and story in there is absolute gigabased. please make the next game more like union city. more story based and rpg for replayability. nevertheless, aftermath is good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game, But theres one thing that doesn't make sense. Safe houses should have a storage unit where you can store items for the next volunteer. It only makes sense. It's a Safe House.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I own Project Zomboid. Unlike that game, this one hits all the spots that game misses. To keep it short and sweet, most zombie games, try to do too much. Their UI or crafting systems are overly complicated, and while some, might enjoy that style of game. I do not. I enjoy my zombie crafters, with simplifed easy to understand recipes with ways I can get do easily enough but not take away from bashing Zombie skulls. This game, hits all the right notes. I just wish it was bigger, with more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A roguelite was not the direction I would have pegged for this franchise, but it is a welcome change nonetheless. I'm just glad to see this franchise carried on nearly two decades since its inception. The game makes it immediately obvious the genre of game you're in. You will literally die in your first two minutes playing this game (which actually came as a bit of a shock to me). Dying is not the end however, as you immediately start again as a new survivor to play as. Each run, you make it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →y'know if Creative Assembly IS making Total Warhammer 40k, that could be pretty rad because I've wanted to play Newcrons or updated Tau in a strategy game for ages and THEY NEVER GOT PUT INTO DoW2 EXCEPT FOR THE LAST STAND THING and AAAGH GIMME MY TAU AND CRONS
neutral · AI labelView post →Like the game is finished guys.yes it has problems, and yes they're still going to fix bugs and maybe we'll get an update like the Last Stand as a surprise, but Valve moved on years ago. Its best to enjoy the game as it is, and what it is is a great game
neutral · AI labelView post →let us mod this game and things will turn from excellent to legendary
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very unpolished game with multiple bugs from the start. 5 years after release and nothing changed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →super cool evolution of the last stand games i used to play on flash sites as a kid in '07.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New game added: Threefold: The Last Stand — Master the Threefold. Protect the Priest. Make your Last Stand. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #WoWCube
neutral · AI labelView post →- Dust off video games you have lying around. Maybe restart a Zelda run, or pick up Animal Crossing again. Conversely, if you have no old game consoles you can just pick up phone games or old web games. One of my favorite former flash game is The Last Stand 2 by Amor Games.
neutral · AI labelView post →A couple more free games via Epic. #vsky #vtubers Toem: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/toem... The Last Stand Aftermath: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-... Both free until September 26th, 2024
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolute steaming pile of bugged ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll do the funny thing. Yes, I don't much care for PEAK. I am sorry but it just does nothing for me, even with friends. And I specifically am referring to The Last Stand game mode for DoW2. Had some incredible fun with that. Literally nothing like it anymore.
negative · AI labelView post →Trying to unlock the Stealth Cruiser B loadout, and I need 2 of 3 achievements to do so. One achievement is making it to Sector 8 (The Last Stand) without ever warping to a hazardous node. Naturally, the game can roll sectors with no possible means of escape without going through a hazard node.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game is tremendously fun and engaging... when you aren't dealing with poor movement and bugs. I think the overall gameplay loop is fantastic. Each run being a new adventure where you need to make the best of what you find, all while balancing whether you upgrade your current character or send supplies back for future runs. It's great and works really well most of the time. But that immersive loop and fun can be quickly killed by the bugs and kinda sloppy movement. I've experienced multiple…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My last and probably favorite bit is the LAST STAND & TRAITOR mechanisms. I'm a sucker for last stands and include them in almost every game that has death as an option. BUT ONCE YOU DIE... you don't roll up a new crew member. Instead you roll up a Boss and become an antagonist.
