The Crawling Dead

The Crawling Dead is a strategy simulation game in which you play a lead scientist trying to save Stormveil National Park from ecological collapse. Invasive insects are damaging the park’s ecosystems, and conventional pest-control methods have failed. You develop genetically engineered parasitoid wasps, which are harmless to humans but kill pest insects by manipulating their hosts.

Design and deploy wasps

Create specialized wasps to target different invasive species, adapting them to changing seasons, terrain and resistance patterns. Alpine meadows and desert canyons each bring different pests and challenges, so you need to plan carefully and use scientific precision. You guide the park’s recovery from spring through the first snowfall of winter; each release and adaptation affects your effort to contain the pests and restore the ecosystem. If the wasps fail, invasive insects can damage the ecosystem for good.

Game features

• An interactive main game mode
• A Design Lab with a trait tree and customizable wasps
• Six minigames
• Three difficulty levels
• Eighteen achievements
• Weather hazards
• An adaptive news feed
• Multiple possible strategies
• In-depth statistic tracking
• Original art and soundtrack
• Educational elements about parasitoid wasps