There have been a lot of questions regarding what’s happening with Steam. We are not going on the Steam store. It will not be possible to purchase Project Zomboid on Steam for the foreseeable future, and no agreement has been made to do so in the future. We’d love to be on the Steam store, for obvious reasons. But we’re a bit early on for that kinda thing.
Instead they are letting us use their servers, their library, their update system, their DRM (no more logon boxes!) but we will not appear in any form on the store and the game will only be able to appear on your Steam library via redeem codes.
So to go through each issue that’s been raised in comments / tweets / forum posts:
1) When we are on Steam (just as in using their servers and DRM and library via redeem codes) we plan to allow you to transfer from Desura to Steam. The details of how this will take place are not clear at the moment, but there is nothing stopping us from being able to do this.
2) If you’re waiting to purchase the game until it’s on Steam, you could be looking at a year, perhaps more. Perhaps it’ll never be on the Steam store. We just don’t know. I’d like to think we will be, though.
3) Now the update is out (barring a few fixes and optimizations that need sorting when our brains work again) we can go full gear into getting onto Steam. There are a few things we need to do, a bit of PHP programming and whatnot to handle the codes, that we just couldn’t find the time to do while working on the update. So hopefully we’ll have Steam support very soon. However you won’t be able to buy any other way but Desura and Google Checkout for a good while, and both these paths can lead to Steam codes, so if you want the game, don’t let waiting for that stop you.
4) I should add for clarity, that you don’t actually need to go to Desura to ultimately get a Steam code, though the benefits of using Desura (like having auto-updating) that you’re after in Steam in the first place should be the reasons you decide to use it (also, to be honest, it makes our lives 1000x easier and Scott has done some awesome things for our game and other alphadonationware indie titles with the service). The route from Desura to Steam is through our own user database. Desura will offer a way for you to register on our servers and get a PZ username / password to your e-mail, and it’s once you’re in our database we’ll be able to assign you a Steam code.
Obviously it’s up to you where you purchase from, but we will say that if you’re easy either way, going with Desura is our preferred choice. Firstly we feel they more than deserve their cut and our support for being so accommodating to our game on their service, secondly they cut down severely on the amount of administrative stuff we need to deal with and thirdly, it’s a lot easier to update the version there and lastly it keeps us once removed from the terrors of online merchants 
Obviously at the moment Linux and Mac users are not able to use it, but once we’re on Steam and Desura releases on Linux, we should have a distribution platform for each and every platform.
Thank you! 
Indie Stone
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Good post, well said, clears up any confusion over the matter, just want to say, i purchased through google checout, and redeemed my code in desura ready to transfer over to steam and it could not have been easier! good job!
Is this because you haven’t applied properly because the game’s early in development, or because they aren’t letting you?
because its not a finished product
What Ringod said. At the end of the day Terraria is not a finished product either, but comparing the two it’s clear that PZ is still much more in its infancy and lacks some polish. If we do go on there I doubt we’ll have to have a completely finished product, but it will have to feel like a complete game in what is present in terms of polish and content.
So admin do you mean that we activate the game on Desura and once it is available on steam we can get a steam code from desura also if we activate it on Desura does our account no longer work on the standalone version?
yes and the standalone will still work too
I should add that you don’t actually need to go to Desura to get a Steam code, though the benefits of using Desura (like having auto-updating) should be the reasons you use it. The route from Desura to Steam is through our own user database. Desura will offer a way for you to register on our servers and get a PZ username / password to your e-mail.
unless you dont want to pay through google checkout :-p
When do you think it will be possible to register for a PZ username and password if we’ve bought the game on Desura.
When do you think it will be possible for Desura to let us register on the PZ servers if we’ve bought the game using Desura?
Sorry, accidental double post :p
I hope you don’t plan on making people have to use steam based DRM, since there is no Steam on Linux it would make it unplayable :/ – i hope it’s only included in the version you buy from Steam!
you will have the option of using steam, desura or a standalone version, you wont be made to move to steam if you dont want to
I really do hope that is true!
It is, they’ve said it a couple of times already. These are OPTIONS.
Ugh.. Some people don’t even bother to read more than the topic before they start complaining.