neutral · AI labelView post →Terrible controls, terrible NPCs, no choice on your survivor, I really wanted to enjoy a game like the old last stand flash games and this ain't it. I wanted to find something to like about it, but there's nothing. It's clunky enough that trying to shoot at an explosive barrel to take out a horde would first auto-aim on to like 10 different zombies, blowing through most of my ammo, then when it finally shot the barrels it would 100% of the time miss the first one, miss the 2nd one, and hit…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I managed to get PvZ: The Last Stand running (that arcade game that you may or may not remember), and they were NOT lying about this game being near impossible The Zombie density is insane and their durability is crazy, it's mostly the special Zombies though (only won once against a Yeti Zombie)
neutral · AI labelView post →The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 8: The Last Stand Franchise #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #GameSky #PromoSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Its a pretty chill game, would be better if it was multiplayer. The game has its own problems it needs fixing though, like how you can't go up stairs for some reason. Some places I got caught on fire when there was no fire around. Some zombies would clip through the map. Throwing items in underground places or houses is terrible because it either just goes up or it makes you throw it over the house. Killed a zombie once and was clipped out of the map in a bunker, had to kill myself and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been watching the revival of a game The Last Stand: Dead Zone. Kinda surprising that over 4000 people (me included) are waiting on reopening of a browser game. And what the heck is a actionscript 3. It is currently one dev show and I really hope he gets some help holy crap thats a lot of pressure.
neutral · AI labelView post →⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ (minus one star because I died to my own optimism) The Last Stand: Aftermath is the kind of zombie game that looks at you dead in the eyes and says, “You will die. A lot. Please stop getting attached.” And honestly? I respect that. You play as a survivor who is already infected, which is a bold narrative choice that translates to: every run is a countdown until your character coughs politely and then collapses into a pile of regrets. The game is roguelite, meaning progression is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →aiming directly at an enemy and still miss three shots in a row?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Frustrating. Good GFX and Sound. Feels like there could be a good game here somewhere but it got lost along the way. Too many Mechanics are Annoying. Tutorial is Awful, Camera Obscures the Environment/Enemies, Combat is imprecise, Looting gets Tedious, Reloading Sucks, Interactions are Awkward Click/Hold, Stealth seems Broken or Pointless, Constantly getting Stuck on the Environment, Can`t see Environment Bounds, NPC Interaction is Awful, Enemies are Invincible if they Fall over a Railing,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty boring. Nothing like the old browser Last Stand games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me preface this by saying I bought this when it was discounted, had I paid full price I would not have recommended it. It is a fun game, like a faster paced Project Zomboid, get in, loot, plan ahead, and as you do more runs your character(s) will become stronger and you will find the game easier even with difficulty modifiers. Coming from PZ, this game was right up my alley and had tons of fun for the price tag. However, I cannot ignore its flaws, which to me are quite glaring.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wish they had instead done something like the Last Stand Dead Zone but single player like since this does seem like it gets stale quickly. The other rouge-lite that comes to mind is Dead Cells but it had more challenge and content, but the main issue to me is this feels completely different than what the Last Stand has been. For example, Dead Frontier with the ability to build up your character properly without a time limit other than supplies as you head out seems way more like the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I gave it a chance because I grew up playing all the flash games of the Last Stand but this... This was just atrocious. Felt clunky, I hate that the damn melee weapons keep braking. The stupid exploding guy is stupid because you can seem to get away from the gas. If they came back out with like the side scrolling adventure or the defense style gameplay I'd play this franchise again but this game was not it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think it's lazy the way that devs said they'd add steam deck support 5 years ago but it's still left unsupported but also there hasn't been a bug fix in 4 years. (Also i've died by my own explosives far too many times they are too deadly to the player)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll try to make this short and sweet. This game has what games are missing now. It might look simple from the outside but it's full of substance. I love that it isn't easy on you. I've been playing on keyboard and mouse and honestly even though its not recommended it's fun! I do miss the customization from Union City, and being able to keep track of your survivors that did the best would be cool, also being able to name and customize them. Also adding more weapons and multiplayer would also be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played the Last Stand scenario of One Page Rules Fire Fight. Dice definitely weren't with me tonight, but still a good game! #wargaming #miniatures
