By Indie Report in DeadPoly — 24 Feb 2026

DeadPoly New Release - February 24, 2026

Date: February 24, 2026

DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

Highlights

Raiders have been added.
Upgrade system for firearms and armor (melee weapons coming soon).
Airdrop pilots now have completed training and Pilot Licenses - fewer airdrops in mountains, new airdrop paths, randomized routes.
Experience gain and overall leveling speed have been increased significantly.
Recoil has been adjusted heavily across the board.
Color storage crates are now 40 % smaller in physical size (storage space unchanged).
Additional chance for the Toasty Tires box (still rare but more obtainable).
Locked world doors now display “(Locked)” in their name.
Left‑face controller button can now start/stop car engines.
Money now shows “100 K” when a full stack is reached instead of “100000”.
Gonda, Hummer, Sedan, and Hatchback now support more than one passenger seat.
Dropped guns now lay flat instead of upright.
You can now climb on top of airdrop crates (including while in water).
Vehicle inventory screen adjustments in preparation for further vehicle changes.
Cornmeal and Gunpowder now stack to 10 000.
Vehicles can be unlocked in PvE to allow passengers.

New Features

Upgrade system for firearms and armor.
Melee weapons slated for future inclusion in the upgrade system.
Airdrop pilots with completed training and licenses.
Reduced airdrop frequency in mountainous areas; new airdrop paths and route randomization.
Gameplay options persist through reloading and are available to dedicated servers via config file.
Option to disable enemy attacks on player bases.
Option to change the Day/Night cycle.
Volume sliders for Weather and Vehicles.
Improved Grid Mode for building with selectable grid‑size options.
Ability to invert guns and melee weapons when using Set Down (e.g., cross swords on walls).
Craft queue display showing the number of items queued.
World Map added as a rebindable key.
Additional vehicle keybinds introduced.
Vehicle unlock in PvE to allow passenger entry.
Display of firearm stats when inspecting weapons.
World Map keybind added.
Ability to climb on top of airdrop crates (including underwater).
Left‑face controller button now controls engine start/stop.
Stack limits increased for Cornmeal and Gunpowder (10 000).
Multi‑passenger support for Gonda, Hummer, Sedan, Hatchback.
Gun drop behavior changed to lie flat.
Experience gain and leveling speed boost.
Vehicle passive‑mode behavior revised.
Vehicle inventory screen updates.

Bug Fixes

Fixed Buggy and Sedan missing passenger‑side door handles.
Fixed incorrect shading on Buggy in specific spots.
Fixed crafting/building requiring two stacks of the same material.
Fixed "The Kids Aren't Alright" 8‑bit tape playing the wrong song.
Fixed "Monkey Wrench" 8‑bit tape playing the wrong song.
Fixed sprinting persisting through vaulting when not holding sprint.
Fixed bears no longer being afraid of the player.
Fixed Set Down offset on walls now matching ground offset (prevents sinking into walls).
Fixed water‑related issues.
Fixed Airdrop plane sound now tied to Master Volume.
Fixed canceling a craft select amount from clearing the entire crafting queue.
Fixed vehicle passive mode bug where cars could not drive after going passive.
Fixed controller issue preventing proper exit from vehicles as a passenger.
Fixed zombies sometimes spawning in place of bear/deer spawns.
Fixed controllers not being able to exit vehicles correctly as passengers.
Fixed locked world doors now show "(Locked)" in their name.
Fixed sprinting persisting through vaulting even when not holding sprint.
Fixed the issue where the craft queue was cleared when selecting a different amount.