World War Z

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World War Z is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person shooter game.

The game has received multiple free content and technical updates since its release.^[2]

General information

Official forums

Official Discord server

Community subreddit

Technical FAQ - includes solutions to common issues

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Aftermath edition. Deluxe Edition is also available.
GamersGate		Aftermath edition. Deluxe Edition is also available.
		Aftermath edition. Deluxe Edition is also available.
Green Man Gaming		Aftermath edition. Deluxe Edition is also available.
Humble Store		GOTY Edition.
Humble Store		Aftermath edition. Deluxe Edition is also available.
Microsoft Store		Aftermath edition Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC Deluxe Edition are also available
Steam		Aftermath edition. Deluxe Edition is also available.

Version differences

Aftermath edition includes all content of GOTY Edition, the Rome and Kamchatka campaign episodes, and access to the first-person mode.

Aftermath - Deluxe Edition includes all Aftermath content, Zeke Hunter Weapons Pack, and Explorer Weapons Pack.

GOTY Edition includes the Marseille episode, The Professionals Pack, War Heroes Pack, Special Operations Weapon Pack, Biohazard Weapon Pack, Lobo Weapon Pack, Last Aid Weapon Pack, and Signature Weapons Pack.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
GOTY Edition Upgrade
Aftermath Upgrade
Season Pass	Contains all GOTY Edition content.
Lobo Weapon Pack	Pre-order bonus.^[3] Contains four weapon variations.
Marseille Episode	Contains three missions. Ownership is not required for joining friends for private games.^[4]^[5]
The Professionals Pack	Contains character skins.
War Heroes Pack	Contains character skins.
Biohazard Weapon Pack	Contains four weapon variations.
Special Operations Forces Pack	Contains four weapon variations.
Signature Weapons Pack	Contains four weapon variations.
Last Aid Pack	Contains four weapon variations.
Zeke Hunter Weapons Pack	Contains two melee weapon variations.
Explorer Weapon Skins Pack	Contains four weapon variations.
Valley of the Zeke Episode	Contains three missions. Ownership is not required for joining friends for private games
Pre-Apocalypse Character Skins Pack	Contains four Charater variations.
Burning Skulls Weapons Skin Pack	Contains four weapon variations.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Saber\WWZ\client\storage\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/699130/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Saber\WWZ\client\storage\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\MadDogGamesLLC.WWZBaseGamePC_6wkgvezv94m76\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/699130/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

HUD settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Cutscenes are letterboxed.
Multi-monitor		Hor+ gameplay and cutscenes. Pillarboxed menu and loading screens.^[6] Use the ultrawide patcher to remove the menu pillarboxing.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay and cutscenes. Pillarboxed menu and loading screens.^[7]^[8] Use the ultrawide patcher to remove the menu pillarboxing.
4K Ultra HD		^[9]
Field of view (FOV)	FOV Scale from 1.00 to 1.30 in increments of 0.05 for the third-person mode.^[10]^[11] 0.80 to 1.30 for the first-person mode exclusive to the Aftermath edition.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Labeled Texture Filtering. Low, Medium, High, Ultra.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA, TAA, up to 2x SSAA through Resolution Scale.
High-fidelity upscaling	FSR 2.2 Vulkan must be turn on for FSR 2.2
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	30, 60, 90, 120, or Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	Hackable via Special K

Input

Camera settings

Controls settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		`Delete` cannot be bound to commands. Missile Launcher controls hardcoded to WASD. 'Exchange heavy weapon' hardcoded to E.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		1-20 in increments of 1.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Five control schemes; bumper and trigger swap options.
Controller sensitivity		Separate sliders for the look and aiming sensitivity. 1-20 for the X and Y axis.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Xbox One & 360 controllers are supported,^[12]
Xbox button prompts		^[13]
Impulse Trigger vibration		^[14]

PlayStation controllers		^[15]^[16]
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		^[13]
Haptic feedback		Vibration toggle.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, UI, SFX, dialogue, voice chat.
Surround sound		^[17]
Subtitles
Closed captions		^[18]
Mute on focus lost

Game settings ^{[Note 2]}

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Japanese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play	8	Co-op, Versus Up to 4 players in the campaign co-op mode, up to 8 in the PvP modes. Optional co-op cross-play with Xbox One & Series S/X and PlayStation 4 & 5 users enabled by default. Horde Mode XXL can crossplay with PC, PS5 & Xbox Series S/X
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer		The game resorts to P2P when the dedicated servers are unavailable. Manual P2P hosting is not possible.^[19]^[20]
Dedicated		Limited to locations in the US, Europe and Korea at launch.^[19]
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)^[21]
TCP	11700-11710
UDP	48800–49000

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Visual stuttering

Switch from Vulkan to DirectX 11^[22]
Go to Settings → Video. Set Graphics API to DirectX11.

Stretched menu at wide resolutions

The main menu background including character models may stretch at 21:9 and wider resolutions.^[23]

Disable FidelityFX sharpening^[23]
From the main menu, go to Settings → Video. Set FidelityFX CAS to OFF.

