AN OPEN-WORLD SURVIVAL SHOOTER FOR PC
A WORLD LEFT BEHIND. A LIFE TO FIGHT FOR.
– open-world voxel survival shooter for PC
THE QUIET NEVER LASTS.
Find food. Build a home. Watch your back.
Survive the aftermath. Alone or together.
OPEN-WORLD SURVIVALTHIS IS YOUR WORLD NOWTHE WORLD IS STILL HERE.
STAY ALIVE IN IT.
Your stomach is empty. Night is coming. Somewhere out there is a place you could call home.
PESTBOUND is an online, open-world survival shooter set in a 4 km² voxel world scarred by the plague. Explore forests, roads and abandoned settlements. Find food and water, gather equipment and build somewhere to call home.
4 KM² OPEN WORLD / SURVIVAL / BASE BUILDING / PVE & PVP
EXPLORATION & LOOTINGFOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITYEVERY HOUSE
HAS SOMETHING LEFT.
A tin of food in a kitchen. Tools in a shed. A road you have never followed.
Leave the beaten path and explore overgrown settlements, quiet countryside and abandoned interiors. Search for food, water, weapons, tools and useful parts. What looks ordinary can be exactly what keeps you alive tomorrow.
EXPLORE / LOOT / EQUIP / DISCOVER
HUNGER, THIRST, HUNTING & FISHINGMAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER DAYHUNGER DOESN’T WAIT
FOR THE FIGHT TO END.
A fishing line in the water. Tracks in the grass. A meal beside the fire.
Food and water matter every day. Search abandoned kitchens, fish at the water’s edge or head into the countryside to hunt. Prepare what you find, eat, drink and look after your wounds. Survival continues long after the shooting stops.
FOOD & WATER / FISHING / HUNTING / HEALTH
BASE BUILDINGA PLACE OF YOUR OWNBUILD MORE
THAN A CAMPFIRE.
Choose your place. Build your base. Give tomorrow somewhere to begin.
Gather materials and build your own base in the open world. Turn the supplies you find into a place that supports your survival. As you explore, hunt and scavenge, your base becomes part of the life you make here. Build alone and make every choice your own, or work with friends on a shared home.
BASE BUILDING / GATHER MATERIALS / SOLO OR WITH FRIENDS
THE INFECTED & VOXEL DESTRUCTIONWHAT THE PLAGUE LEFT BEHINDYOU ARE NOT
ALONE OUT THERE.
The buildings are empty. The streets are not.
The plague has left infected creatures roaming the world. A quiet search through a house can become a fight in the doorway. Watch your surroundings, keep ammunition ready and choose when to engage or find another route. Cover can break. Explosions leave debris. A damaged wall can change an encounter.
PLAGUE-INFECTED CREATURES / COMBAT / VOXEL DESTRUCTION
VEHICLES & REPAIRSKEEP THE WORLD WITHIN REACHFIND A VEHICLE.
KEEP IT RUNNING.
Beyond the next hill, there is still more to discover.
A working vehicle changes how you explore. Follow the roads, travel between settlements and reach new parts of the open world. Search for replacement parts and keep your vehicle in shape for the journey ahead.
VEHICLES / EXPLORATION / REPLACEMENT PARTS / REPAIRS
CO-OP, PVE & PVPSURVIVE YOUR WAYYOUR OWN PATH.
OR ONE YOU SHARE.
One world. Different people. Your choice of company.
Make your own way through the online world, or team up with friends to explore, gather supplies and build a base together. Bring different equipment, take on different tasks and look out for each other when the infected close in.
PVE
Survive the world and its infected creatures, with player-versus-player combat disabled.
PVP
Other survivors can become a threat. Decide who to trust and watch your back.
ONLINE OPEN WORLD / SOLO & FRIENDS / PVE OR PVP
INDIE SOLO DEVELOPERTHE PERSON BEHIND PESTBOUNDHI, I’M PATRICK.
THIS IS MY DREAM.
I love survival shooters. I love voxel games. And I’ve always wanted to make a game of my own.
I’m Patrick, the solo developer behind HACKLWORKS. PESTBOUND is that dream taking shape: a world to explore, survive in and make your own.
I’m putting everything I can into making it a good game, from the small details to the way the whole world feels. Your support helps me keep building it.
PATRICK / HACKLWORKS
PESTBOUND AT A GLANCE
THE FACTS.
Everything you need to know about PESTBOUND in one place.
- Genre
- Online open-world survival shooter
- Platform
- PC – coming to Steam
- World
- 4 km² voxel world: forests, countryside, roads and abandoned settlements
- Play
- Solo or with friends in an online world
- Server types
- PvE (no player combat) and PvP
- Survival
- Food, water, hunting, fishing, cooking and treating wounds
- Building & vehicles
- Base building, drivable vehicles, replacement parts and repairs
- Enemies
- Plague-infected creatures and, on PvP servers, other players
- Developer
- HACKLWORKS – solo developer Patrick Hackl, Germany
- Status
- In development · Kickstarter campaign · Steam page coming soon
BEFORE YOU STEP INTO THE WORLD
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW.
What is PESTBOUND?
PESTBOUND is an online open-world survival shooter for PC, developed by HACKLWORKS – the studio of solo developer Patrick Hackl from Germany. You survive in a 4 km² voxel world scarred by a plague: scavenge for food, water and equipment, hunt and fish, build a base, keep a vehicle running and fight plague-infected creatures, alone or with friends.
Where will I be able to play?
PESTBOUND is coming to PC on Steam. You can support development on Kickstarter now. The Steam store page is coming soon.
Can I play alone or with friends?
Both. PESTBOUND is an online open-world survival shooter. Live independently in the world or team up with friends to explore, gather supplies and build a base together.
What is the difference between PvE and PvP?
On PvE servers, you survive against the world and its infected creatures, with combat between players disabled. On PvP servers, other players can also be a threat.
What can I do in the world?
Explore 4 km² of countryside and abandoned settlements. Loot, hunt, fish, prepare food, build a base and repair vehicles. Food, water and looking after your wounds are part of daily survival.
BE PART OF PESTBOUND
Help me build the world you’ll survive in.
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