tinyBuild has revealed Last Harbor during today’s Summer Game Fest showcase — a persistent open-world multiplayer zombie survival game set in a post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest where the undead have overrun the land and your boat on the open sea is the last safe place left. The game is targeting a 2027 PC release and is available to wishlist on Steam now.
The hook is immediately compelling for zombie survival fans: the land is lost. You live on the water — crafting, fishing, cooking, and customising your vessel as a floating home base that you upgrade, defend, and navigate across a persistent world. Expeditions to shore are where the real danger lives. You’re going in for fuel, weapons, medicine, and supplies, and you’re fighting your way back out through zombie hordes and other players who may have their own ideas about how your loot should be redistributed. The Pacific Northwest setting — fog, rainswept coastlines, dark forest interiors — is one of the most atmospheric choices possible for a zombie game that hasn’t been heavily used yet.
Life at Sea — And the Risk of Going Ashore
The central design tension in Last Harbor is the split between the relative safety of the water and the necessity of going to land. Your boat is home — you craft there, cook there, sleep there, store your resources there, and upgrade it over time with better defences, functionality, and capacity to house your crew. The game supports solo play or co-op groups, and time at sea has a genuine rhythm to it: fishing, preparing for the next expedition, fortifying against the possibility of other players deciding your boat looks worth raiding.
Shore is where everything gets dangerous. Expeditions to the mainland are supply runs against a backdrop of large-scale zombie hordes and tactical FPS encounters with other players. The PvP element sits in an interesting grey zone — you can choose to ally, trade, and co-operate with other survivor groups, or the encounter goes loud and everyone in the area starts paying attention to the gunfire. The persistent open world also features dynamic weather and safe harbours patrolled by guards, giving players places to socialise and regroup between the high-risk runs.
Key Features
Last Harbor — What We Know
Platform & Release
Last Harbor is coming to PC in 2027. No exact date has been set. Wishlist it on Steam now to stay up to date as tinyBuild reveals more about the game.
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