2013’s Project Zomboid is an open-world isometric survival multiplayer horror video game that has been developed and published by The Indie Stone. It’s all set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world where players will have to survive as long as possible before getting dead. Now, plenty of players are reporting about the Project Zomboid Zombie Respawn issue in the gameplay. If you too, you can check How To Turn Off Respawn in Project Zomboid.
According to the game developers, Project Zomboid is the ultimate zombie survival RPG that literally becomes harder with every checkpoint where players will need to craft items to help themselves alive like weapons, food, shelter, etc. The title features an automatic respawn of zombies who have been killed sometimes before which means the zombies will never get dead permanently in the gameplay which always keeps you in the game whatsoever.
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Project Zomboid Zombie Respawn, How To Turn Off Respawn
Now, if you’re also feeling the same thing and somehow the respawn process of the dead zombies become quite faster that you can’t handle the pressure or difficulty in the gameplay then don’t worry. It’s one of the features that has been included in the game by default and can be turned off manually from the in-game settings menu. So, without wasting any more time, let’s jump into the guide below.
- Launch Project Zomboid in the Steam launcher > Start a New Game from the main menu. [Selecting ‘Solo’]
- Now, select the Custom Sandbox option > Choose any spawn point that you want.

- Then make sure to select the Advanced Zombie Options tab > Change the Respawn Hours option to 0 (zero).
- Next, you can tweak the settings according to your preference > Start the game again.
Note: After changing the Respawn Hours value to 0, dead zombies will never respawn in the same area.