Sweet i re-read it and it makes more sense now. To “Firkraag” point me to where i was complaining? SInce when was asking questions with concern complaining? Ugh…some people don’t even know what they are reading themselves!
Well, I’m glad to hear that. Way too many people these days seem to think options are overrated and go Steam-exclusive, which is a definite no-go for me.
So, I just hope they stick to what they’ve promised and make Steam an alternative, not a requirement – I’d really hate having to demand my money back.
I am a Steam user but as you are saying if we buy the game from Desura we can activate the game on Steam when it is available I am buying from Desura right now. Thanks for the clarification.
When do you think it will be possible for Desura to let us register on the PZ servers if we’ve bought the game using Desura?
When do you think it will be possible for Desura to let us register on the PZ server if we’ve bought the game using Desura?
is there a possibility to get that code to redeem it on steam already?
so, if i get right, we can play PZ from Desura, and in the case PZ goes out in Steam, those we have already the game in Desura we would have the option to have in Steam too, ain´t¿
I am a pre-desura user lol, i just activated the game in desura.
i am steam user too so i hope you guys (indie stone devs/admins) get it done
…..those we have already the game in Desura we would have the option to have in Steam too…
i think you missed one thing, you cant have the game on both, its desura, steam or standalone.
if you got it on both there giving the game away.
Your question has already been answered in the blog post.
I guess this means I won’t be buying it. What a shame.
Steam doesn’t allow non-finished products on their store, there isn’t much the PZ team can do at the moment.
Wow, did you not read the blog post? If you buy it now (either the standalone version or the Desura version) you can transfer it to Steam shortly. What’s the problem?
I don’t get steam fanboys.
Its like saying you won’t buy a game if its not at this one store.
Even if other stores offer it for the same price that the store you want to get it from would.
Not to mention, Steam isn’t the bestest thing eveh, i think everyones gotten the unable to start your application error that pops up when it has trouble connecting or some other bs thing that stops you from playing a game you paid for and own.
Not really, since steam has become much more reliable now and if you can never connect to steam you can always play in offline mode or find a very simple and easy fix. That unable to start app error is fixable by deleting a single file or it is server side (aka, in a multiplayer game that too many people are downloading and streaming at a release date or what ever, you may not be able to play for a few minutes).
Steam is reliable, no one’s a fan boy for being disappointed in not being able to use it there because frankly I don’t use desura and I don’t know what the hell it is but I’ve had to go and download another bloody application to open up a directory for games when I would have much preferred sticking to Steam really, considering its so much more popular.
But yes, why would you buy from a store you have no knowledge of? Would you buy a game if it was from some corner shop and had no reliability or reputation really? This is just an example cause I’ve looked into desura at all but you get my point, people refusing to buy just because they don’t want to google checkout or Desura are completely in their own right to do so, why don’t you look at all sides of the story before making silly comments like these to be perfectly honest.
some people just love DRM methinks. and Steam is the ONLY way to get regular updates.
Seriously sounds more deranged than a Mac user
Well atleast they will eventually have it on steam. I know alot of my friends are holding off to buy it until it goes on steam so good luck, I am sure it would boost sales alot to get it on steam
Now I can’t buy it.
(Desura always declines my credit card :O)
Nvm it worked now I don’t know why it didn’t work before…
Thanx for all infos!
so did you mean we can use PZ on steam (like using it to update PZ) but we can’t buy it I kinda did’t understand? sorry my IQ is under 8
If you buy either the standalone version or the Desura version, you can transfer it to Steam (shortly). You just can’t buy the game directly from Steam. Either way, you end up with the same result so it doesn’t make a difference.
Wow… It isn’t that much different from the demo… Not worth the money.
It’s still not even close to a finished game.
but yet it’s worth it for you to troll the webpage? What’s your angle?
I’ve got a couple questions about Desura. Can I choose a different drive or folder when I install a new game and will I be able to launch them without opening Desura first?
You can open the game without opening Desura not sure about the second one but you can move it after downloading it.(Maybe
) Probably won’t be able to open it with Desura though.
Installed Desura and uninstalled it. It tries to install all games and mods in the same folder. I don’t want this crap in my computer.
Uploaded video of it on Youtube.
