Project Zomboid Owners can now Play on Steam

Owners of Project Zomboid on the Desura platform will now be able to redeem their codes through the Steam platform, ahead of the games release through the Early Access initiative. If you’ve already bought Zomboid through Desura, simply go to the “keys” section of your account and your Steam key will be there waiting for you.

The developers, via their Greenlight page, stress that this isn’t technically an official release, but rather the first step towards an official release. By giving access to people who already own the game, they hope to open up Early Access very shortly.

Because you’re gaining early Early Access, there may be a few provisos. From the Greenlight page:

The version that’s on Steam is effectively build 17, since the only build possible to use was one with Steam integration we couldn’t upload the last Desura build, or forum test 16. However, there may well be some bugs still in this build that need sorting out. So please don’t consider this an official release. This is about getting people on Steam who want to be, primarily, so we’re not cramming it all in last-minute and risking any delays. That said, a few issues aside, will give you a chance to play with the new stuff in the build! 

Although Desura owners only need to check their keys page, things are a little more complicated if you have the game through Google Play. You’re still able to redeem a code for Steam, but first you need to “activate” at Desura. This is pretty simple to do, but will require a few extra steps on your trip towards Steam.

Available for £4.99, Project Zomboid is a zombie-survival RPG, and a game that has had quite a following since it was announced quite a while ago.