Fit check
Is Eclipse Horde worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Sandbox survival players who want crafting, farming, and resource gathering
- Zombie-game fans who want daily raids and combat
- Players who prefer a range of survival activities, including fishing and farming
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a story-led campaign rather than a sandbox built around survival tasks
- Players who dislike repeated resource gathering, farming, and preparing for zombie attacks
- Players looking for a strategy game focused on managing a large base or army
Our take on Eclipse Horde
The store copy presents the game as a place where anything can be done, but its specific examples focus on survival tasks: gathering, crafting, farming, fishing, and defending against zombies. Billiards with friendly NPCs and looting from attacked NPCs are additional activities alongside that core set.
What is Eclipse Horde?
Eclipse Horde is a sandbox survival-crafting game set in a zombie world, with a solar eclipse arriving in 30 days.
The activities include gathering resources, crafting, farming, and combat. Players can collect stone, fell trees, mine iron, smelt ore, and make tools such as knives, pickaxes, and axes. Seawater gathered with an iron bucket can be processed into clean water or salt. Fields can be prepared, planted, and watered for crops. Wooden spikes can be placed to protect against zombies, and iron axes can be used in combat. The game also includes fishing, billiards with friendly non-player characters, and attacks on non-player characters to loot their items.
How Eclipse Horde plays
- 01Crafting progression
- Stone, wood, and iron can be turned into tools, weapons, ingots, and other items.
- 02Water processing
- Seawater gathered with an iron bucket can be made into clean water or salt.
- 03Farming system
- Players prepare soil, sow seeds, water plants, and collect crops.
- 04Zombie defenses
- Wooden spikes can be placed in the ground to protect against zombies.
- 05NPC activities
- Friendly NPCs offer billiards, while attacking NPCs can provide loot.
Eclipse Horde compared to similar games
Until We Die also uses a roughly 30-day survival framework, but it focuses on defending an underground subway base against attacks. Eclipse Horde centers on individual resource gathering, crafting, farming, fishing, and combat. The other listed alternatives do not describe the same survival-crafting task.
Eclipse Horde: platforms & release
Is Eclipse Horde worth it?
It is worth it if: sandbox survival players who want crafting, farming, and resource gathering. Skip it if: players seeking a story-led campaign rather than a sandbox built around survival tasks.
Where can I download Eclipse Horde?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Eclipse Horde's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Eclipse Horde on?
Windows only.
