Fight infection. Manage morale. Rebuild what’s left.
Jovano Software’s Warranted Humanity has officially launched on Steam, bringing a distinct, consequence-driven survival experience to players seeking strategy over spectacle. This isn’t your typical zombie apocalypse — it’s a race against time in a world where physical survival is just one part of the equation.
Set in a collapsing society ravaged by a mutating virus, Warranted Humanity drops players into a bleak, side-scrolling world where every choice has consequences. Health and hunger are only the start — morale is just as important. Panic and guilt can send your character fleeing back to shelter. Kill the wrong person? That weight stays with you. Heal them instead? You’ll gain allies — or mouths to feed.
Watch the official gameplay trailer to see survival in action.
Strategic Survival with Real Impact
Players manage a survivor who cannot die, but time can run out. With every action, the infection spreads. You’ll need to scavenge for supplies, rescue (or abduct) other survivors, upgrade your shelter, and maintain mental stability… all while racing to discover the virus’s origin and synthesize a cure.
The game blends real-time 2D action during the day with in-depth base management and survivor coordination at night. You’ll have to balance short-term challenges, such as hunger, infection, and fatigue, with long-term planning, shelter defense, and scientific breakthroughs.
Key Gameplay Features:
- Morale-Based Survival: Killing infected-but-curable humans impacts your psyche. Panic spirals are real, and fear will send you home early — unless you build up courage by taking damage and pushing forward.
- Base-Building with Depth: Upgrade your shelter to support more survivors. Automate tasks or micromanage them — every decision matters.
- Recruit, Rescue, or Reclaim: Survivors can join you willingly or be forcibly brought back and cured. Managing their loyalty and workload is essential to long-term success.
- Combat with Tactical Weight: Body part targeting, armor, weapon condition, and stats all factor into each fight. It’s not button-mashing — it’s brutal precision.
- Mini-Games and Lockpicking: Break into locked locations using a variety of mini-game challenges, depending on the tools and stats you’ve invested in.
- Time is the Real Enemy: The only way to lose? Run out of time. Every day counts.
Replayability and Real Stakes
With randomized item and enemy spawns, emergent NPC behavior, and a branching narrative structure, Warranted Humanity offers up to 50 hours of replayable content. Whether you’re focused on crafting the perfect base or preserving your character’s fragile psyche, no two playthroughs will ever feel the same.
Grab your stun baton, harvest virus samples, and face a world that demands more than just survival — it requires sacrifice.
Play Warranted Humanity now on Steam.
About the Developer
Jovano Software is a solo indie studio focused on strategy-first survival experiences that challenge both reflexes and morals. Warranted Humanity is their latest project, exploring what it means to survive — and stay sane — in a world where death may not be the worst outcome.