This upcoming indie strategy game looks like Left 4 Dead in the style of XCOM

If you’ve ever thought to yourself that what you’d really like is a turn-based tactics take on Left 4 Dead, the upcoming Dead Season might be just the thing. Unveiled today by Snail Bite Games—actually solo developer Pavel Kharev—the game promises unforgiving turn-based tactics in a world overrun by hordes of the undead.

Dead Season gives players control of a small group of the not-yet-dead who are looking to escape the apocalypse. Where are they going to go? That isn’t so clear, but “not here” is the immediate plan. Scavenging and completing objectives are core to staying alive, but the goal is to escape, not engage—fighting is a last resort, and has a way of not ending well.