Guys, i don’t care about steam, but i’m really-really waiting for your game. God bless you and let the force be with you!
I bought the game on Desura how do I redeem it on Steam?
reread the post, “If you’re waiting to purchase the game until it’s on Steam, you could be looking at a year, perhaps more. Perhaps it’ll never be on the Steam store”
You’ll be waiting quite a while to redeem it but my advice would be just to enjoy it on desura till they confirm a date.
The new version makes the old game hardly recognisable, the devs have done a fantastic job so far
Only problem now is that the npc humans are a slightly bigger threat since they seem to kill just about anything that moves…
Actually, you’re wrong there. You’ll be able to redeem it on steam sooner than you’ll be able to buy it there. Steam is letting IndieStone make use of the Steam servers early. So if you bought it on Desura, redeeming it on Steam isn’t too far off yet. As I understand it.
I can’t wait till there is a steam version. I understand the reason why the devs went with Desura, but there are so many game delivery engines out there, GFW (games for windows), GPG (gas powered games), steam, Desura, Gamespy, Raptr, etc.
awhile back i settled on Steam, and generally tried to stay away from all the other engines, but now i have GFW, Steam, and now Desura on my machine.
with all the flaws that steam started with, it’s actually come around as one of the most refined interfaces out there.
I don’t have PZ ID,How can i play the game?
You can either play the demo, or buy it.
Thanks for clearing that up, went ahead and DL’ed Desura after I did a bit of due dilligence, its a nice program. Well, I just wanted to mention that the only reason I could forsee registering Project Zomboid on my Steam account as well would be so all my Steam friends could see me playing it. Hmm, I should go see if I can add it as a link in the Library… Thanks for the good game and look forward to the updates.
<3
Does it really matter what game they see you playing….
I know this may come as a shock to you, but the people on my Steam friend list are people I have fun playing with and talking to about games, we often chat with each other about the games we see each other playing on Steam. Just the other day, I was talking with someone about SPAZ (Space Pirates And Zombies) that I have been playing a bunch of lately, another fun Indy Dev game. Hell, its how I found out about Minecraft and Project Zomboid.
And if you want too add it to Steam it needs to be a .exe file…
No steam, no sale
If you buy it from Desura, soon you’ll be able to download it and play it from your steam account.
But why am I arguing?
Just to reward you and Desura, I bought another copy there.
Have a beer (well.. maybe you’ll get only a pint, but anyway) on me Indie Stone!
Why buy another copy? It isn’t that different from the demo…
Maybe because I want “to reward you [the devs] and Desura”.
It’s really odd that people choose to support things they love and believ in, isn’t it?
Maybe you’re just thick.
I have to think about it.
Why dont you fuck off for 4 years until you make a game worth playing, fucking indie devs jewing people out of money.
It isn’t worth buying yet probably could keep you busy for a 5-10 minutes and they aren’t “Jewing” people out of their money…
And if you don’t wan’t to buy it or play it then don’t…
oh yeah Really nice way to support the Dev team making a great game with hours and hours of potential to suggest they’re “jewing” everyone out of their money, no your a real stand up guy and I’m sure your fictitious video game you never made that only had 4 people working on it took you about 15 minutes to make but this isn’t la-la land where everything happens like that! I’m so tired of whining assholes like you.
obvious troll is obvious
*gentle ripple of applause* well trolled sir, very well trolled…
It is worth playing. If you don’t think so then don’t buy it. Simple.
And ‘jewing people out of money’? You’re saying they’re stealing people from money? Interesting.
Wow too bad for u buddy kuz i found the demo really sweet
wow that sentence was annoying
I love Steam as much as the next guy but the game doesn’t HAVE to be on steam for me to purchase I bought 2 weeks ago and love the game it will however be convent for the game to be on Steam as well just to have it in my Library.
How do i get the game on desura if i already payed through google checkout??
Excellent job boys. I am delighted that you’re managing to make this much progress and I hope that with the admin load taken off you somewhat that you can get back on with what you do best. I’m very happy with my ‘donation’.
sandbox mode is ok?
I can run this mode,but i can not start
help
Yes, its ok…
Get PZ on xbox, it could work!! get on it developers. an xbox arcade game.
would be awesome.
