How saving works in Zombie Death: save slots and Keep going
Zombie Death saves your game by itself, in the browser on the device you play on. It saves every few seconds and when you leave the page. There are three save slots, so up to three people can each have their own game. When the zombies get you, that game is over and its save is gone, unless Easy mode is on.
The three save slots
When the game opens, it asks you to Choose your adventure. You see three cards: Save 1, Save 2 and Save 3.
| On the card | What it means |
|---|---|
| Not played yet | An empty slot. Choose New game. |
| Wave and Last played | A slot with a game. Choose Continue to go back to it. |
| Delete | Removes the game in that slot. The game asks "Delete this save?" first. Your other saves stay safe. |
Each slot is its own game, with its own wave, scrap and buildings. Your settings, like volume and language, are the same for all three. To switch slots while you play, open the pause screen and choose Save slots.
When does the game save?
- By itself, every five seconds while you play.
- When you leave, close the tab or switch away from the page.
- With Save and pause. This button is in build mode. It saves right away and shows the Keep going? card.
The save keeps everything: the wave, the zombies that are on the map and the ones still to come, your health, bullets and scrap, every turret, barricade and trap, the furniture and the broken doors and windows.
Coming back: Keep going?
When you come back to a slot with a game, a card asks Keep going? It shows your wave, your health and your scrap, and says "Everything you built is saved on this device."
- Keep playing: go on exactly where you stopped.
- New game: start again from wave 1 with 150 scrap. The old game is gone.
What happens when the zombies get you?
The screen says "Oh no! The zombies got you." and "You got to wave 5. Want to try again?" (with your own wave). The saved game of that slot is gone, because the run is over. Press Try again (or Enter, Space or A) to start a new game from wave 1.
If you don't want to lose your game, turn on Easy mode in the pause screen. Then you get back up with full health, and your game goes on. See Easy mode and settings.
What if saving doesn't work?
The game tells you in a line at the top of the screen:
| Message | What it means |
|---|---|
| "This browser can't save your game. You can still play, but your game will not be kept." | The browser blocks saving, for example in a private window. |
| "Your game can't be saved right now. You can keep playing." | Saving stopped working while you played, for example because the browser's storage is full. |
| "This game is open in another tab too. Play in just one tab so your save stays safe." | Close the other tab with Zombie Death. |
| "Your saved game was broken, so we put it aside. A new game starts now." | The save could not be read, so the game started fresh. |
Your game is saved only in this browser on this device. It does not move to another computer or tablet by itself.
Saving after the win
After you clear wave 10, the save remembers that you won. If you pick Keep playing on the win card, the game keeps saving as the waves go on. See All 10 waves.
See also
- Your first game, step by step: picking your first slot.
- Easy mode and settings: keep your game when the zombies get you.
- FAQ: more quick answers.
- Controls: the pause screen.
- Play Zombie Death.
