HumanitZ 1.0 Release Date Trailer

Here you go, Survivors!

After the last two years of Early Access, 18 major updates (with a few hotfixes along the way), and thousands of ideas and reports from our amazing community… everything finally leads to this moment...

HumanitZ officially launches 1.0 on 6 February 2026! 🧟‍♂️🔥

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In the final weeks of Early Access, we’ll be focusing on finishing touches and polish. From all of us on the HZ Team, a massive thank you to everyone who’s helped shape this world with feedback, testing, and support.

We can’t wait to see your reactions to all the changes and additions and to welcome the many new players who’ve patiently waited for us to reach this milestone.

What’s Coming in HumanitZ 1.0

(If you’ve missed our recent Zeek Feed updates)

• Brand-new Skills & Professions

• New Island to discover and explore (end-game content)

• Major performance improvements

• Zeek updates: performance, movement, and mechanics

• Human AI updates: Bandit Snipers, Bandit Boss

• Improved building system (including fixes for sky-base issues)

• Guns & Ammo overhaul – ammo stays in weapons when dropped or sold

• Weapon sway & recoil

• As many bug fixes as possible

• Special ammo (e.g. armor-piercing)

• Expanded Lore (outbreak origins & world history)

• Full main map overhaul, including a complete Huddson City rework

• Updated in-game map

• Full controller support

• Steam Deck support updates

• Loads of new quests

• New World Quests

• XP rebalancing

• QoL improvements, polish, and standardization

• PvP balancing

• Changes to the hunting system

• Ability to heal other players

• More cooking options & recipes

• Basic swimming

• UI updates and improvements

• New custom characters

• New weapons

• New Zeeks

• New Magazines

• …and more!

This is just the beginning. We’ve got plenty more ideas and content planned for the future, and we’re incredibly excited to continue this journey with you.

All the best,

The HZ Team