Yeah right, can’t wait for it to get simplified down to the point of yet another generic “shooter with rpg-elements”, so all the little console-kiddies can use their controllers for a game that should be played with a mouse. You know, like
EVERY
SINGLE
GAME
lately.
Xbox isn’t good enough for this game. :@
Sucks to hear it won’t be on steam any time soon, or at least not auto-updating or steam store (if I understood all that correctly), Well….. Guess I’ll just have to wait =/ I don’t trust Desura enough to get it there, sorry guys.
Just noticed there’s a jukebox. :@
When will you add save feature? I dont want to play it without it. I have limited time to play and I dont want to start over every time!
played the demo, as soon as paycheck comes i’ll buy this! for the love of god and all that’s holy, do you intend to give the game controller support? (diablo 1 for psx could be a nice base to work on, as it’s isometric and good with a controller!)
The game isn’t finished yet. You can buy the alpha version of the game for 6 euros and keep the game (the finished one + updates) for your whole lifetime (at a discounted price, which WILL go up later) on desura. Valve allowed the indie stone to use Steam for their game only to distribute it to people that want it on steam, BUT it may, or WILL NOT be on the steam STORE in the future. I bought it from Desura for 6 euros, later you’ll be able to transfer it to steam and voila. IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE GAME AND ARE QQ’ING AND FLAMING ABOUT IT, GET YOUR REFUND, LEAVE NOW AND NEVER COME BACK! By paying now at a discounted price (6 euros) you are buying the game AND supporting the devs to develop it. GG and THANK YOU the indie stone! CHEERS AND GOOD LUCK!
relax “look guys” you seem pretty upset for no reason..
I’m wondering when we can expect updates? 2 months apparently was an extream amount of time for some reason, I understand it takes time and think 2 months per update isn’t unreasonable. But you chose to not give information on update times ever again because you made one mistake… I don’t think that’s fair to us because we never demanded the updates be released at a certain time, you simply told the community this was the date, it didn’t happen then and then you refused to give us dates again because the minority cried like bitches.
Just wondering when we can expect updates so I don’t have to check on this website all the time…. A quick post about what the next update involves would be nice too.
the twitter is useless as it seems to be a “all about “HELP ME I AM NOOB TO INTERNET AND LIFE BUT I LIKE DIS GAEM AND I PAID 5 DOLLARS SO STOP DEVELOPING AND ANSER ME HOW DO I GET A CREDIT CARD TO BUY GAME WHEN I AM 12 AND LIVE WITH MY GRANDMOTHER’S SISTER’s NEPHEW?”.
so…many problems…with grammar
I like Desura, It will be ported to Linux so steam isn’t needed (for most indie games). I’m glad to buy PZ on Desura and helping the development of teh game and the plataform.
We don’t have to need Steam.
i’ve had this site in my favourites for a few months now. still not sure how i can buy the game as i can’t see a link for it. anyone point me in the right direction?
You never noticed the big “BUY NOW” at the top?
I was a bit sad it wasn’t gonna get on steam as of yet but I got Desura for PZ. Not that bad, not a hassle at all and a lot of indie selections. I’m rather happy I got it.
Sure is frequent updates around here.
“… and you will see as of next week progress on the next update will be shockingly fast …”
“AND REMEMBER. NOW WE’RE BACK TO FULL STRENGTH UPDATES WILL BE MUCH MORE REGULAR. PROMISE”
“The next update will likely be smaller but MUCH faster to develop …”
I would not mind the waiting time at all if the developers would post ANYTHING, but reading the same “Just to Clear Something Up re: Steam” post for a week now is starting to piss me off.
How about a little “Coming up: …”- or “We’re currently working on: …”-post?
Or is the “Information Blackout” still in place because a single troll hurt your feelings?
It took them 2 months for a tiny piss poor update
and you guys think your getting regular fast updates?