positive · AI labelView post →You have to check out our review for One Rotten Oath's Demo a game that mixes normal gameplay with FMV, Inspired by games like The Last Stand. twomanarmy.com/gaming/one-r... #indie #indiedev #fps #fmv
neutral · AI labelView post →Little retro (?) gem 💎 I used to play the first "The last stand" from my browser, back in the day, while pretending to study in high school. Then the second one came out, and that was a bop, too! When I saw this game on Steam I knew I had to buy it and I definitely don't regret it! Lovely art-style, cool level design and very satisfying physics! The crafting system is there but doesn't feel like a burden, like in other games I played. The infection system, too, is very nice. As the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice idea for game ,poor or unsupported execution The game is nice but it has bugs and its left in ruins by devs. I didn't have so much issues with bugs but they do affect gameplay, things like invisible enemies, getting stuck in places and using trowables in the underground doens't work how it should
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I find the game to be enjoyable/fun. There's something about being chased by a hoard of zombies and bashing and running your way out of being killed, only to beef up your character by being infected so you can get supplies/knowledge to pass along to the next character because you are going to die ... a lot ... and that's OK. You were never going to survive this anyway. "It's not about winning so much as it is taking as many of those undead b@stards with you as you can." - Rick Grimes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was very intrigued by the premise and gameplay, but honestly not worth even on discount. Two runs in a row I managed to roll out of bounds which killed my run. Zombies spawn literally a minute after you move outside of an area. (zones are tiny) Vaulting over fences is super clunky because you have to wait for it to show a vaulting option, very clunky.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a twin stick zombie shooting survival game, you could cetainly do worse to pass the time. But overall, this is an unpolished game that relies mainly on cheap tricks and instant death for "difficulty" with many poorly thought-out mechanics
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I could never find the right balance of graphics settings to make this enjoyable. And while I can't figure out exactly why, something about this game just doesn't feel right to me - but the graphics/perforance issues may be contributing to that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Last Stand: Aftermath Fun but Unfinished and Poorly Optimized Zombie Game Broken game and not worth trying! The Last Stand: Aftermath is the latest entry in this nostalgic zombie game series that originally began as Flash games. This release revisits many of the core mechanics that defined the original games, such as resource scavenging mechanic and the zone exploration system, but presented in a more polished and modern way. Despite these improvements, the game is plagued by many…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing for an hour, I recommend buying a different game A black screen and a massive number of bugs that they refuse to fix. If you want to try it, I recommend playing another game. Don't buy this damn game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very entertaining rouge-like zombie game... ONLY advice... Beware shotgun traps... of my first 10 deaths, only 1 was from a zombie and 1 from infection. The other 8 were from running through a house at night and kicking some tripwire.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The good news is this content will be compatible with The Last Stand PC Update new anims set & for the Xbox 360 version of the game. This content will also be open source and available to download and edit freely on GitHub and on the Steam Workshop when it's done. Hope you will like it~ (3/3)
neutral · AI labelView post →Years later, in the current reality of gaming, this is a very mediocre game and a mediocre roguelite. There are better games these days, and this old game will not get better. It has no design relations to the original Last Stand games. There is no wave defense with upgrades. The 3D graphics are nothing like flash graphics of the original games. It serves no nostalgia fix and no interesting exclusive gameplay. At least in the first area, that takes a while. Also, who puts Boomers that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not for everyone, but it's a good game!! Recommended on sale though. It's not the original Last Stand flash game series experience. As others have described, it's a rougelike game. However, I think what others described as poor game flow, I would say it is a matter of taste. The bugs in my experience are mostly funny: zombies running on top of walls, or once I saw one in the air. Stealth is useful! All the elements of the gameplay serve some strategic purpose…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate when people are too focused on "the big update" and forget the essence of the game they will forever change. Never got to play L4D2 before The Last Stand, only L4D1, but hearing about everything that got changed, added, removed... What a sin. Some people were told it was a mod... Poopy
negative · AI labelView post →Speaking of facebook games. The Last Stand: Dead Zone was an amazing game. It was like singleplayer game with multiplayer aspect done amazing... if Farmville was a devil, The Last Stand Dead Zone was an angel
positive · AI labelView post →Good game. You die a lot. And you start from the start every time you do.
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