Use the World War Z ultrawide & multimonitor patcher.^[23]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Vulkan

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok	^[24]
Audio	FMOD	^[24]
Cutscenes	Bink Video	^[24]
Multiplayer	Epic Online Services

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3220 AMD A10-5700	Intel Core i7-3970 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Intel HD Graphics 630 ATI Radeon HD 5870	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 280 DirectX 11 compatible

Steam Client will Support only Windows 10 and later after 1 January.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/699130/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (699130) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ The first-person mode is available only in the Aftermath edition of the game.

References

↑ World War Z - Launch Trailer (video description) - last accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ World War Z Season 2 Roadmap Revealed, Includes Crossplay Support, New Missions, More - last accessed on 2019-09-19
↑ [1] - last accessed on April 15, 2019
↑ World War Z: Marseilles DLC & Game of the Year Edition Shamble to PS4 Tomorrow - last accessed on 2020-05-05
"if you are playing in a private lobby, only the host needs to have the Marseille DLC. That means that only one of your friends needs to have the Marseille DLC for you to play together"
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-05-05
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-10-29
Tested at a custom 5760x1080 resolution - screenshots taken and compared to 16:9 and 21:9.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-10-29
Tested at the native 2560x1080 resolution and custom 3840x1080 - screenshots taken and compared to 16:9.
↑ The Kill It With Fire Update Is LIVE! - last accessed on 2019-10-29
↑ WORLD WAR Z Game - Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1 - New York (4K 60FPS ULTRA) - last accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-03
↑ World War Z - Undead Sea Update Patch Notes - last accessed on 2019-06-03
↑ PC controller support - last accessed on April 23, 2019
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2021-09-29
Tested with an Xbox Wireless Controller.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-09-29
In the Epic Games Store version, Process Explorer did not list Windows.Gaming.Input.dll when the game was fully loaded and ran with an Xbox Wireless Controller connected.
↑ /PC/ Third-Party Controller not working with the game - last accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ Controller Issue. PC version. Help - last accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-04-16
Rear speakers are used by the game.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-04-16
Only the voices are captioned.
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 There will be both dedicated *and* P2P servers. - last accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ Official dev responses regarding some of the current issues - last accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ Server Addresses and Ports? - last accessed on April 30, 2019
↑ Official dev responses regarding some of the current issues (primarily on PC) - last accessed on April 16, 2019
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-10-29
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 ^24.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-04-16

[Proton_path_note-6] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/699130/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (699130) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note-20] The first-person mode is available only in the Aftermath edition of the game.

[1] World War Z - Launch Trailer (video description) - last accessed on April 16, 2019

[2] World War Z Season 2 Roadmap Revealed, Includes Crossplay Support, New Missions, More - last accessed on 2019-09-19

[3] [1] - last accessed on April 15, 2019

[4] World War Z: Marseilles DLC & Game of the Year Edition Shamble to PS4 Tomorrow - last accessed on 2020-05-05
"if you are playing in a private lobby, only the host needs to have the Marseille DLC. That means that only one of your friends needs to have the Marseille DLC for you to play together"

[5] Verified by User:Rose on 2020-05-05

[7] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-10-29
Tested at a custom 5760x1080 resolution - screenshots taken and compared to 16:9 and 21:9.

[8] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-10-29
Tested at the native 2560x1080 resolution and custom 3840x1080 - screenshots taken and compared to 16:9.

[9] The Kill It With Fire Update Is LIVE! - last accessed on 2019-10-29

[10] WORLD WAR Z Game - Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1 - New York (4K 60FPS ULTRA) - last accessed on April 16, 2019

[11] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-03

[12] World War Z - Undead Sea Update Patch Notes - last accessed on 2019-06-03

[13] PC controller support - last accessed on April 23, 2019

[rosexbox-14] 13.0 ^13.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2021-09-29
Tested with an Xbox Wireless Controller.

[15] Verified by User:Rose on 2021-09-29
In the Epic Games Store version, Process Explorer did not list Windows.Gaming.Input.dll when the game was fully loaded and ran with an Xbox Wireless Controller connected.

[16] /PC/ Third-Party Controller not working with the game - last accessed on April 16, 2019

[17] Controller Issue. PC version. Help - last accessed on April 16, 2019

[18] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-04-16
Rear speakers are used by the game.

[19] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-04-16
Only the voices are captioned.

[p2p-21] 19.0 ^19.1 There will be both dedicated *and* P2P servers. - last accessed on April 16, 2019

[22] Official dev responses regarding some of the current issues - last accessed on April 16, 2019

[23] Server Addresses and Ports? - last accessed on April 30, 2019

[24] Official dev responses regarding some of the current issues (primarily on PC) - last accessed on April 16, 2019

[sharp-25] 23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-10-29

[Rose-26] 24.0 ^24.1 ^24.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-04-16

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Developers

	Saber Interactive
Engines
	Swarm Engine^[1]
Release dates
Windows	April 16, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	70
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Zombies