HA
I was wondering what the differnce is between project zomboid on Desura or the normal vertion
Seriously, will all the people who are posting hate comments shut the f**k up, who cares if it’s late Jesus. At least they are bothering to make a Zombie game under the specifications and requests of the players, they are an indie company just fucking leave it alone will you, you don’t know if they had come across problems during production Christ, stop abusing them and just let them get on with making the damn game. I don’t see any of you people making a fucking awesome Zombie game, so all of you shut up and let these guys do their work, fuck. By the way Zomboid team, the update is really good, it’s much better than it was originally, especially with the added sandbox mode
, keep up the brilliant work guys.
Mike M
That is one angry fanboy
Ok, first of all stop your emo routine, second why all the fanboys are so butthurt these days?
Third… Really… it took them almost two months to make this?? I mean, theres mods in the forums that make the devs look like newbz!
After having a “Fever” moodle for two days, i wake up from sleep and my character is completely cured, somehow. The game wanted to give me a second chance? I accepted infection and i get rewarded? o_O
THE CRACKED 1.5b IS OUT AND TOTALLY MOD SUPPORT, GOOGLE IT, YOU CAN PLAY THIS FOR FREE!!!!!!!
Lol me and my friends just got it that’s what you need to do when the developers of the game fucking make you pay for something that is barely different from the demo…
you’re ridiculous oO or maybe you are to poor to offer 5$ for a game you can play for hours oO
What’s the point of paying £5 for something that’s hardly different then the free demo?
Well, given enough time, the game will likely continue to develop content and features to establish it’s worth above the free demo. At least concede that the devs managed to make a game that you thought was worth your time enough to steal.
If you are so wealthy, please buy me a copy of the game then!
That would be theft.
£5 isn’t breaking the bank now, is it?
If it is – how can you afford the electricity to power the PC that you are trolling from? In fact, how can you afford the PC? Or food? Or clean underwear? Or deodorant? Or spot cream?
Obviously a child with no means of financial support other than your mother…
Still im smart enough to get this game for free, im so sad for you, keep wasting your mom’s booze money on games that you can get for free.
Ps: My mom dont have that problem, she has all the booze she needs!
Copy paste is awesome, eh?
How much time are we talking it took them 2 months to create hardly nothing new…
And I deleted the “stolen version I had” and stuck with the demo so it was a waste of time actually.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE DEVS?????
took them 2 month for this shitty update, that i bet the people who are modding this could do in 2 hours… then they say “Now were gonna go back to old ways with regular updates 2 damn weeks ago! They havn’t even told us whats taking the update so long or even something saying its almost done.
Which brings me back to my question, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE DEVS
Wow that’s one angry troll
Just keep quiet and still… I hear their visual acuity is based on movement… If we pop the air brakes he’ll troll right on by…
Still im smart enough to get this game for free, im so sad for you, keep wasting your mom’s booze money on games that you can get for free.
Ps: My mom dont have that problem, she has all the booze she needs!
God damn it – this one is like the Raptor – I look at him O_O he looks at me o_o…
Theft isn’t smart. Neither are you. You are a child. The child of an alcoholic mother who won’t spring £5 for her child to buy a video game. You must troll the web for fun, irritating grownups and downloading bad porn and pirated video games. I pity you.
You are not smart – you are poor.
I AM A PIRATE CUZ A PIRATE IS FREE AND YOU CAN CRY ALL YOU WANT…
PS: IF YOU NOTICE URANUS BLEEDING IS ‘CAUSE I’VE BEEN THERE!!!!!!!!!!!! MHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SUCKER
you are butt hurt dino bitch?? what are you gonna do? NOTHING just cry and swallow your pride, cause im not paying for this…
Hey, congrats on being the first man on Uranus – sorry I left my telescope at home so I can’t actually tell if it’s bleeding or not… Your alco mother must be so proud that her son (?) is an astronaut…
are you butt hurt dino bitch?? what are you gonna do? NOTHING just cry and swallow your pride, so unless you CAN do anything about it I advice you to shut up and walk away.
Ps: By the way you talk I can assure you I am NOT the FIRST MAN IN (sic) URANUS!
i will buy this once it is on steam, for convenience. until then, i’m going to pirate sorry. but i will buy it as soon as it is on steam
Is it playable on MAC?
I’ve looked around but never found a clear answer.
If yes I will buy that right away.
Thanks!
Got the game! It’s great! Now how to I get a steam code????
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